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An Illinois State Trooper who was shot Friday afternoon on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago has died, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s...

WHIZ News Hydrant flushing on Thursday & Friday ZANESVILLE, Ohio–The City of Zanesville’s Water Division will continue flushing hydrants on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, crews will be flushing hydrants within the general area of Cliffwood Avenue, Pine Street, West Main Street, Carey Street, Pershing Road , and all side streets. On Friday, crews will be flushing hydrants within the general area of Brighton Blvd, Pershing Road, Dryden Road, Ohio Street, and all side streets. Flushing will be from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on both days. Residents in these areas may experience discolored wat...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times A sustained protest by community activists, a civil rights investigation and data showing the Southeast Side is one of the most polluted areas in the country drew President Joe Biden’s Administration into a city permitting controversy involving the relocation of car-shredder General Iron. In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times Thursday, Michael Regan, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, said the planned move of the scrap-metal shredding operation to a low-income neighborhood that is already highly polluted is a prime example of the environmental ...

McKinley Park residents love their namesake park and affordable neighborhood. But they are fighting the city over an asphalt plant they say is ruining its charm. Nausheen Husain, Chicago Tribune © Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune Theresa McNamara, chair of the Southwest Environmental Alliance, adjusts an effigy of Ald. George Cardenas, 12th, before a protest across the street from the MAT Asphalt plant in Chicago's McKinley Park, May 15, 2021. Some mornings, the smell seeping inside Jackie Montesdeoca’s home is so bad it wakes her up. She calls 311 or the Department of Publ...

Many Chicagoans live next door to a health threat. In a new series on pollution, the Tribune is sharing their stories.