As plastic items dominate beach littering, Alliance for the Great Lakes’ says we need to ramp up reusable items and sustainable packaging. What about personal responsibility?

Nestor Gomez dragged a patio chair to the beach and watched as it was moved from shade to sun to sand. Online, neighbors ...

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Sandra Jackson-Opoku, one of the Sun-Times’ Chicago’s Next Voices columnists, retired from teaching fiction writing and ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — The summer warmth continues for the Chicago area. Friday's highs will be in the mid-80s with high humidity.

An illegal immigrant from Mexico was arrested for discharging a firearm from a vehicle in Santa Rosa Beach on Wednesday. For ...

Barring a last-minute extension, the company behind the ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology says work will begin Monday ...

A spokesperson for the Chicago Police Department said the agency is giving Trump’s flagship Illinois property “special ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two people were rushed to the hospital Wednesday night after a boat hit a breakwall in the so-called Playpen ...

Two people were seriously injured Wednesday night, after the boat they were on in Lake Michigan hit a breakwall, Chicago fire officials said.