Perhaps you won’t find a harlequin duck or prickly pear cactus on your forays outdoors this December, but you’ll certainly find some plant or animal to remind you of the resilience of nature at a time when there are many more dark hours than light ones.
Bernard Clepper, 81, was killed in a house fire Sunday on 138th Street in Riverdale, the Cook County medical examiner reported.
Walgreens Boots Alliance is considering selling the company to private equity firm Sycamore Partners, according to a published report.
Tentative recommendations for boundary changes that would affect schools throughout District U-46 were presented Monday night to the school board.
Prosecutors are urging a judge not to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money criminal conviction but suggesting a willingness to end the case in a way that would preserve the verdict while avoiding punishment or a protracted legal fight.
The Michelin Guide ceremony in New York City on Monday saw Chicago add one Michelin starred restaurant to its repertoire.
The closure of a Catholic Charities facility in Des Plaines has yielded a donation for the Maine Township food pantry in Park Ridge that leaders called a pleasant surprise – and much needed. Maine Township Supervisor Karen Dimond told Pioneer Press the food pantry received two large freezers in November, which are approximately 6 feet tall and roughly 4 feet wide, after Catholic Charities – a nonprofit community organization – closed a facility at 1717 Rand Road in October. “It was sort of serendipitous,” she said. “We did get freezers and some other furniture from Catholic Charities. They were very […]
Hearing-impaired children were able to speak with Santa using sign language during the 17th annual Aurora Noon Lions Club pizza party at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Elgin Salvation Army Maj. Robert Viquez has faith that somehow they’ll have enough toys for the 540 families expected to come through their community center doors in just 10 days’ time. But, right now, “we are very, very short on toys this year,” Viquez said.
DuPage County Forest Preserve District officials finally acquired a long-sought, 34.9-acre horse farm in unincorporated Wheaton that the district viewed as a keystone parcel between the 797-acre Danada Forest Preserve and the 1,700-acre Morton Arboretum.