Lake Ontario tour

Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix this town’s housing crisis. To this day, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. A $590,000 deposit for the printer was forfeited. And the more reporter Molly Parker asked questions, the weirder things got: propub.li/4nlU1VD

Braden Montgomery hits a walk-off dinger in his MLB debut for the White Sox

Never forget 😓

Paddock enters purchase agreement with Chicago Tribune

NEW: The transcript of today's sealed hearing in the "Broadview Six" case IS IN. Read it here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/95/75/a403b7...

On Thursday night, the Chicago Bears dropped their schedule reveal video featuring Rome Odunze showing off some artistic flair. WTTW News was there for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video. to.wttw.com/4tDRMP2

An American eel in the Chicago River? An angler’s rare find raises questions. blockclubchi.co/4dq6T8H

We won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting @chicagotribune.com! Our entire newsroom covered Midway Blitz with everything we had. I’ve never been prouder of the Tribune or its commitment to the truth. It’s an honor to be part of this team.

One last trip to Lincolnwood Town Center

What's next for NASA? Looking ahead to a possible moon base, new frontiers in space law, the search for habitable worlds and what the 2027 budget request means for it all news.wttw.com/2026/04/21/a...

Huge loss for the Milwaukee, the whole state and journalism writ large www.jsonline.com/story/news/o...

Under two different Illinois laws, people charged with sex offenses are subject to indefinite detention. WTTW News examines the law that continues to hold people after they’ve served their sentences, sometimes for decades. https://to.wttw.com/482dCnn

James Howe was never found guilty. But he still spent nine years inside of Big Muddy River Correctional Center. He joined some 170 men in Illinois who were not convicted, but held indefinitely at an Illinois prison under something called civil commitment. https://to.wttw.com/3QkqYVR

Cherry Sox

“We shouldn’t have to sacrifice our identity to be included,” said organizer Keinan Carpenter, 25. “If I can’t play professionally, how can I make a space that’s professional athletics for queer and trans people? That’s the goal. There’s no limit, there’s no ‘I can’t’ — let me just make the space.”

A few hundred feet off the shoreline of Kenwood and Hyde Park lives an underwater marvel few Chicagoans ever see: the remnants of a 400 million-year-old coral reef scattered with ancient fossils and the wreckage of a steamship.

Pritzker's race was uncontested, but he still had a lot riding on these primaries news.wttw.com/2026/03/18/p...

Almost Chicagohenge

On Sunday, Mayor Brandon Johnson visited Sheridan Correctional Center to hear from incarcerated Northwestern University students. news.wttw.com/2026/03/16/m...

Hey that's me!

When I moved here in 2017, hearing about this trauma center was one of the ways I learned How the City Works. Great to see that it's having a measurable impact! news.wttw.com/2026/03/05/u...

Put in a hold at the library the second I finished this episode, excited to learn more

Important work from Alex!

Between Ben Johnson and Da Pope, 2025 has been a banner year for Chicago math majors

A stunning visual of Chicago's 20-year death gap, mapped on the L, via @myersjustinc.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com. Here's what residents & community leaders are doing to close this gap: tinyurl.com/47r2vcj5 @wbez.org @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social @watchdogdiva.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org

My first byline in Inside Climate News! I made the trip down to Springfield to see how citizens are pushing for transit and energy reforms during this busy veto session insideclimatenews.org/news/1510202...

Lots of blooming going on tonight

Shouting from the rooftops: Paying for news isn't a subscription service. Subscriptions are worthless if you don't use them. On the other hand, you can contribute to news orgs, read zero articles per year and still reap the benefits of living with a well-funded press.

Incredible

To wrap up my time at the Journal Sentinel, I got to cover some of my favorite research I've seen. Combining western science with Indigenous knowledge shows how cultural burns and environmental stewardship supported red pine forests around the Great Lakes. www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...

Did a lot of driving in a car without Bluetooth this summer, need to give a special shout-out to these CDs

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

Adding to my 2030 bingo card: "DeAndre Jordan's 2015 free agency decision is relitigated during a primary debate (any party)"

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Had a great time wading through streams, fishing for lampreys to report for this story! Learn about more layers of protection against invasive sea lampreys scientists are studying www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...

Will be paying attention to this going forward

My idea of fun - finally got to get out there and see the exposed streetcar rails on Clark

Gone fishin' (for lamprey larvae)

I allow myself one impulse buy per grocery shop, today it was this Greek tea. Hoping it lives up to what it says on the box.

Humans are still better than AI at cribbage! For now, at least. One of my favorites to write (so far) www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...

Hour -0.5 of the Riverwest 24 #RW24

Harrowing lead story and image on the Washington Post homepage right now. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Taking the advice to "just post some stuff"

The Chicago Reader's Gossip Wolf column remembers the recently passed CHIRP DJ Clarence Ewing. It's a very nice story. chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

Excellent reporting from Caitlin Looby on how Enbridge and the Army Corps of Engineers have disrespected Odawa tribes to try to extend the life of the Line 5 pipeline www.jsonline.com/story/news/i...

New Rubin Observatory images are stunning! Read about how Wisconsinites made them possible www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...

Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory! Can you guess these regions of sky? This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪 #RubinFirstLook ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream