Results tagged “inillinois”

Happy Leap Day! While it hasn't officially become Pizza Party USA day, there are plenty of ways to celebrate.

Sure, Al Gore got a Nobel Prize today, but the environment? Well, it's still pretty fucked. Nearly half of Illinois's waterways are unsafe for swimming or fishing.

Jeffrey Rush, son of Congressman Bobby Rush, was fired from his job as an assistant supervisor of security at the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center following allegations that he had sex with two female inmates. Fox Valley ATC is Level 8 security — that's the least severe, on a scale from 1 (maximum) to 8 (transitional), and it's not uncommon for inmates to leave the facility for work, counseling, school, or as a reward for...

Since 2002, Illinois naturalists and foresters have been nervously eyeing the eastern horizon, fearing the invasion of one of Michigan's greatest pests. Nope, not Ted Nugent. We're referring to the emerald ash borer, a devastating, metallic-green critter that has devoured more than 15 million ash trees in Michigan in the three years since it was first discovered near Detroit - and seems to be headed our way.

As an indicator of the impending apocalypse, weird animals have been showing up weird places. What? Not the apocalypse? Just a result of deforestation, urban expansion, changing food sources, and the booming Chihuahua population? Oh, that is the apocalypse? Yeah, we're ranty for a Monday morning. Sure, we're horribly moody this morning, but still, take our warning seriously: if you're in New Boston, keep your eyes peeled for mountain lions (aka cougars, panthers, pumas, and catamounts).

Democrats are assembling teams of lawyers to be deployed throughout the nation should another swing-state turn into the Florida of 2000. This is more likely than not with the dead-heat the 2004 race has been so far. So if you're planning an election night party you'd better stock up on supplies. The party could last all week.

Ladies, listen up: Illinois women are less healthy than most other women. We’re more likely to die of breast or colorectal cancers than women in most other states (46 other states for breast cancer, 44 for colorectal). On the upside, we’re less likely to commit suicide—we’re only 6th for that. (States are ranked from 1-50, 1 meaning “fewest women died from this condition.”)