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The new “James & Elizabeth Bramsen Tropical Forests” outdoor primate complex at Brookfield Zoo Chicago opens to the public today.

$66 million ‘Tropical Forests’ opens today at Brookfield Zoo Chicago with close gorilla encounters

Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s “Tropical Forests,” the result of the largest and most ambitious project in its history, gets its public debut Friday.

Wauconda’s The Side Lot raising funds for local canines in need

The Side Lot, Wauconda’s only dog-friendly restaurant, is stepping up to support dogs in crisis with a special fundraising initiative this weekend.

Naperville Fire Department crews responded to Centennial Beach Thursday, where lifeguards recovered an unresponsive 27-year-old man from the water.

Naperville police: No sign of foul play after man pulled from Centennial Beach

A 27-year-old man died after being found unconscious in the water at Centennial Beach in Naperville, officials said. A witness to the lifeguard search described their teamwork Thursday night.

A $25,000 deposit and 17.5 bathrooms: Michael Jordan’s former mansion is now an Airbnb rental

Basketball fans can be like Mike and rent Michael Jordan’s former Illinois mansion on Airbnb. The mansion, which sold in December after being on the market for 12 years, was listed on the vacation rental website this month.

Mike McClain, a longtime Springfield lobbyist and confidant to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Feb. 12, after a jury deadlocked on all six corruption charges alleged against both him and Madigan. But McClain was convicted on related charges in the “ComEd Four” trial in 2023 and faces sentencing later this month.

Feds seek nearly 6 years in prison for Madigan confidant Mike McClain

Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, who spent decades as a close friend and advisor to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, is scheduled for sentencing later this month as part of separate hearings for the “ComEd Four” beginning next week.

‘We can’t fill the gap’: Food pantries say they can’t overcome federal cuts

State and local governments may have to pick up the costs of feeding the hungry to make up for federal cuts, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten said Thursday during a roundtable discussion in Geneva.

DuPage County earlier this year settled a lawsuit against Sheriff James Mendrick, corrections employees and medical staff regarding the death of a detainee at the jail in 2023.

Inmate death prompts changes at DuPage County jail

New policies, individualized treatment plans and added mental health staff are among some of the changes at the DuPage County jail since a 50-year-old woman was found unresponsive in her cell in 2023.

A Hangar 9 Ki-43 Oscar makes a low pass during the Fox Valley Aero Club’s Windy City Warbirds & Classics RC air show in St. Charles. The show continues through Saturday. The plane was being flown by Chuck Hamilton of Bremen, Indiana.

Look, up in the sky: Windy City Warbirds & Classics returns to St. Charles

The Fox Valley Aero Club’s annual Windy City Warbirds & Classics air show runs through Saturday, featuring radio-controlled scale-model planes with a minimum wingspan of 80 inches.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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