What truly sets Beall Woods apart from other natural areas is its status as a National Natural Landmark and an Illinois Nature Preserve. These designations reflect the site’s ecological significance ...

Pileated woodpeckers – those crow-sized birds with flaming red crests that inspired the Woody Woodpecker cartoon – hammer away at dead trees, leaving distinctive rectangular holes as evidence of their ...

Last week, as part of our 22nd anniversary celebration, we hosted two bird walks — one to Willow Lake on Friday, and one to ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin ...

It’s not unconstitutional to limit curtilage to one acre when calculating homestead property taxes, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Monday in a Lake County case. “This is not only a positive outcome ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin ...

CREDIT MONITORING TO ANYONE IMPACTED. NASHUA DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS URGING PEOPLE TO USE CAUTION AROUND WILDLIFE AFTER A RACCOON TESTED POSITIVE FOR RABIES. OFFICIALS SAY THE ANIMAL WAS RECENTLY ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (WLS) -- A Northwest Indiana man is facing a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly exposed himself to an Uber driver while they were traveling to a corrections department building.

LAKE COUNTY (WGN) — The Lake County Sheriff’s Department is mourning the loss of one of its own after a hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning in Schererville. According to officials, an off-duty ...

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – Another rabid raccoon was found in Suffolk County, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services reported on Tuesday. The raccoon was found dead in Lindenhurst, N.Y., ...

A corrections officer with the Lake County Sheriff's Department was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning in northwest Indiana, authorities said. Ronald T. Jones, 58, who was off duty ...

For hundreds of years, people who have lived near Seneca Lake in upstate New York have reported hearing loud booms coming from the water. No one is exactly sure why. The Native people of the region ...