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The Tavern inside the Ocean Voyager cruise ship at Navy Pier.

After pandemic shutdown, the cruise ship industry is booming on the Great Lakes

July 18, 2022 at 9:42 a.m.

Scott Kidd and his wife had always wanted to go on a cruise. But the 63-year-old Episcopal priest from the rural mountains of Georgia wanted something different. He wasn't really...

Large sand bags on the Lakefront Trail near Fullerton Avenue in Chicago on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Chicago beaches open this Friday for the Memorial Day weekend. (Jose M. Osorio/ baiduhai)

Lake Michigan levels dropping, revealing how much work is needed to repair Chicago’s eroded beaches

June 27, 2022 at 12:02 p.m.

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Boulders and cement barriers in place of sand at Howard Beach on May 24, 2022.

Lake Michigan levels dropping, revealing how much work is needed to repair Chicago’s eroded beaches

June 9, 2022 at 1:02 p.m.

Giant concrete barriers separate a field of jagged rocks from a grassy playground at Rogers Park Beach on Lake Michigan. There is no white sand. Only "do not swim" signs...

Jay Rivera, Joliet chief water plant operator, walks away after checking the water level at well 24D in Joliet on Feb. 23, 2021. He said 24D is drilled to a depth of 1,500 feet and measured the water level at 970 feet below the ground.

The AIDS Garden Chicago, begun in 2019, is set to open in spring 2022. ‘This is a legacy project.’

December 28, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Owen Keehnen remembers when the AIDS epidemic, which disproportionately affected the LGBTQ community, was at its height in the late 1980s. The gay community in the United States was still...

The Waukegan Generating Station coal-fired plant can be seen from North Beach in Waukegan on Nov. 30, 2021.

Waukegan coal plant owner holds meeting to discuss plans for closing coal ash ponds

December 20, 2021 at 9:57 a.m.

NRG, which owns Midwest Generation and the Waukegan Generating Station, held its first public meetings this week to discuss plans to close two coal ash ponds in Waukegan, a community...

Rubble litters the town after a tornado ripped through Friday evening on Dec. 12, 2021, in Mayfield, Ky.

Biden signs disaster declaration for Illinois, allowing federal aid after deadly tornadoes swept through the Midwest

December 14, 2021 at 5:40 p.m.

President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency in Illinois Monday after devastating tornadoes swept through the state Friday, killing six people in Illinois. The declaration authorizes the release of...

Demonstrators march Dec. 10, 2021, through Chicago's Wrightwood Neighbors neighborhood to protest the proposed construction of a metal-shredding facility on the Southeast Side by Resource Management Group.

Southeast Siders camp out, vowing not to leave until Dr. Allison Arwady denies metal scrapper permit

December 13, 2021 at 5:44 p.m.

More than 100 Southeast Side community members and activists stood in the steady cold drizzle in Jonquil Park, near where they believe Dr. Allison Arwady lives, on Friday evening to...

Danisha Crawford and her daughter Grace Taggett, 3, gaze at their reflection in a holiday decoration during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony to conclude My Block My Hood My City's fourth annual "Be a Part of the Light" event on Dec. 4, 2021, in Washington Park.

Hours after community members gathered for Washington Park Christmas tree lighting, it was set on fire and destroyed. ‘It was just devastating.’

December 8, 2021 at 5:56 p.m.

Beginning in 2019, the Washington Park Chamber of Commerce has hosted a Christmas tree lighting at Garfield Boulevard and Martin Luther King Drive where the community can gather and celebrate...

Pedestrians cross the LaSalle Street bridge on Nov. 14, 2021 as colder weather hit Chicago.

Chicago has coldest temperature in more than 9 months, and snow falls in northwestern suburbs

December 7, 2021 at 5:08 p.m.

People in the Chicago area were buttoning up on Tuesday. The temperature in the city early in the day reached the lowest it's been since Feb. 26, according to the...

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After pandemic shutdown, the cruise ship industry is booming on the Great Lakes

Lake Michigan levels dropping, revealing how much work is needed to repair Chicago’s eroded beaches

Lake Michigan levels dropping, revealing how much work is needed to repair Chicago’s eroded beaches

Top environment stories of 2021: A paltry number of lead pipe replacements, pollution next door and trillions of invasive mussels blanketing Lake Michigan

The AIDS Garden Chicago, begun in 2019, is set to open in spring 2022. ‘This is a legacy project.’

Waukegan coal plant owner holds meeting to discuss plans for closing coal ash ponds

Biden signs disaster declaration for Illinois, allowing federal aid after deadly tornadoes swept through the Midwest

Southeast Siders camp out, vowing not to leave until Dr. Allison Arwady denies metal scrapper permit

Hours after community members gathered for Washington Park Christmas tree lighting, it was set on fire and destroyed. ‘It was just devastating.’

Chicago has coldest temperature in more than 9 months, and snow falls in northwestern suburbs