If you're in Chicago and want to experience a different side of Illinois, jump on the Metra at Ogilvie Transportation Center and ride the Union Pacific West line all the way out — past the dense brick ...

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The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says they were called about a possible drowning incident at Sugar Creek just ...

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A tornado was spotted on the ground in the Sugar Creek, Illinois, area as a volatile atmosphere develops, supporting the potential for a severe weather outbreak. More tornadoes are possible throughout ...

First responders rescued a horse from an overflowing creek near Marengo, Illinois, northwest of Chicago this weekend. Early Saturday morning, the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts were called for an ...

Visitors who have enjoyed Antioch's $12.5 million Sequoit Creek Park the past year and a half may not know how it was transformed from a blighted property into a centerpiece. However, the American ...

In her 40 years as an environmental justice organizer, Cheryl Johnson had never seen environmental funding as revolutionary as the Community Change grant. “It gave real money to disinvested ...

A research paper authored by a researcher at Shedd Aquarium and published in Journal of Great Lakes Research assesses the fish species that spawn in the Chicago River to sustain and support resilient, ...

CHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson’s perspective on the Hazel Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance is that it’s been a long time coming. It’s not just the two years that community groups collaborated with the ...

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