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Inside an Illinois Women’s Prison Vacant for 12 Years Now Gone
I cannot imagine how much sadness and depression this one Illinois place contained when it was active. Urban explorers shared one last look inside a former women's prison in Illinois that sat vacant for 12 years and has now been destroyed forever. When it opened in 1991, it was Illinois...
Illinois' historic cicada emergence is winding down, but another cicada is coming
(NBC CHICAGO) - While the great cicada emergence of 2024 may be coming to an end, the "summer of cicadas" is far from over, and the next round might look a little different. That's because another emergence is on the horizon. The season started with the emergence of not one...
Out-of-state Patients Increasingly Seek Abortions in Illinois
Two years ago, the Supreme Court Dobbs ruling reversed Roe v. Wade Today, Illinois faces a high demand for abortions from out-of-state patients. The Chicago Abortion Fund is aiding these women by providing crucial support as 21 states tighten abortion rules since the Dobbs decision. “I’ve gone through abortions as...
Queso Chonero Special White Cheese recalled in Illinois after testing positive for Listeria monocytogenes
El Cangrejo Guayaco LLC of Chicago, IL is recalling Queso Chonero Special White Cheese because of Listeria monocytogenes contamination. According to the details posted online by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), the recall was initiated on May 17, 2024, and is ongoing. The recalled product was distributed in Illinois.
Weather Service computer network goes down during Midwest flood disaster
The National Weather Service is suffering yet another major data outage, this time coinciding with deadly flooding in the Midwest and a widespread heat wave affecting tens of millions of people. Why it matters: The outage is part of a pattern of telecommunications breakdowns at the weather and climate forecasting...
Challenges and triumphs for LGBTQ+ communities in rural areas
It is Pride Month, the time of year when many of us reflect on the past, present and future of LGBTQ+ communities and people. A 2019 report from the non-profit Movement Advancement Project and some other organizations estimated there are around 3 million LGBTQ+ people who live in rural areas across the country. LGBTQ+ people in those communities are finding ways to support and uplift one another.
Illinois may soon return land stolen from Prairie Band Potawatomi chief 175 years ago
Some 175 years after the U.S. government stole land from the chief of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation while he was away visiting relatives, Illinois may soon return it to the tribe.Nothing ever changed the 1829 treaty that Chief Shab-eh-nay signed with the U.S. government to preserve for him a reservation in northern Illinois: not subsequent accords nor the 1830 Indian Removal Act, which forced all indigenous people to move west of the Mississippi. But around 1848, the U.S. sold the land to white settlers while Shab-eh-nay and other members of his tribe were visiting family in Kansas. To right...
Basketball: Local coaches among those that are backing shot clock
Basketball coaches around the state that are proponents of the shot clock were disappointed when the WIAA rejected implementing it for nonconference games in the 2025-26 season. The WIAA Board of Control voted 6-4 against using a proposal for a 35-second shot clock during the 2025-26 season for nonconference games...
Artificial intelligence beginning to influence Illinois agriculture
(The Center Square) – Artificial intelligence is making its mark on many industries, and now appears to be impacting Illinois agriculture. An AI farms project at the University of Illinois has trained a language model to answer agricultural crop questions. School officials said the Artificial Intelligence for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and Sustainability Institute will serve as a nexus for multidisciplinary research teams that advance foundational AI and use the advances to address important challenges facing world agriculture. ...
Illinois quick hits: United Center preparing for DNC; Pritzker to sign child care bill
United Center preparing for DNC Construction workers are transforming the United Center from a sports and concert venue into the Democratic National Convention Hall. Beginning Aug. 19, Chicago will host more than 50,000 visitors, including 5,000 delegates, 12,000 volunteers and 15,000 members of the media. The Windy City will host the DNC for the first time since 1996. ...
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