Aurora looks for help naming baby falcons that hatched outside City Hall
Two of the baby falcons hatched on Friday, and then another two hatched on Monday,...
Environment
Central and southern Illinois residents could face high electricity rates again this summer
How much Ameren customers will pay this summer partly depends on whether region experiences another...
Oak Park volunteer lauded for work with Will County’s forest preserves
Oak Park resident Scott Mortenson was named the 2025 Volunteer of the Year by the...
GreenFest in Aurora focuses on energy efficiency, sustainability
Over 100 exhibitors were on hand Saturday for GreenFest in downtown Aurora, which emphasized sustainability...
At Humboldt Park Lagoon, anglers hope fish and swan boats can coexist in urban ecosystem
Some say the boats' spinning pedals rip up vegetation that fish use for shelter and...
Kane County’s Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve, home to new bison herd, opens to the public
As of May 1, the public can officially visit the small herd of bison that...
As U.S. Steel announces clean steel facility in Arkansas, NWI activists want the same in Gary
Northwest Indiana green steel advocates weren’t surprised by the development, and worry about what it...
Opening of renovated Lions Park Pool in Clarendon Hills delayed by record-breaking rainfall
The anticipated May 23 opening of the renovated Lions Park Pool in Clarendon Hills has...
Flares went off at BP refinery Sunday night, IDEM monitoring
Flares went off at BP's Whiting refinery Sunday night after a "brief loss of electric...
One of America’s oldest weather observatories shows people the science behind our climate
Using largely unchanged analog tools, they have built a continuous record of temperature, humidity, precipitation,...