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A male coyote found in an Aldi grocery store in Humboldt Park on Jan. 13, 2025, rests inside a crate after being rescued by Chicago Animal Care and Control as he awaits transfer to Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation for a full health assessment. (Armando Tejeda/Chicago Animal Care and Control)

Coyote rescued from Aldi fridge section in Humboldt Park

January 16, 2025 at 6:11 a.m.

Animal appeared uninjured and will be assessed before being released back into the wild if that is deemed appropriate.

Express lanes on the Kennedy Expressway reopen after a month's delay as the testing of a new reversible gate system nears completion, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation, on Jan. 13, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Kennedy express lanes set to reopen Monday

January 13, 2025 at 7:24 p.m.

The Kennedy Expressway's express lanes will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, IDOT said. The project also will include work on the outbound lanes, scheduled to take place this spring.

A goat at Urban Growers Collective, a farm at 9001 S. Mackinaw Ave. in Chicago, helps recycle Christmas trees on Jan. 7, 2025. The goats strip the trees bare and their manure is composted. What little is left of the trees is later run through a wood chipper. The trees must be free of ornaments and contaminants like artificial snow sprayed on branches. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

From goat snacks to garden mulch, recycling Christmas trees reduces landfill emissions

January 10, 2025 at 5:01 p.m.

They often end up in landfills, decomposing and releasing methane, a greenhouse gas more than 25 times as powerful as carbon dioxide in trapping heat.

Edie Jacobs, 76, surveys her flooded basement in the 900 block of North Lockwood Avenue on July 2, 2023, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Federal government to deliver Chicago and Cook County millions in disaster relief funds for severe storms and flooding

January 8, 2025 at 7:19 p.m.

Illinois experienced 11 disasters in 2024, mostly severe storms, making it the fourth costliest year to date after 2012, 1993 and 2023.

Lake-effect snow in Illinois likely to disrupt Monday commute as winter blast hits hardest farther south

January 6, 2025 at 7:10 p.m.

Colder weather will remain throughout the week with temperatures below normal.

2 in custody after shooting and multiple police chases in Lake County, sheriff says

January 6, 2025 at 8:42 a.m.

After high-speed car chases in the north suburbs, two men arrested in connection to a drive-by shooting of two women, authorities say.

Canoe guide Marvin Fournier puts a canoe in the North Branch of the Chicago River at the Clark Park boat launch on Dec. 19, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

One paddle at a time, volunteer guides forge bonds to Chicago River’s rich history and ecology

December 31, 2024 at 11:23 a.m.

Canoe trips aim to increase accessibility to the river and advance conservation efforts.

A state-endangered Blanding’s turtle at the Brookfield Zoo on Dec. 23, 2024. Researchers from the Brookfield Zoo and the University of Illinois Wildlife Epidemiology Lab recently documented the first known cases of Emydomyces testavorans, a rare fungal pathogen, in Illinois turtles. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Illinois at the forefront of research and treatment for turtles infected with rare fungus

December 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Early discovery of the fungus in Illinois put the state in an unusual position to be a world leader in containing and treating it.

Lights from a building illuminate clouds as rain falls near Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Nov. 18, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Dreaming of a white Christmas? Chicago forecast narrows already slim chances

December 24, 2024 at 9:45 a.m.

The city has only experienced one white Christmas in the past six years. It was 2022, and even then it barely qualified with 1 inch of snow.

Stephen Meyer, a volunteer coordinator with the nonprofit Urban Rivers, cleans up perlite, a white insulation material used in construction, from the bank of the Chicago River at Division Street on Dec. 18, 2024, after demolition work Saturday at the former baiduhai Freedom Center sent debris into the water. Videos shared on social media showed a crane bring down a wall, causing white granular material to spill into the river and bring protective netting down with it. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Debris from Freedom Center demolition falls into the river at Bally’s casino site

December 23, 2024 at 1:11 p.m.

Conservationists alarmed as winds blew debris into floating gardens of the Wild Mile; cleanup underway.

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