Tony Briscoe

Tony Briscoe is a former reporter for the Tribune.

Former Detective David March, left, is one of three current and former Chicago police officers accused of exaggerating the threat posed by Laquan McDonald as he was shot to death by a fellow officer in 2014.

Judge to keep filings sealed in Laquan McDonald conspiracy case involving 3 officers

May 23, 2019 at 6:10 a.m.

A Cook County judge decided Tuesday to keep several key court documents sealed in the criminal case against three Chicago police officers accused of conspiring after the fatal shooting of...

A charred fuel pump is seen after a boat exploded at Wilmette Harbor on Aug. 11, 2018.

1 dead, 1 injured after boat explodes in Wilmette Harbor on Saturday morning

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

A 67-year-old man was killed and another man was hurt when a boat exploded Saturday morning inside Wilmette Harbor, according to authorities and a witness. Mitchell Z. Sroka, of the...

5 things about invasive and non-native species in the Great Lakes

May 23, 2019 at 6:09 a.m.

Cornell University researchers have confirmed the presence of two new exotic species in the Great Lakes, marking the latest aquatic intruders to enter the planet's largest system of fresh water....

Waves hit the shoreline near Morgan Point as the Chicago skyline is seen above the surface of Lake Michigan. In Lake Michigan, fast-filtering invasive mussel species have decimated zooplankton populations.

Researchers discover 2 new non-native species in Great Lakes

May 23, 2019 at 6:09 a.m.

Cornell University researchers have confirmed two new exotic species, both about the size of a flea, have established themselves in the Great Lakes, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency....

New buoys recording water conditions are ‘smartest, smallest’ in Lake Michigan

August 4, 2018 at 12:11 p.m.

Scientists last month deployed two new buoys in Lake Michigan that have begun recording and publishing lake conditions in real-time — for the first time — near a north suburban...

Police officers stand in front of demonstrators at the intersection of Belmont Avenue and Lake Shore Drive during a march from Lake Shore Drive to Wrigley Field on Aug. 2, 2018, to draw attention to Chicago's gun violence.

Protesters pray, chant outside Wrigley after anti-violence march briefly shuts down Lake Shore Drive

May 23, 2019 at 6:08 a.m.

A demonstration trumpeted as a way to deliver an anti-violence message to the more affluent North Side briefly shut down Lake Shore Drive during the Thursday afternoon rush and culminated...

Heartland Alliance finds no evidence to support claims of abuse of immigrant children after internal inquiry

December 13, 2018 at 4:35 a.m.

After allegations of child abuse were leveled against Heartland Alliance, a Chicago-based nonprofit that has housed immigrant children separated from their families, the organization announced Tuesday that an internal investigation...

The MAT Asphalt plant went up quickly at 2055 W. Pershing Road, across from McKinley Park in Chicago.

McKinley Park group rallies neighbors to push back against asphalt plant, lack of notification

May 23, 2019 at 6:07 a.m.

Shortly after an asphalt plant quietly started operations across the street from McKinley Park, public officials have joined residents in chiding the Illinois EPA for an abbreviated notification process that...

A system of piers and gates controls the flow of water through the St. Marys River from Lake Superior to lakes Michigan and Huron.

Callers criticize board that regulates how much water Lake Superior discharges into Lake Michigan

December 13, 2018 at 3:44 a.m.

The board that controls the amount of water released from Lake Superior into lakes Michigan and Huron was criticized Thursday for increasing the discharge of water into the lower lakes...

Carl Dahlin, 47, stands in front of his family home at Porter Beach on July 12, 2018. The private lakefront beach near his property is heavily eroded due to high water levels in Lake Michigan along the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

What happens when Lake Superior has too much water? It dumps it into an already overflowing Lake Michigan

December 13, 2018 at 3:18 a.m.

For nearly a century, a dam at the head of the St. Marys River near Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., has been used like a faucet, controlling the amount of water...

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