Tatyana Turner

The Captain on the Helm statue in the park, a gift from the Chicago Lodge of Shipmasters International and sculpted by Michael Martino, is seen after a National Maritime Day celebration with the blessing of the fleet at Polk Bros Park at Navy Pier in Chicago on May 22, 2022.

Chicago’s marine community celebrates National Maritime Day with the blessing of the fleet

May 22, 2022 at 6:14 p.m.

A small group gathered near Navy Pier's Wave Wall on Sunday morning to celebrate National Maritime Day with the blessing of the fleet, a tradition where clergy pray over boats...

Swarms of swallows fly near Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary on May 2, 2022.

Lights out, Chicago! Millions of birds expected to migrate over city in next two days

May 9, 2022 at 6:14 p.m.

Conserving energy and stargazing are two of many reasons people opt to turn their lights out at night, but over the next couple of days, experts are urging residents to...

Lashann Walker, right, along with Susanne Bynum, left, Eugene Bynum, second from left, and Ariana Walker speak about their frustration with police and Indiana Amber Alert laws during a press conference at Gary Neighborhood Services on Saturday. Diamond, who is mentally disabled, and King had been missing since July 25

On Mother’s Day, these moms and activists gather to bring attention to missing children

May 8, 2022 at 8:57 p.m.

They came together as a collective to say: "Stop it, do something, and do it now." Roughly a dozen people, including mothers and community activists, gathered in front of the...

The 11600 block of South Lowe Avenue, where three people were shot Saturday, two fatally, is shown on the following day, May 8, 2022, in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago.

Two men killed in West Pullman shooting, third man injured

May 8, 2022 at 6:23 p.m.

Three men were shot, two fatally, in the West Pullman neighborhood Saturday afternoon. Two of the men were standing by the street in the 11600 block of South Lowe Avenue...

High winds in Chicago push clouds over the Chicago skyline and Lake Michigan on April 14, 2022.

After coming off of an ‘unusual April,’ experts say having the ‘winter blues’ during this cold, dreary spring is normal

May 6, 2022 at 4:46 p.m.

If Chicagoland has seemed more cloudy than usual compared with previous springs, it's not your imagination. As a result, Chicagoans may have experienced 'winter blues' for an extended period of...

People walk in the Loop the day after a 27-year-old man and 55-year-old man were shot near the the Chicago Theatre, May 2, 2022, in Chicago.

Already jittery downtown Chicago again jolted by violence over the weekend; Mayor Lightfoot ‘not happy’

May 2, 2022 at 7:18 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday that she was "not happy" about violence that again touched downtown Chicago over the weekend and ended with a cancellation of Sunday night's performance of...

The greenhouse where Bob Zeni grows heirloom tomatoes has more than 4,000 heirloom tomato plants in the North Lawndale neighborhood.

Chicago’s Tomato Man on mission to help others rethink the plant by offering more than 100 varieties of heirloom tomatoes

May 3, 2022 at 11:32 a.m.

To Bob Zeni, a perfectly round and perfectly red store-bought tomato is something to look at, but not to touch. In fact, Zeni hasn't purchased a tomato since 1990. He...

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