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Members of the Garfield-Clarendon Model Railroad Club, located in Clarendon Park Community Center in Chicago, adjusting work of the trains, Feb. 8, 2019. Work on the current railroad, the Garfield Central, began in 1974. It now comprises 1,500 feet of hand-laid track and nine stops, ranging from an isolated mining outpost to a small city, all set in a rolling landscape that resembles Appalachia. (Victor Hilitski/for the baiduhai)

Plans for Clarendon Park Community Center are chugging along as railroad club hopes for return

November 2, 2020 at 5:00 a.m.

The future of an Uptown community center is settled, even if what's in store for the railroad club whose sprawling track and clanging trains call the historical building its home...

Ross Ewing drives up and is administered a nasal COVID-19 test by phlebotomist Sydnie Booker at a COVID-19 testing site in the parking lot of the Foreman Mills Shopping Center, 122 W. 79th St., in Chicago, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. Ewing gave permission for photo. Drivers drove up and stayed inside their vehicles while the phlebotomists performed the nasal COVID-19 testing. Chicago's cases of COVID-19 cases have continued to rise.
(Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

All 11 regions in state will soon be under tighter restrictions as coronavirus cases climb

November 1, 2020 at 4:47 p.m.

All regions in the Illinois reopening plan will soon be under tighter restrictions as positivity rates for the coronavirus climb. The final region to avoid the more restrictive measures —...

Monarch butterflies rest on giant hyssop plants in Lurie Garden at Millennium Park in Chicago on Aug. 30, 2019.

Illinois launches statewide plan to boost monarch butterfly population: ‘If enough people get on board, we can turn this thing around’

October 23, 2020 at 3:24 p.m.

Monarch butterflies have flown south for the winter, but efforts to protect them in Illinois are sticking around. As butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains migrated thousands of miles toward...

William Calloway speaks during a "Justice for Laquan" rally, during which protesters called for civil right charges against Jason Van Dyke, at Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago, on Oct. 20, 2020.

Six years after Laquan McDonald shooting, activists rally for justice for slain teen

October 20, 2020 at 9:33 p.m.

Activists cried out for "justice for Laquan" Tuesday night outside Federal Plaza, six years after 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot and killed by former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke....

Andrea Ghez, professor of physics and astronomy at UCLA, on May 30, 2015. Ghez was one of three scientists who was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in physics.

U. of C. Lab School teacher credited by Nobel winner Andrea Ghez recalls former student’s ‘sense of wonderment’

October 7, 2020 at 4:51 p.m.

Judith Keane remembers the former student who received an A in her class decades ago. So she wasn't completely taken by surprise when that student received the Nobel Prize in...

Jackie Wilson, left, with his wife, Sandra Wilson, exit the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Sept. 22, 2020.

Prosecutors drop case against Jackie Wilson — who claimed Burge torture — after witness irregularity revealed

October 1, 2020 at 8:42 p.m.

At the tail end of Jackie Wilson's third trial for the 1982 slaying of a Chicago police officer, special prosecutors late Thursday abruptly dropped all charges against him. It was...

Marlowe paints on a transparent piece of acrylic in the Grunsfeld Children's Growing Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden on Sept. 14, 2020 in Glencoe.

Preschools are moving outside during the pandemic and may stay there, even in winter

October 2, 2020 at 4:38 p.m.

On a hazy September afternoon near a willow tree, a boy with a bright red backpack spotted something slimy on the ground. "Hello, all the mushrooms," he said, gently tapping...

Forest Preserve of Cook County team members Carlie Rapp, left, hands wildlife biologist Chuck Rizzo a mussel she found in Poplar Creek on Sept. 23, 2020, in Elgin. According to Shedd researchers, "some of Illinois' most rare mussel species can only be found in this particular creek in Cook County, including the ellipse, which is a mussel species of greatest conservation concern in Illinois."

They’re not otters, but endangered mussels in Illinois play a crucial role as environmental sentinels. ‘They all have a story to tell.’

September 25, 2020 at 11:16 a.m.

On a September afternoon that still felt like summer, a small group in boots and waders drove out to a creek near Elgin, sloshed through cold, bubbling water, knelt down...

Adam Hollingsworth, the Dreadhead Cowboy, rides his horse down the local lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway with motorcycles and motorists to support Kids Lives Matter on Sept. 21, 2020.

‘Dreadhead Cowboy’ arrested after galloping down Dan Ryan during rush hour while livestreaming the message, ‘Kids’ Lives Matter’

September 22, 2020 at 10:44 a.m.

A Chicago man known as the Dreadhead Cowboy was arrested Monday afternoon as he galloped down the Dan Ryan Expressway while livestreaming the message, "Kids' Lives Matter." Adam Hollingsworth, 33,...

Steeple of Greenstone United Methodist Church, right, in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood on Aug. 31, 2021.

On Labor Day, supporters optimistic about completing Pullman National Monument work: ‘A game changer for our community’

September 7, 2020 at 2:43 p.m.

A Labor Day celebration is planned Monday to commemorate another stop along the journey of the Pullman National Monument to full-fledged attraction. State and local officials, as well as project...

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