Oil prices freeze the Illinois fracking boom
By Holly LaFon Illinois may have missed the fracking boom, as oil prices simmer near $50 a barrel. But a heated drama to reclaim the
By Holly LaFon Illinois may have missed the fracking boom, as oil prices simmer near $50 a barrel. But a heated drama to reclaim the
By Ryan Lund Dan Boeser had a lot to think about during the nearly nine-hour bus ride between Bensenville, Ill. and Lincoln, Neb. A former
By Meghan Tribe Boonaa Mohammed took the stage on Wednesday night at Loyola University Chicago alongside a wooden coffin covered in a clean white sheet.
By Lizz Giordano Citizen scientists are leading astronomers to new clues about star formation. Citizen scientist volunteers discovered the more than 900 mysterious bright yellow
By Yinmeng Liu The doorbell rang as customers buried under woolly overcoats shuffled in. Chicago’s chilly February air swept into the bakery with them, instantly diluted by
By Andrew Fowler and Alysha Khan Across the country, McDonald’s Corp. is rolling out Create Your Taste, the chain’s new way to customize your burger
By Tim Penman Clarification: An earlier version of this story incorrectly characterized Nojel Eastern as the last Evanston player since Everette Stephens in 1984 to
By Adriana Cargill Chicago’s first permitted large-scale commercial green roof farm is set to open in the West Loop this summer. The two Chicago companies
By Meg Anderson Young moms chatted between cloth diaper displays, with wide-eyed babies dangling and cooing in carriers. But amid the heady odor of lotion
By Jamie Friedlander After spending six weeks in Guanajuato, Mexico in 2006, I returned home incredibly sick. I had sallow skin, dark circles under my