Mark Hodge returned to the small Illinois town where he grew up, became mayor, and is making dreams come true
With his help, the bustling community Hodge once knew is starting to come back, and he said his 10 years as mayor have flown by.
Bees and brilliant blooms brighten Portage Park viaduct
Some Chicago murals “are political, and some are purely beautiful, and most are somewhere in between," artist Cyd Smillie ...
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Washington Park Community Center Project Gets $5 Million Boost From City
Sunshine Gospel Ministries plans to open the three-story center with a café, demonstration kitchen, recording studio and ...
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Chilean flamingo and harbor seal dead from bird flu at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo
Two animal deaths at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago have been traced to an outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, according to a statement from zoo officials on Wednesday. It also announced that ...
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Chicago’s Best New Brunches
The Eater Chicago Brunch Heatmap is here to help by highlighting the newest options for a delicious midday meal. The latest additions to the list include Paul Virant’s okonomiyaki spot Gaijin ...
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Why Trump loves William McKinley and what it could mean for the country
Trump's a fan of President William McKinley, giving the Canton native a major shout-out in his inaugural address. He promised on Monday to rename North America's tallest mountain, Denali ...
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‘Efforts already underway' to implement renaming of Denali, Gulf of Mexico
Trump's executive action renamed Mount Denali in Alaska to its previous name of Mount McKinley and renamed it ... We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly ...
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Alaska Native leaders call to preserve Denali name for Mount McKinley
Despite the advocacy of the park's first superintendent, Harry Karstens, for "Denali," as early as 1913, it had been popularly known as Mount McKinley since at least 1901, after President William ...
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Denali vs. McKinley: A brief history of the long debate over what to call North America’s highest mountain
In 1917, the area officially became Mount McKinley National Park, and the peak, Mount McKinley — despite a debate between some early boosters over whether Denali was a more appropriate name ...
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Is Trump Really the New McKinley?
(Though McKinley did receive a ranking of No. 11 in a 1982 Chicago Tribune poll, which is probably closer to what he deserves.) After all, it can’t be denied that momentous events occurred ...
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Trump Wants to Rename Denali. Alaska Lawmakers Don’t.
The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name ... said they wanted to keep Denali National Park and Preserve as is, calling Denali the rightful name of ...