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A group sits above I-294 at the O'Hare Oasis in Schiller Park on the landmark's last day, on Sept. 4, 2018.

Above-the-road O’Hare Oasis — a unique slice of Illinois history — closes to make way for Tri-State widening

December 12, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.

By snapping a couple of photos of a sign at about 12:02 a.m. Wednesday, Joe Kho became an obscure historical figure in a uniquely Illinois story. He is the last...

Jen Figinsky, left, and Corin Mertz trim grass around a roadside memorial for Jen's son, Bobby Figinsky, on Aug. 8, 2018, on Hononegah Road in Roscoe, Ill. Bobby Figinsky and Mertz's daughter, Macayla Wilson, were hit by a truck, killing Figinsky and injuring Macayla.

A delayed DUI test, no tickets issued: Families seek answers after pickup hits, kills teen and injures friend

May 23, 2019 at 1:10 a.m.

At the center of Jen Figinsky’s heartbreak is the fact her son is dead and she believes no one has been held accountable. The basic facts are clear: A man...

This pangolin is the only one on display at Brookfield Zoo on Aug. 22, 2018.

The most endangered animal you’ve never heard of — and how Brookfield Zoo is trying to help save it

December 12, 2018 at 7:56 p.m.

The pangolin, a docile and reclusive animal that resembles an anteater covered in hard scales, is the world’s most poached mammal. But when William Zeigler and other animal advocates try...

‘It wasn’t a big cat’: Cougar sightings in northwest suburb prompt warning as officials try to capture animal

December 12, 2018 at 6:45 p.m.

Bob Fleisher knows what he saw moments before dawn on Tuesday morning when he stepped onto his back deck to watch the sun rise over the pond in Surrey Woods...

Alberto Herrera of Chicago, speaks to journalists outside the hotel where he is staying, a day after surviving the crash of Aeromexico flight 2431 just after takeoff in Durango, Mexico, on Aug. 1, 2018.

Dozens of Chicago-area passengers survive Mexican jetliner crash: ‘The smoke was unbelievable’

December 12, 2018 at 6:04 p.m.

When an Aeromexico jetliner slicing through hail and turbulence was slammed to the ground moments after taking off from the airport in Durango, Mexico, on Tuesday, at least two passengers...

A Chicago police detective checks a planter in front of the Wrigley Field marquee on July 31, 2018.

Cubs assure fans they can ‘safely’ enter Wrigley Field on day of Lake Shore Drive march; biggest concern is route to game

December 12, 2018 at 10:35 p.m.

Jerry Leatham says he is a live and let live kind of guy. He is at peace with an anti-violence protest scheduled to shut down a section of North Lake...

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Above-the-road O’Hare Oasis — a unique slice of Illinois history — closes to make way for Tri-State widening

A delayed DUI test, no tickets issued: Families seek answers after pickup hits, kills teen and injures friend

The most endangered animal you’ve never heard of — and how Brookfield Zoo is trying to help save it

‘It wasn’t a big cat’: Cougar sightings in northwest suburb prompt warning as officials try to capture animal

Dozens of Chicago-area passengers survive Mexican jetliner crash: ‘The smoke was unbelievable’

Cubs assure fans they can ‘safely’ enter Wrigley Field on day of Lake Shore Drive march; biggest concern is route to game

La clave del éxito académico de jóvenes de minorías es tener más maestros de minorías

Possible key to black boys’ academic success: Hire black men as elementary school teachers

Elderly woman who killed husband, then herself, had ‘difficult time caring for him,’ police say

Suburban woman who fears persecution for exposing corruption in Lithuania fails to convince judge to halt extradition