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A demonstrator burns an American flag during a march in the Loop on May 29, 2020, to bring attention to the May 25 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

George Floyd fallout in Chicago: Downtown locked down, unrest spreads to South, West sides and some suburbs

May 31, 2020 at 10:10 p.m.

As Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot requested the Illinois National Guard be brought in to prevent a second night of downtown violence and looting, the chaos spilled into some city neighborhoods...

A driver takes an eye exam at the secretary of state's driver's license facility in the Thompson Center in Chicago on March 27, 2019. The Thompson Center location and Loop Express facility at 69 W. Washington St. will reopen July 1.

Illinois driver’s license offices to open in June with limited services

May 26, 2020 at 5:49 p.m.

Driver services facilities closed because of the coronavirus crisis will begin to open in June, the Illinois secretary of state's office said Tuesday. Starting June 1, Secretary of State Jesse...

Beachgoers enjoy themselves at Montrose Beach on June 8, 2019. Some community groups do not want the summer music fest Mamby on the Beach to take place, while the promotors are pushing back.

Monty and Rose don’t waste any time as eggs already spotted in their Montrose Beach nest

May 25, 2020 at 4:46 p.m.

Monty and Rose are nesting in place. After dodging a music festival last summer, fledging a few chicks, wintering apart and returning to Montrose Beach, the federally endangered piping plovers...

People walk through the Garfield Park Conservatory on March 3, 2019. Flowers from the online flower sale will be available for contactless curbside pickup at the conservatory starting Thursday.

With planting put off by coronavirus, Chicago Park District selling flowers to the public

May 24, 2020 at 6:26 p.m.

Some green spaces in Chicago may still be shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but some of the 50,000 plants planned to take root in Chicago parks...

Amy Ortega, left, enjoys the beach with sons Ben, 8, and Harvey, 6, at the Indiana Dunes State Park in Chesterton, Indiana, on May 15, 2020. They made a special trip from Chicago to spend a day on Lake Michigan.

Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, sun and sand are calling. But when will the beaches open?

May 21, 2020 at 7:28 p.m.

It's almost beach season along Lake Michigan, a saving grace of cities known for polar vortexes and frost in May, but this summer, the shoreline will look a little different....

The Ida B. Wells-Barnett House in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago was the residence of civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells, and her husband Ferdinand Lee Barnett from 1919 to 1930, May 4, 2020.

Ida B. Wells receives Pulitzer Prize citation: ‘The only thing she really had was the truth’

May 4, 2020 at 8:35 p.m.

Ida B. Wells, the investigative journalist, civil rights crusader and legendary Chicagoan, received a Pulitzer Prize citation as part of this year's annual awards. The honor, announced Monday by the...

After winter apart, piping plovers Monty and Rose reunite at Montrose Beach

May 4, 2020 at 11:16 a.m.

Their timing is impeccable. After wintering far away from Lake Michigan, Monty and Rose, the federally endangered piping plovers who fledged two chicks last summer on Montrose Beach, have each...

Waterfowl at Montrose Beach on April 26, 2020.

Season’s first plover sightings raise hopes for return of Monty and Rose, inspire creative watch plans amid pandemic

May 15, 2025 at 1:12 p.m.

The birds are back in town. After a summer that brought ornithologists from all over to Chicago for the dramatic coupling of two federally endangered piping plovers, a few of...

Alden North Shore experienced some COVID-19 cases, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health report April 19, 2020, on incidence of the coronavirus in nursing homes.

16 deaths related to COVID-19 reported at Park Ridge, Niles area nursing and assisted living facilities

April 21, 2020 at 5:01 p.m.

Several area nursing homes and assisted living facilities have reported deaths linked to COVID-19, according to data recently released by the Illinois Department of Public Health. At least 16 people...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks April 19, 2020, at the Thompson Center during the coronavirus pandemic.

Amid questions about coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes, Illinois to ramp up testing

April 20, 2020 at 8:28 p.m.

Facing questions about the state's handling of coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday pledged to ramp up testing at all long-term care facilities, even those that...

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