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Gardeners, Get Ready, Set, Plant!
May is the time to get garden beds ready, and harden off your seedlings so you can get your veggies in the ground now for bountiful summer months. Re…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ready Or Not, Illinois Braces For The Sweet (Screaming) Song Of Cicadas
Producer: Jules Yaeger Editor: Meha AhmadIllinois’ biggest cicada season in over two centuries is beginning. Around a trillion cicadas will emerge f…
2 years, 2 months ago
World Press Freedom Day
Last year, Calumet City cited a Daily Southtown reporter for seeking comment from public employees. That’s one out of at least 165 incidents that int…
2 years, 2 months ago
Chicago Legal Group Wants Limited Solitary Confinement In Illinois Prisons
A report from the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, and other groups, says the state’s continued practice of solitary confinement violates…
2 years, 2 months ago
Use It Or Lose It: The Tale of Covid Relief Money Burning A Hole In Chicago’s Pocket
Producer: Brenda Ruiz
Editor: Meha Ahmad
Mixer: Brenda Ruiz
2 years, 2 months ago
Grammy-Award Winning Singer Laufey In Chicago
A jazz icon to some, a breakout pop star to others, the Icelandic-Chinese singer Laufey has skyrocketed into popularity. Her debut album dropped in 2…
2 years, 2 months ago
CTA Continues To Struggle, Illinois Lawmakers Want to Consolidate Chicago Transit Agencies
Producer: Brenda Ruiz, Ellie Gilbert-Bair, Jules Yaeger
Editor: Meha Ahmad
Mixer: Brenda Ruiz
2 years, 2 months ago
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Regains Sovereignty Over Some Of Their Homelands
In 1849, the U.S. government illegally auctioned off land owned by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Over the past two decades, the Tribal Nation h…
2 years, 2 months ago
Openlands Plants Its 10,000th Tree In Time For Arbor Day
Producer: Lynnea Domienik
Editor: Meha Ahmad
Mixer: Brenda Ruiz
2 years, 2 months ago
Jazz Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis Honors Duke Ellington In CSO Concert
Duke Ellington was born April 29, 1899. Today, 125 years after his birth, a concert series celebrates the pianist and composer's monumental impact on…
2 years, 2 months ago