Paul Vriend's photo of a beaver swimming at Jackson Park leads the notes package from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Expected rounds of snow have prompted Chicago's Department of Streets and Sanitation to deploy salt trucks across the city.

The current head of the federal agency that oversees one of the wastewater treatment plants at the center of the Tijuana ...

Snow and ice in whiteout conditions contributed to a pileup of more than 100 cars on a major highway connecting Oregon and ...

The high risk of mudslides prompted evacuation orders Thursday for some Los Angeles neighborhoods ravaged by recent wildfires, while snow and ice to the north caused ...

That's not a typo. Crain's analysis of new longterm data on median home price growth reveals the tidal wave of change to hit ...

Residents of nine South Shore communities have overwhelmingly voted in favor of funding the construction of a new, $276.4 million South Shore Technical High School, signaling a growing desire for ...

As the community-building ethos spread across Chicago’s wellness scene, accessibility became central to Julia Perkins’ mission at Studio Yogi in the South Shore neighborhood, which she opened ...

Here's what a whole lot of money can get you on the South Shore. An oceanfront residential ... city put a ban on such rentals in residential neighborhoods. The 2,525-square foot home with three ...

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HANOVER -- How long has Derek Mariani been behind the bench for the South Shore Tech High boys hockey team? Long enough that his current roster includes a pair of his grandsons, one of whom is the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Officials have identified one of the three women shot in an alley on the city's South Side earlier this week. The shooting happened just before 5 a.m. on Tuesday in an alley near ...