Art becomes part of the nature mission at Will County forest preserves By Melinda Moore June 26, 2025 at 8:57 p.m. Visitors to Forest Preserve District of Will County sites have something else to discover besides...
Oak Lawn $13 million Polaris flood control project to begin this fall By Olivia Stevens June 25, 2025 at 3:26 p.m. Oak Lawn is moving forward with plans to build a detention basin in the fields...
Piping plover boom: Total of six chicks hatch at Montrose Beach and Waukegan By Lily Carey June 23, 2025 at 8:10 p.m. Chicks continue legacy of Monty and Rose, the first of the endangered birds to live...
Chicago weather: Heat and humidity to continue Monday; Saturday night’s low of 78 breaks a record By Christy Gutowski June 23, 2025 at 12:42 p.m. An extreme heat warning remained in effect across Cook County through Monday night, while heat...
Clean energy job training offers hope to hundreds: ‘It’s changed my life’ By Nara Schoenberg June 23, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Illinois residents are benefiting from a long-awaited network of clean energy job training hubs established...
Chicago weather: ‘Dangerous’ heat and humidity to continue through Monday By Rebecca Johnson June 23, 2025 at 7:16 p.m. The low temperature Saturday night was a stifling 78 degrees, breaking the June 21 record...
Despite proposed selloff of federal land, survey shows support for parks unifies people from all walks By Adriana Pérez June 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Future of national public lands is precarious, but Americans across demographic and ideological lines value...
Former EPA administrator, activists react to “One Big Beautiful Bill” By Maya Wilkins June 21, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. As President Donald Trump touts a bill currently making its way through Congress as a...
First extreme heat wave of 2025 headed to Chicago: What to know for the weekend By William Tong June 21, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. Beginning Saturday, Chicagoans can expect intense heat compounded by muggy humidity for the next several...
EPA plans to test 250 homes near Federated Metals this summer By Meredith Colias-Pete June 20, 2025 at 2:33 p.m. The EPA plans to sample just over 250 homes for toxic soil, including lead, this...