An 8-year-old boy was mauled by a pit bull on the far South Side today. Police say he's in very serious condition. The Stacy Peterson madness continues. Illinois state police served Drew Peterson with a new warrant so they can keep his cars and the eight guns they seized as part of the investigation for longer. And divers searched Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in Romeoville and Lockport today for any clues to Stacy's disappearance.... more ›

“Had the Des Plaines and Chicago Rivers not been so close and had a mountain -- instead of a small hill -- separated them, perhaps there might not have been a Chicago.” Before launching into the story of the Chicago River, the exhibit at the McCormick Tribune Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum contemplates this thought, illustrating the essential relationship between the development of Chicago into its current metropolis and the river that flows through it.... more ›

River Reversal? more ›

Shedd Aquarium opened a new exhibit Thursday that features invasive species threatening the Great Lakes. These animals, like Asian carp, gobies, and zebra mussels, and plants like the hydrilla are non-native species that arrive where they don't belong, usually because of human carelessness. While they aren't necessarily dangerous in their native environments, they wreck the party here where they lack their natural predators and compete with indigenous species. The zebra mussel is such a nuisance... more ›