Mary Baskerville

The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Wilmington in 2006.

Op-ed: Joliet-area residents have good reason to oppose NorthPoint development

February 26, 2021 at 7:12 p.m.

The path of Illinois Route 53 in Elwood, just south of Joliet, is bucolic. Running along the east side of the road, travelers spot bison grazing at the Midewin National...

Marijuana farm plan worries some county residents

May 23, 2019 at 8:02 a.m.

Developers met recently with residents in rural Will County near the site of a proposed medical marijuana growing facility. About 75 people attended the three-hour meeting Sept. 23 in Wilton...

Bins of medical marijuana at Blum Dispensary in Oakland, Calif., on August 22, 2014.

Will County plan for marijuana crop under fire

May 23, 2019 at 8:02 a.m.

An old corncrib stands against the blue sky in rural Will County, a testament to the decades of harvest on this Wilton Township farm. But if a proposal by White...

Octagon House is preserved on all sides

August 23, 2021 at 3:34 a.m.

Standing in the living room of her circa 1867 home on South Water Street in Wilmington, Gayle Schutten opens a wooden secretary, revealing such family keepsakes as a tintype photo...

All Stories