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Dock grows tall in the parkway of Barbara Dolan's Oak Park home in May 2022.

More homeowners in Illinois are saying yes to No Mow May and letting lawns grow wild

May 29, 2022 at 8:51 a.m.

In a neighborhood of neatly groomed lawns, Barbara Dolan's stands out. Emerald-green grasses compete for attention with knee-high dandelion puffs, while closer to the ground blue violets and yellow mock...

Billy, the 1,300-pound bison, escaped a Wauconda farm in September. It took a horse, a dog and a drone to capture her.

May 25, 2022 at 2:14 p.m.

Billy, the wily bison that escaped a Wauconda farm and eluded capture for eight months, has finally been caught. Lake County Forest Preserves announced that the 1,300-pound bovine was "safely...

Eboo Patel established Interfaith Youth Core, which has been renamed Interfaith America. He is seen here at his office on May 6, 2022.

A Muslim ‘bridge-builder’ started interfaith work in his basement. Now he has programs on hundreds of campuses.

May 10, 2022 at 4:32 p.m.

Eboo Patel began his efforts to bring people of different faiths together for dialogue and service projects in a basement office on the Northwest Side. He kept his day job...

A cloud of midges, dark-colored mosquito-sized insects, swarm May 2, 2022, near Chicago's Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.

Towering swarms of nonbiting flies called midges are blanketing Chicago: ‘A little disturbing but cool’

May 3, 2022 at 4:20 p.m.

No, you're not imagining those 10-foot-high insect clouds hovering near Lake Michigan, each teeming with thousands of mosquito look-alikes. Chicago, we've got midges. They don't bite, they don't harm humans,...

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks at a rally against the Florida law critics call the "Don't Say Gay" bill and other anti-LGBTQ and anti-transgender legislation nationwide at Federal Plaza in Chicago on April 27, 2022.

Chicago protesters push back against recent wave of anti-LGBTQ bills in state legislatures

April 28, 2022 at 12:39 p.m.

In March, their rally for LGBTQ rights was cut short after bullhorn-wielding counterprotesters crashed the event. But on Wednesday the Illinois Standing for Queer & Trans Communities rally returned, with...

A person walks near the blossoming cherry trees south of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on April 26, 2022.

Jackson Park’s brief cherry blossom season in full swing; the blooms could last for 2 weeks or 2 days

April 26, 2022 at 5:48 p.m.

The largest single group of cherry trees in Chicago is at the cusp of full bloom, with peak viewing expected to start within days. Thousands of people have come to...

Colette Copic, left, of Chicago Region Trees Initiative, and Lalli Licona, 6, high-five after planting a tree in a lot on the South Side of Chicago near the Calumet River on April 13, 2022. Experts from The Morton Arboretum helped volunteers such as Licona with the planting.

With Arbor Day on the way, neighbors plant 20 fruit and shade trees in a Southeast Side community garden

April 21, 2022 at 7:16 p.m.

The trees were bare, the sky was gray and temperatures hovered in the 60s. But grass underfoot was already emerald green at the Land, a community garden and outdoor space...

En esta imagen difundida por Oni Press, la portada del libro "Gender Queer" de Maia Kobabe. (Oni Press vía AP)

Book bans and restrictions are on the rise in US schools, says report, including a few cases in Illinois

April 15, 2022 at 5:32 p.m.

In November angry citizens accused Downers Grove school officials of allowing pornography on library shelves. Members of the far-right nationalist group the Proud Boys descended on the normally sleepy suburb...

Devon Price at Foster Beach on April 6, 2022, in Chicago. Price wrote the book "Unmasking Autism" about discovering his own autism as a 20-something, and how his life improved after he realized he had a disability and made efforts to accept his authentic self.

Loyola professor Devon Price writes about the pain of hiding his autism and the rewards of ‘unmasking’ himself

April 7, 2022 at 4:24 p.m.

Devon Price had a long list of rules for getting through the most ordinary day: Don't talk too much about the things that interest you, he would tell himself. Don't...

Billy the runaway bison, still on the lam after 6 months, makes April Fools’ Day appearance in Hawthorn Woods

April 5, 2022 at 5:18 p.m.

Billy, the runaway bison who has charmed the northwest suburbs for the past six months, made a rare public appearance at a busy intersection in Hawthorn Woods just in time...

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