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The Mystery of the Grubs That Ate Welles Park – Even Experts Are Shocked and Awed

A freak grub infestation has laid waste to roughly one-third of Welles Park’s 15 acres in Lincoln Square. The scope of the destruction which the Chicago Park District is working to address is so out of the ordinary, even experts say they’re stunned.

Bureau County creek to be renamed

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted Oct. 14 to change a racially insensitive name of a creek that runs through Ladd and DePue in eastern Bureau County.

Illinois' Negro Creek renamed Adams Creek by federal vote

Push to change racist name of Illinois creek gains traction

DEPUE, Ill. (AP) Efforts to change the roughly 200-year-old racist name of a creek in northern Illinois have gained traction. An 11-mile (18-kilometer) waterway in the DePue area was named Negro Creek after the DePue area’s first Black settler built a cabin at the mouth of the creek in 1829, according to the The (Peoria) Journal Star .

Push to change racist name of Illinois creek gains traction

At least one area elected official disagrees with the possible change.

Push to change racist name of Illinois creek gains traction

DEPUE, Ill. (AP) Efforts to change the roughly 200-year-old racist name of a creek in northern Illinois have gained traction. An 11-mile (18-kilometer)

Push to Change Racist Name of Illinois Creek Gains Traction

Efforts to change the roughly 200-year-old racist name of a creek in northern Illinois are gaining traction

Push to change racist name of Illinois creek gains traction

Efforts to change the roughly 200-year-old racist name of a creek in northern Illinois have gained traction.

Push to change racist name of Illinois creek gains traction

DEPUE, Ill. (AP) - Efforts to change the roughly 200-year-old racist name of a creek in northern Illinois are gaining traction. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports that Negro Creek was named after the DePue area's first Black settler built a cabin at the creek in 1829. Amy Urbanowski, a former area resident, has received support from the Bureau County Board and a local NAACP branch to change the name. She's sent the information and other details to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, which approves such changes. Over the years, Urbanowski has heard people also refer to the creek by a racial slur.

Negro Creek in Illinois might be renamed, finally