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Retired teacher Norine Gutekanst attends a CTU vigil last month for staff and students affected by COVID-19. The CTU has announced its members due back to schools Monday won't show up.

Defying CPS, some Chicago Teachers Union members won’t return to schools Monday, say they will teach remotely ‘until buildings are safe’

July 5, 2022 at 9:22 a.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union says some of its members are choosing not to return to school buildings on Monday, in defiance of Chicago Public Schools' reopening plans. The union said...

A beaver swims through a lagoon on the Northwestern campus in Evanston on Dec. 24, 2020.

Illinois’ largest rodents are in city lagoons, rivers and streams. Now, they’re on Instagram.

January 3, 2021 at 8:09 p.m.

Among the more humble recipients of our longer walks and affinity for nature during the pandemic: beavers. On recent mornings, shortly before and after sunrise, small groups of people have...

Aerial view of erosion at condominiums along Lake Michigan shoreline at South Shore Drive and 73rd Street in Chicago on Jan. 6, 2020.

Great Lakes advocates look to Biden administration to take on climate change: ‘A breath of fresh air’

December 23, 2020 at 4:12 p.m.

With the Earth on track to finish out another year among the warmest on record and the impact of climate change mounting around the globe, advocates around the Great Lakes...

A monarch butterfly spreads its wings at Lurie Garden in Millennium Park in 2019.

Federal officials say monarch butterflies qualify for protection under the Endangered Species Act, but they won’t get it this year

December 16, 2020 at 3:26 p.m.

Monarch butterflies are still many flights away from federal protection. The popular black and orange butterflies were determined to be warranted for listing under the Endangered Species Act, but they'll...

August Adams, 22, of Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, does a combination of dance, martial arts and stretching while enjoying a view of downtown under a setting sun on Dec. 2, 2020.

50 degrees in December? Winter temps are rising across the country, and some of the biggest jumps are around the Great Lakes

December 10, 2020 at 1:21 p.m.

Under blue skies and the first signs of sun Chicago had seen in days, a shirtless man darted around a North Side track. A little boy pulled off his gloves...

Chicago Park District Superintendent Michael Kelly and Mayor Lori Lightfoot attend a news conference in 2019 announcing the Chicago Fire's return to Soldier Field.

Chicago Park District to approve smaller budget for 2021 amid $100 million loss in revenue during the pandemic

December 1, 2020 at 5:00 a.m.

The Chicago Park District will vote Wednesday on its 2021 budget, as it attempts to keep its head above water after a $100 million loss in revenue during the pandemic...

CPS apologizes for inappropriate messages sent from school accounts

November 29, 2020 at 7:35 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools is apologizing to parents after a series of inappropriate messages made their way to students' inboxes Sunday morning. Shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday, the messages sent from...

Tyrue "Slang" Jones takes his tools out of a car before painting a mural of Brandon McGhee.

Artist hopes mural of 23-year-old killed in June shooting makes others pause before causing harm

November 24, 2020 at 5:00 a.m.

A golden frame filled with the cosmos went up on a brick building near the Western Blue Line. Its creator, speckled in paint, finished off glints of light on the...

Isoo O'Brien takes a walk in Jackson Park for bird watching in Chicago on Nov. 16, 2020. The Evanston high school senior is expected to break the Cook County record for individual bird species spotted in a year, clocking 282 species by the end of October.

In rare feat, Evanston teen expected to break birding record: ‘Say a rare bird shows up. You have to drop everything and get in the car.’

November 23, 2020 at 7:25 a.m.

For some teens, getting a license means offering rides to friends, taking trips to the mall, freedom. For one Evanston senior, it was mostly about the birds. Isoo O'Brien, 17,...

An extra "s" has been painted on a sign for Douglas Park on July 22, 2020, in Chicago. The park, named after U.S. Sen. Stephen A. Douglas, has now been renamed after abolitionists Anna and Frederick Douglass.

After years of student activism, Park District officially makes name change to Douglass Park

November 18, 2020 at 4:39 p.m.

Douglass Park finally has its extra "s." The Chicago Park District voted Wednesday to officially change the name of the West Side park to honor the renowned abolitionists Anna and...

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