Olivia Alexander

Seven people were shot, one fatally, in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood overnight Sunday, police said. A group was gathered outside in the 4800 block of West Iowa Street around 1 a.m. when an argument broke out, and unknown individuals started shooting, according to Chicago police. Police found a 25-year-old woman at the scene unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds. She was transported to ...

There are entire families of plants and mushrooms that have no toxic members, professional forager says.

Professional forager Dave Odd confidently declared he could start a Sunday tour at Wilson Skate Park by identifying five edible plants right underneath his feet. Taking a step forward, he pointed to a dandelion and called it “the most obvious” edible plant. Growing in every temperate zone, some sort of dandelion will always be nearby, Odd said, and every part of the plant is edible. One of ...

After a mass shooting early Sunday morning in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood left seven people shot, including one fatally, neighbors expressed frustration that their calls to break up a large gathering

CHICAGO -- Jaylin Green was still adjusting to a new school in a new neighborhood when his barely rooted new life was uprooted in March of his freshman year. Something

Professional forager Dave Odd confidently declared he could start a Sunday tour at Wilson Skate Park by identifying five edible plants right underneath his feet. Taking a step forward, he

Wally Werderich and his teammates, who trained on the Fox River, are claiming a world record.

Chicago and the suburbs boast more than 50 farmers markets each summer, and we've got a complete guide to where and when you can get your farm-fresh produce.

When Meghan Dwyer learned the Everyday Edgebrook Farmers Market would be canceled this summer, she felt gutted. “I was so disappointed because it’s such a highlight of the summer,” Dwyer said. As her thoughts raced, Dwyer wanted more information. She began to wonder, “Can we take it over?” She said her Facebook post posing the question quickly snowballed into a Zoom meeting with other moms who ...

Schuyler Storm Girls Swimming The Watkins Glen and Odessa-Montour girls swim team captured the Section IV Class C title at Watkins Glen, Saturday, Nov. 4. The team dominated with 513 points to Lansing's 324 in second place. Winners in the event included: 200 medley relay team, Thalia Marquez (200 free, 500 free), Alannah Klemann (200 IM, 100 back), Emily Melveney (50 free, 100 fly), Aubrey Klemann (100 free), 200 free relay team and 400 free relay team.