The Illinois Big Tree Register is being tidied up and brings a reminder of how many champion trees are around us, including ...

Metra is considering renaming its lines in the Chicago area. The rail agency has released a survey to gauge public feedback ...

Trinity Irish Dancers have been performing hundreds of times across the city each March since 1982, becoming a household name and a staple of Chicago’s Irish community.

Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create whole ...

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed toward orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies.

Starting a garden from flower seed is one of the most economical and satisfying hobbies a person can have. Rather than ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

Earth’s shadow will block most of the light that illuminates the lunar surface, creating what is known as a blood moon.

North Sheridan Road between Ardmore and Thorndale avenues has been designated "Bob Newhart Way" in honor of the beloved comedian, who died last year at 94.