Consumers brace for higher gas prices in 2017

H. Levitt Gas Price Story Photo

By Hannah Levitt Irving Park resident Barbara Cameron uses her car as her primary way of getting around Chicago. The freelance producer fueled her vehicle at a Shell station on the corner of LaSalle St. and North Ave. this week, where regular unleaded gas was $2.989 per gallon. “It affects everything, we just don’t have […]

Rochester Hills residents fight to prevent oil and gas drilling in town

By Danielle Prieur Spring evenings in Rochester Hills, Michigan, have been the same for decades.  High school students move in a line in front of the glass windows of the gym. They practice their flag routine to the sound of whistles and the marching band that performs in the parking lot to their right. Their flags […]