Maddie Ellis

Aviation students act as planes on their practice runway while studying for their drone pilot exam on Nov. 2 at Corliss High School in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood.

Through a Chicago high school’s drone-flying program, teens expand their horizons

November 27, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.

A'Janay Lurry considered the wind pattern and airport traffic flow before she made her descent onto the runway. Only this runway was a dotted line of blue masking tape in...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg during an announcement about the modernization project and building of the Global Terminal on Nov. 21, 2022, at O'Hare International Airport.

O’Hare Airport’s renovation plan gets environmental green light

November 22, 2022 at 12:24 a.m.

The city of Chicago has cleared a hurdle in its plans to redevelop O'Hare International Airport as federal aviation officials determined the proposed overhaul of terminals would not have a...

Eisha Love gives a hug to K.J Whitehead during a vigil for Elise Malary on Nov. 20, 2022, in Chicago. Elise Malary was a trans activist whose body was found in Lake Michigan last spring.

On Transgender Day of Resilience, community honors LGBTQ victims of violence in Chicago and Colorado

November 21, 2022 at 8:25 p.m.

Members of the LGBTQ community knew Sunday was going to be difficult. Nov. 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance, held to honor transgender people who have died, and those who...

Una instalación de reciclaje de chatarra propiedad de Sims Metal Management en la cuadra 2500 S. Paulina Street en el ramal sur del río Chicago el 2 de noviembre de 2022, en Chicago.

Residentes de Pilsen piden un estudio más amplio y presionan a la ciudad para que ‘cierre la puerta’ a los contaminadores en el suroeste

November 18, 2022 at 3:29 p.m.

En el sureste de la ciudad, los residentes tuvieron éxito en su campaña para lograr que la alcaldía negara un permiso que habría permitido abrir una trituradora de chatarra en...

The scrap metal recycling facility owned by Sims Metal Management on South Paulina Street on Nov. 2, 2022.

A scrap metal shredder on the Southwest Side wants to renew its permit. But Pilsen residents are fighting back.

November 18, 2022 at 3:35 p.m.

On the Southeast Side, residents were successful in their campaign to get the city to deny a permit that would have allowed a scrap metal shredder to open in their...

Horses stand in a snowy pasture at Vintage Oak Farm on Nov. 15, 2022, in Libertyville. Vintage Oak Farm is a 60-acre horse farm that boards and trains horses.

Commuters should plan for snow and slippery roads Tuesday morning, city says

November 15, 2022 at 3:47 p.m.

Snow is expected to accumulate Tuesday, creating slushy roadways and slippery conditions for Chicago residents' morning commutes, according to a winter weather advisory from the city. Chicagoans should plan for...

At Saint Ignatius College Prep in Chicago, varsity hockey players Jack Rhyner, from left, Jack Perreault and Charlie Reif talk to reporters on Nov. 14, 2022, about other students injured when a semitrailer collided with the hockey team bus near Warsaw, Indiana.

Two Saint Ignatius hockey players remain hospitalized after crash in Indiana; semitrailer driver charged

November 15, 2022 at 8:06 p.m.

Two Saint Ignatius College Prep junior varsity hockey players remained hospitalized Monday following a collision with a semitrailer that flipped the team bus following a hockey tournament in Indiana over...

3 Saint Ignatius hockey players upgraded to stable after truck crashes into bus in NE Indiana

November 14, 2022 at 5:24 p.m.

Three students from Saint Ignatius College Prep in Chicago were upgraded to stable condition Sunday after a semitrailer collided with a bus carrying the school's junior varsity hockey team Saturday...

City vendor Seven-D Construction Co. workers plant several trees in the 4400 block of South Christiana Avenue in Chicago on Oct. 20, 2022.

City says it’s on track to plant 15,000 trees in first step to fix Chicago’s tree disparities. But ‘real work’ starts now, advocates say.

November 13, 2022 at 7:49 p.m.

About four days a week, Dulce Garduno picks a few blocks in Little Village and knocks on doors. If there's no response, she flags it as a house to revisit....

School buses waiting for students outside a West Rogers Park school on Nov.11, 2022.

School leader says incident of man shouting to students on bus was not antisemitism but ‘kids and immature adults’

November 11, 2022 at 7:48 p.m.

An incident Wednesday in which elementary students were shouted at on their school bus near West Rogers Park was not an act of antisemitism, the school's CEO Rabbi Menachem Levine...

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