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2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Rebecca Johnson

CHICAGO - A bottlenose dolphin safely delivered a calf early Saturday morning at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, a "momentous occasion" that marks the first dolphin birth in more than a decade at the west suburban zoo. Allie, a 38-year-old bottlenose dolphin and experienced mother of four, gave birth to the calf - which will be named later this summer - at 12:22 a.m., the zoo said in a news release. Veterinarians estimated that the calf weighs between 33 to 37 pounds and is 115 to 120 centimeters long.

2 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Rebecca Johnson

CHICAGO — A bottlenose dolphin safely delivered a calf early Saturday morning at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, a “momentous occasion” that marks the first dolphin birth in more than a decade at the west suburban zoo. Allie, a 38-year-old bottlenose dolphin and experienced mother of four, gave birth to the calf — which will be named later this summer — at 12:22 a.m., the zoo said in a news release. Veterinarians estimated that the calf weighs between 33 to 37 pounds and is 115 to 120 centimeters long.

2 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Rebecca Johnson

Two Chicago firefighters and a teen suffered minor injuries Saturday afternoon during an apartment fire in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Firefighters responded to a blaze on the third floor of an apartment building in the 2300 block of South Ashland Avenue, said fire spokesperson Larry Langford. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries and were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Langford said.

2 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Rebecca Johnson

A bottlenose dolphin safely delivered a calf early Saturday morning at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, a “momentous occasion” that marks the first dolphin birth in more than a decade at the west suburban zoo. Allie, a 38-year-old bottlenose dolphin and experienced mother of four, gave birth to the calf — which will be named later this summer — at 12:22 a.m., the zoo said in a news release. Veterinarians estimated that the calf weighs between 33 to 37 pounds and is 115 to 120 centimeters long.

4 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Carolyn Stein |Rebecca Johnson |Caroline Kubzansky

By Carolyn Stein, Rebecca Johnson and Caroline Kubzansky - Chicago Tribune (TNS) CHICAGO - Denise Howard was not related by blood to the 10-year-old girl who lived about a block away from her in Streamwood. But to that little girl, she was "grandma.""She was always clean. Always beautiful looking," Howard said. "And she always loved to wear pink - and she looked good in it. The mother took very good care of her."Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.