Environment
After struggling over the last few years, the Chicago area’s firefly population seems to be enjoying a “pretty good year,” thanks to a milder winter and wetter spring.
Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially save lives.
The flood watch is in effect until 7 a.m. Friday for Cook County, the collar counties and the majority of northern Illinois, according to the National Weather Service.
“We literally carried some folks out on our backs,” Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford said. The heaviest rain pummeled a five-block radius near the United Center.
The city is always working to bring Pullman Innovations into compliance, “but they never get there,” one environmental group reported. The smell is “unbearable,” the 10th Ward alderperson said.
Storms Tuesday afternoon and evening brought strong downpours and heavy winds to parts of the area, but moved out later in the evening. The cool-down will continue, with Wednesday’s high hitting 84 with partly cloudy skies and a low of 67.
HUD accused Chicago of violating residents’ civil rights by allowing City Council members to use their veto power to block low-income housing.
More than 100 people have been confirmed dead in severe flooding in Central Texas as emergency workers continued to look for dozens who remained missing.
A high swim risk advisory is in effect amid potentially life-threatening rip currents and high wave activity at Illinois and northwest Indiana beaches.
Chicago’s Department of Buildings approved the permit days after outlining a plan for the demolition at a community meeting at the Arturo Velasquez Westside Technical Institute.
Chicagoans can submit names for three chicks born last month to Imani and Searocket. Submissions should “reflect Chicago’s heritage, culture and diversity” and should not be named for elected political figures, businesses or corporations.
Shedd announced the results of recent on-site voting for the name of its newest nonreleasable southern sea otter, who was rescued in Marina, Califonia.
City officials and contractors presented the proposed demolition plan during a community meeting Friday evening at Arturo Velasquez Westside Technical Institute. Residents are concerned about risks to air quality and health from demolition work. A permit for a teardown has not been issued.
Los preservacionistas y una organización comunitaria dicen que un parque público y un sitio para festivales de música es una idea que vale la pena seguir, pero la demolición de las estructuras parece inminente.
Preservationists and a community organization say a public park and musical festival site is an idea worth pursuing, but demolition of the structures appears imminent.
The program says its blue seal of approval on appliances saves households an average of $450 a year on their utility bills. But the EPA plans a reorganization that would eliminate its Energy Star offices.
A total of 60 opioid overdoses were reported Friday and Saturday — including more than 37 on Saturday alone — triggering the city’s spike alert system, city health officials say. When overdose spikes occur, city teams fan out to affected areas with naloxone and assistance.
Beaches were filled Monday as daytime temps reached 95, just shy of a record for the date. Some relief is in sight late Monday into Tuesday, when showers are forecast to move into the area. But the heat will stick through the end of the week.