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The bison herd walks through wildflowers July 1, 2015, at the Nachusa Grasslands prairie restoration site in Franklin Grove, Ill.

Illinois bison busy as rabbits, prairie ambassadors

August 18, 2019 at 7:56 p.m.

Since wild bison were reintroduced to an Illinois prairie after being absent from the region for nearly two centuries, the animals have been multiplying a bit like another more prevalent...

Bobby Hanson, 34, left, Stephanie Kopplin, 27, Shay Johnson, 21, and Jasmine Newell, 21, run across the street in the Boystown neighborhood June 26, 2015.

Long road to historic moment for gay couples who recall the way it was

May 22, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

Yvonne Zipter received a text Friday from her life partner informing her of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, a ruling that — for people of a certain...

Margaret Frisbie, executive director of the Friends of the Chicago River, visits Canal Origins Park at the confluence of Bubbly Creek and the Chicago River on June 17, 2015.

Plan to restore Bubbly Creek stalls amid contamination concerns

August 18, 2019 at 7:53 p.m.

Plans for a $15.4 million restoration of notorious Bubbly Creek on Chicago's South Side have stalled while the Environmental Protection Agency determines the extent of water and sediment contamination in...

Hockey 101: Novices get schooled on Blackhawks’ practice ice

August 18, 2019 at 7:45 p.m.

Bravery takes many forms, and on Sunday mornings at a near-empty ice rink on Chicago's West Side, it assumes the shapes of part-time burlesque artist Ali Lawrence, general contractor Stephen...

The vault containing the remains of Stanley Skridla, who was slain and his date kidnapped and later killed in 1948, is exhumed from Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Winnebago on May 28, 2015.

Murder case not closed, but amateur sleuth’s involvement is

August 18, 2019 at 7:41 p.m.

The exhumation Mike Arians hoped would illuminate or end his investigation into an unsolved 1948 murder case accomplished one of those goals. "Where I'm at right now is, I'm done,"...

The casket of Mary Jane Reed, right in above photo, was exhumed in 2005 as part of former Oregon, Ill., Mayor Michael Arians' efforts to reopen the investigation into the unsolved killings of Reed and Stanley Skridla in 1948. The case is "a lot like a puzzle," Arians said.

Body to be exhumed in cold case of lovers’ lane slayings

August 18, 2019 at 7:39 p.m.

For more than 15 years, Mike Arians has been investigating an unsolved double homicide that occurred on a lovers' lane in his scenic river town in 1948. On Thursday in...

The Aurora Public Library is seen May 20, 2015, just days before it closed for good. The library, though heavily renovated in 1969, lacked modern features the new building will offer.

Library’s closing reveals fading Carnegie legacy, hopeful future

August 18, 2019 at 7:37 p.m.

In the basement mailroom of the Aurora Public Library's main building, covered by a ceiling panel above a copy machine, is the bricks-and-mortar legacy of the individual who once was...

Caprice Manny, 21, had bounced from the homes of sisters, grandparents and friends, as well as long-term housing centers, after leaving her mother's home in 2011. Manny now is in a Humboldt Park apartment thanks to a nonprofit pilot program.

Homeless college students navigate uncertainty

August 18, 2019 at 7:33 p.m.

This month, with a mix of anxiety and exhilaration, college students across the country will cram their brains for final exams, then pack their bags for home. It's a little...

Obama library to be in Chicago, but site yet to be decided

August 18, 2019 at 7:29 p.m.

In the end, it wasn't about a view of the Hudson River in New York or the promise of oceanfront property in Hawaii. For Barack and Michelle Obama, the decision...

Fracking fight continues as promise fades

August 18, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

For some people here, the farm field across the road from Tim O'Regan's factory was supposed to be this struggling town's land of opportunity, a way to reap economic benefits...

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