This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Silver carp is big, unwieldy, and requires Joe Greendyk use both hands to ...

Napa Hot Chicken, a new fast-casual restaurant “specializing in bold, affordable fried chicken sliders and tenders,” will ...

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Yes, this is for “reel.” Illinois’ trout fishing season is opening soon. On Wednesday, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced that early fall catch-and-release trout ...

The body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 15-year-old girl from Lake Elsinore whose decomposing and dismembered body was found at a Hollywood tow yard in the front trunk of a Tesla owned by singer D4vd ...

An Amtrak train hit a construction vehicle in the North Shore Chicago suburb of Lake Forest Sunday. The City of Lake Forest told CBS News Chicago that an Amtrak train struck a construction vehicle ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Services honoring former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar unolded on Saturday morning in Springfield. Edgar, a two-term Republican who served as Illinois’ 38th governor from 1991 to 1999, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A memorial service will be held Saturday morning in Springfield for former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar, who passed away last Sunday at the age of 79 due to complications from ...

From long drifts to rod-bending battles, this Lake Erie trip shows just how incredible giant walleye fishing can be. Poland Threatens to Down Russian Jets Crossing Its Borders This Is How You Stop ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Lake Erie anglers are enjoying calmer Lake Erie winds, and the cooler night temperatures lately are bringing schools of shad and walleye that are aggressively feeding on them closer ...

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – An elderly man was found dead in Lyman Lake Tuesday morning, the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office said. The coroner said his office responded to a call on Lyman ...

JB Nicholas fishing earlier this year along the Androscoggin River in Errol, New Hampshire. [Editor’s note: we highly recommend listening to this story] As a kid growing up in New York, Jason Nicholas ...

LAKE OZARK, Mo. — A 19-year-old Illinois man drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks Saturday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The incident occurred at one of the public beaches late ...