Environment | Drone shows dazzle, but are Americans ready to add them to July 4th traditions? By Adriana Pérez June 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Drone light shows have emerged in recent years as an alternative to fireworks, addresses growing...
Environment | Bronzeville microgrid, largest of its kind in Illinois, is a step toward more reliable power, experts say By Nara Schoenberg June 28, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. With climate change concerns, microgrids can function as part of the main electric grid but...
Environment | Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants By Mark Sherman June 27, 2024 at 9:55 a.m. The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on...
Transportation | Norfolk Southern botched decision to blow open vinyl chloride cars in East Palestine, NTSB says By Associated Press June 25, 2024 at 3:19 p.m. Norfolk Southern and its contractors botched the decision to blow open five tank cars and...
Local News | A rare blue-eyed cicada was found in Niles. But thousands more could exist, professor says. By Richard Requena June 25, 2024 at 10:55 a.m. Carole Will McDonald said she didn’t think she would find a blue-eyed cicada when she...
Environment | Minooka pushes back on massive rail project it says will flood village with truck traffic By John Lippert June 23, 2024 at 1:38 p.m. The Village of Minooka seeks a court order to limit 18-wheelers. Meanwhile, Canadian National says...
Weather | Heat wave continues to bake much of the US with little relief expected By Bruce Shipkowski June 21, 2024 at 8:33 p.m. Millions of residents across the country have had their lives disrupted by days of unusually...
Environment | Ethylene oxide emissions from 2 plants could have raised cancer risks for Lake County neighbors, report shows By Michael Hawthorne June 21, 2024 at 3:06 p.m. Air quality testing near Vantage and Medline during 2019 and 2020 detected spikes of EtO,...
Arts | A real-world ‘Sesame Street’: Lawndale Pop-Up Spot puts art, storytelling in the hands of the public By Darcel Rockett June 21, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. With rotating exhibits, the museum housed in a shipping container lets community members dictate what...
History | Vintage Chicago Tribune: The Great Seiche — or was it? — of 1954. What was behind Lake Michigan’s most unusual phenomenon? By Kori Rumore June 20, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. A freakish, 10-foot-high inland wave crashed onto the Chicago shoreline from the Chicago River north...