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Epizootic hemorrhagic disease outbreak strikes deer in Chicagoland
CHICAGO - The Chicagoland area is seeing an outbreak of Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD), a virus that most of the time kills deer and other hoofed animals. The outbreak is being fueled by ongoing drought conditions and warmer-than-usual temperatures, which have created the ideal environment for midges—the insects responsible for spreading the disease.
Man charged with double murder inside SW Side restaurant
Mehdi Medellel, 42, is charged with the murder of two men inside the JJ Fish and Chicken at 78th and Western. Police originally said an employee got into an argument with two men inside the restaurant, pulled out a gun and shot them.
The presidential campaigns have made over 200 visits but speak to just a fraction of American voters
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — On a table at the office of the Waukegan Township Democrats sits a box of postcards with Wisconsin addresses that were collected during a postcard-writing pizza party to help turn out voters there. Leaning against the table are homemade Harris-Walz signs. “We know they’re handing these out everywhere in Wisconsin,” said Matt Muchowski, chair of the Democratic club. “Here in Waukegan, it’s been harder to get a hold of Harris yard signs, so we’re printing out our own.” One reason they’ve been in short supply: Waukegan is in Illinois, which is not a presidential swing state. It just sits across the border from one. Muchowski said this is emblematic of the limited attention cities outside of swing states receive from presidential campaigns. The United States’ unique Electoral College system, which replaces the popular vote, puts disproportionate voting power in the hands of a relative few states that are evenly divided politically and ensures that the majority of campaign dollars — and attention from the presidential candidates — goes to those states.
Hike Through the Birthplace of the Atom Bomb, Celebrate Fall, Help Reforest the ‘Big Woods’: 6 Picks for Outdoor Weekend Fun
This weekend’s picks of outdoor adventures will take you on a time-traveling tour of the region’s natural history — from 400-million-year-old rock to an Ice Age “mountain” to more recent remnants of the Atomic Age. COOK COUNTY: Go Nuclear. Hands down, the strangest point of...
A lot more sunshine and spectacular weather ahead, then temps plummet…
It was a chilly start to the day Tuesday for areas away from Lake Michigan—temperatures dipped close to frost levels in some locations Area low temperature map and coolest area low temperatures Tuesday’s Almanac Temperatures warmed noticeably Tuesday afternoon under bright sunshine Highs, and how much warmer than Monday? Tracking the change in […]
After Spike In Humboldt Park Shootings, Violence Interrupters Working To Resolve Gang Conflicts
HUMBOLDT PARK — Community leaders are ramping up efforts to interrupt gang violence amid a series of Humboldt Park shootings in recent months. There have been 28 shootings, five of them fatal, in the neighborhood since July, according to city crime data. During the same time period last year, there were 16 shootings that left one person dead.
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