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Just an hour northwest of Chicago, 20,000 tulips are languishing, waiting to be picked. At the Little Ducky Flower Farm, a small “u-pick” flower farm tucked away in suburban Barrington Hills, residents could, once upon a time, enjoy picking tulips, …

DEAR ABBY: Regarding “Silver Girl in New York” (Jan. 5), whose husband is making her feel less loved because she decided to not color her hair anymore, this is her decision to make, not his. He needs to grow up. …

An arrest warrant was ordered for a man who sprinted from a Cook County courthouse after he was ordered to be detained during his hearing Monday afternoon. Richard Donta J. Cotton, 32, was at his hearing around 12:35 p.m. Monday …

In June of 2006, Tigers lefty Kenny Rogers beat the Cubs at Wrigley Field for his 200th win. After the game, veteran reliever Todd Jones posed a question to 23-year-old hotshot Justin Verlander, who’d won a day earlier in his …

A new report out Tuesday tackles the yawning wealth gap between Black and white Chicagoans, laying out a set of potential solutions for bridging it, including increased homeownership, enhanced workforce and business development and universal financial literacy training. “The State …

Chicagoans with a flair for fashion and finesse celebrated the biggest night in style with a showstopper of their own on Monday timed in parallel with New York’s Met Gala. Attendees descended on the historic Stan Mansion in Logan Square …

Where I grew up in California, on quiet mornings, you could hear the birds before anything else — finches, warblers, sparrows. They made the dawn feel like something alive. Those songs filled the sky with beauty and made the world …

La exjefa de personal del 35° distrito y organizadora comunitaria, Jessica Vásquez, fue nombrada el domingo pasado para formar parte de la Junta de Comisionados del Condado de Cook, llenando una vacante creada para el asiento del distrito 8 cuando …

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not run in the Preakness Stakes, officials announced Tuesday, meaning there won’t be a Triple Crown champion for a seventh consecutive year. “We received a call today from trainer Bill Mott that Sovereignty will not …

Four outbound ramps of the Kennedy Expressway will close for repaving later in May as part of a three-year overhaul of the highway. The Illinois Department of Transportation said closures will begin, weather permitting, on: Monday, May 19, from Ogden …

A lo largo de la Calle 26 en el vecindario de La Villita, el lunes se sintió como un día ordinario. Para algunos residentes, ese es el problema. No hay carros alegóricos, no hay fiestas, no hay festejos celebrando el …

Smallmouth bass and salmon/trout on the lakefront as well as the quintessential spring signs (lilacs blooming, Mother’s Day, near the May full moon) lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Yes, I saw and smelled my first blooming lilacs over …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — La administración de Trump anunció que pagará $1,000 a los inmigrantes que se encuentran en Estados Unidos de manera ilegal y que regresen a su país de origen de forma voluntaria, mientras avanza con su agenda de …

Illinois manufacturers, who are often large water and wastewater customers, depend on cost-effective and reliable systems, as do countless small businesses, schools and hospitals. A functioning modern water and wastewater system is essential, not only for public health, but for …

You want dried porcini mushrooms in your pantry. Dried mushrooms keep indefinitely and can easily be reconstituted for use with pasta and risottos or added to soups and sauces. More important, you can simply blitz the heck out of them …

Before a 47-year-old knife-wielding man was fatally shot by police early Monday, he allegedly stabbed a 58-year-old man whose body wasn’t discovered until hours later in the South Shore assisted-living complex where they both lived, neighbors and officials confirmed Tuesday. …

Mayor Brandon Johnson turned up the heat on the City Council Tuesday on the eve of a pivotal vote on his plan to confront Chicago’s affordable housing crisis — amid pushback from his most powerful ally. Johnson’s “green social housing” …

Gov. JB Pritzker has agreed to testify before the Republican-led U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 12 alongside New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over their states’ immigration policies. Pritzker initially received a …

Famed organist Nancy Faust will return to Rate Field as part of the White Sox’ celebration of its 125th season. Faust was part of the ballpark experience for White Sox fans for over four decades. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be …

Michael Miner kept Chicago journalists on their toes. As the longtime media columnist for the Chicago Reader, if he saw something in the local papers or television news that seemed to miss the mark or made him roll his eyes, …