Marie Fazio

The oldest cast-iron gas pipe in the city of Chicago is secured on a flatbed truck following it's extraction at Orleans and Hubbard, Friday, June 28, 2019.

Oldest gas pipeline in Chicago, from before Great Fire, gets a retirement party

June 29, 2019 at 6:23 a.m.

It was no ordinary retirement party Friday morning at Hubbard and Orleans streets in River North. A small crowd gathered as a flatbed truck carefully backed into position next to...

Minerva Guerrero prays during Sunday Mass at St. Adalbert's Catholic Church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood on Dec. 9, 2018.

From sacred to secular: What happens when a Catholic church shuts down?

June 28, 2019 at 12:40 p.m.

With churches in every neighborhood, Catholicism has long been a historic aspect of Chicago culture. Last year, the Archdiocese of Chicago had more than 2.1 million Catholics, according to statistics...

Matt De Stafani walks his dog, Walter, past a warning sign about potentially harmful blue-green algae at the Humboldt Park lagoon on June 25, 2019, in Chicago.

Park District: Stay out of Humboldt Park lagoon due to toxic blue-green algae

June 25, 2019 at 8:04 p.m.

The Chicago Park District is warning Humboldt Park visitors to stay away from the lagoon after recent tests revealed traces of blue-green algae, a type of bacteria that can be...

Yo-Yo Ma, right, congratulates Yasmin Perez, 14, who performed piano during the famed cellist's "Day of Action" at Unity Park in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood on June 21, 2019.

Yo-Yo Ma plants tree and plucks cello in West Side park

June 21, 2019 at 9:47 p.m.

As beads of sweat dripped down his forehead, Yo-Yo Ma, famed cellist extraordinaire, carefully lowered a magnolia sapling into the ground at Unity Park in North Lawndale. Using a wheelbarrow...

Lincoln library receives Bible that president owned in last year of his life

June 20, 2019 at 4:54 p.m.

Seven score and 15 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln attended the Grand Central Fair in Philadelphia, where he signed 48 copies of the Emancipation Proclamation to be sold for fundraising...

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