CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thousands of birds are making a crucial migration through the Chicago area. We are right in the middle of a peak migration season, and homeowners are being urged to take steps to ...

Thousands of birds are expected to take to the skies in coming nights, triggering a migration alert in the Chicago area. According to Birdcast, a website dedicated to tracking migrating birds and ...

It’s peak spring migration season in Chicago, and residents can help birds arrive safely by turning their lights off at night by: Michael Johnson. Posted: May 13, 2025 / 10:49 AM CDT.

Chicago became a ground zero for the migration crisis two years ago, when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) started busing migrants north as part of a program relocating them to sanctuary cities.

Since peaking at 1.2 million in 1980, the city’s Black population has dropped by a third, or nearly 400,000, to 787,551, according to the University of Illinois Chicago Institute for Research on ...

Chicago’s population grew by more than 22,000 in 2024, reversing years of decline and putting the city among the top 10 for growth, new Census data shows.