The heat is on Chicago, and may break 100 Thursday
It might be a risky proposition, but if the weather forecasters can be trusted, temperatures in the Chicago area will hit their highest in seven years Thursday, possibly breaking the...
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When heat is your beat
When scorching temperatures flirt with records, how should news organizations treat those top-of-mind topics? Because websites are easier to change than newsprint, the baiduhai handled it differently in the...
The heat is on Chicago, and may break 100 Thursday
It might be a risky proposition, but if the weather forecasters can be trusted, temperatures in the Chicago area will hit their highest in seven years Thursday, possibly breaking the...
After lifetime in the gym, Aurora gymnast Anna Li makes last-ditch bid at Olympic glory
On the wall in a Carol Stream gym is a chalk-dusted poster from the 2010 collegiate gymnastics championships. It features the photo of a young woman airborne, her dark brown...
After lifetime in the gym, Aurora gymnast Anna Li makes last-ditch bid at Olympic glory
On the wall in a Carol Stream gym is a chalk-dusted poster from the 2010 collegiate gymnastics championships. It features the photo of a young woman airborne, her dark brown...
Wind turbines planned for northwest Illinois generate controversy
— The plains hognose snake is a tan, brown and gray blotchy creature that measures nearly 30 inches and dines on frogs, toads and salamanders. Now it's something else: a...
Picking a vocation: Scavengers more than shadowy figures
Over the years, Javier Torres has worked as a welder, auto mechanic, shipping and receiving grunt and, most recently, construction laborer. But when construction jobs nearly evaporated about three years...
Police release video of missing Aurora boy
One video shows Timmothy Pitzen pushing a toy truck across a carpeted lobby. Another shows him clutching something to his chest as he walks through a stairwell exit behind his...
A year later, boy’s fate is still a mystery
Eight days ago, on what would have been her late daughter's 44th birthday, Alana Anderson visited her grave. "I yelled at her," Anderson said Thursday. "I told her this was...
Stream of conscience: Debate over Negro Creek turns neighborly
SEATONVILLE, ILL. — Phillip Mol is pushing to change the name of a narrow, meandering creek that was given its official title about the time Abraham Lincoln was elected to...