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Brookfield Zoo will again celebrate an unhappy Valentine’s Day.The zoo will offer the chance to name a cockroach in honor of an un-special person in your life.For a $15 donation, a Madagascar hi...

Billions of cicadas are expected to emerge this spring in an occurrence that has been described as “once in a lifetime” — and Illinois will be at the center of it.The 2024 cicad...

Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg, who played 15 seasons for the Chicago Cubs, announced on Instagram that he has been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer and has begun treatme...

As you may have guessed, rush-hour traffic in some cities is worse than in others. Navigation software company TomTom recently released its annual Traffic Index for 2023, using more than 600 million i...

Some culprit filled in a Northside Chicago neighborhood landmark affectionately called by residents the "rat hole."The indentation in the pavement on West Roscoe Street resembles the outline of a rat,...

A recent survey named the top U.S. cities for threesomes and open relationships. 3Fun, which describes itself as "the world’s leading dating app for sexually free singles and partners to meet li...

A local dance studio is bringing back its "Dirty Dancing"-themed classes this Valentine's Day season - complete with a simplified version of the famous routine from the end of the 1987 movie.Since 201...

The Chicago White Sox are in “serious” discussions with the owner of a plot of land in the city’s South Loop about building a new ballpark a few miles north of their longtime home at...

Less than two weeks after announcing that they were seeking a new guitarist and asking the public for submissions, Chicago’s The Smashing Pumpkins have provided an update into their se...

After the passage of an Illinois law in 2023 that gives transit agencies the ability to act against riders engaging in certain forms of conduct, Metra has adopted a new passenger code of conduct that ...