Travel
Weekend trips from Chicago to see fall color
The fall season is in full swing and winter is always just around the corner. Here are a few spots for a quick weekend trip from Chicago to see some of the proudest displays nature has to offer.
Lifestyle
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Health
Advocate Aurora Health discloses breach tied to online data tracker
Advocate Aurora Health, which operates 27 hospitals, said in a statement that the breach may have exposed information including a patients' medical provider, the type of appointment or medical procedure, dates and locations of scheduled appointments, and IP addresses.
Lifestyle
8.7% hike to Social Security checks won't cut it, some fear
In a year when inflation has made Americans' eyes pop when they fill up their gas or walk down aisles at the grocery store, many Social Security recipients worry whether the biggest cost-of-living increase in four decades will be enough to cover their needs.
Health
Hospital chain attack part of ongoing cybersecurity concerns
Diverted ambulances. Cancer treatment delayed. Electronic health records offline. These are just some of ripple effects of an apparent cyberattack on a major nonprofit health system that disrupted operations throughout the U.S, including Illinois.
Chicagoland News
Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest, at last
A 21-year-old sailor from Grayslake will be laid to rest on Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II.
Chicago Journal
Loyola's Sister Jean turns 103, has train stop named for her
Loyola University’s Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt got a Chicago train station plaza at the Loyola campus renamed in her honor for her 103rd birthday.
Chicago Journal
No lifeguards, no swimming at Indiana Dunes State Park beach
Planning an end of summer trip to Indiana Dunes? A lifeguard shortage has prompted the State Park to ban swimming beginning Saturday and until further notice.
Chicago Journal
How Illinois and its border states view abortion
There has been a lot of wrong information flying around the internet today, so we wanted to help our readers understand how Illinois and its border states view abortion after today's ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade.
Chicago Journal
US pools close, go without lifeguards amid labor shortage
Chicago, which boasts one of the nation's largest aquatic programs — 77 public pools and 22 beaches that serve a population of nearly 2.75 million — pushed opening day for pools back to July 5 from June 24.
Features
Visualizing our city and state population
We're dipping our toes into the data visualization game as we try to better understand the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois' population migration patterns.
Chicago Journal
Illinois driver's licenses and ID cards extended again, until July 31
Once again, the extension does not apply to commercial driver’s licenses and commercial driver’s learner’s permits.
Lifestyle
Adler Planetarium announces reopening
The famed planetarium on the shores of Lake Michigan will reopen on March 4, joining the ranks of museums and other institutions that have opened their doors once again in recent days months after the pandemic forced them to close.