In The Place for History, a bird once found in Missouri is now officially extinct and a German immigrant who lived in the state is the first to describe it.

Some Chicago murals “are political, and some are purely beautiful, and most are somewhere in between," artist Cyd Smillie says.

For the past three years, mid-July to mid-August has been duck season Kira Fennell. No, she’s not a hunter, she’s an artist. Growing up in Hutchinson, Fennell can think of several ...