Dog Digs Cicadas; Missing Pup Found Safe: Good News, Illinois

ACROSS ILLINOIS — Cicadas take center stage in this week's Good News, Illinois roundup. We feature a pup with a penchant for eating cicadas and a rare cicada with blue eyes. These cheery stories also celebrate another dog who found its way home and a teacher who made it into her school's hall of fame.

St. Albert the Great Teacher Gets Call To The Hall After 40 Years

Debbie Karr, who has taught 40 years at the same school and in the same classroom, will be inducted in the St. Albert the Great Hall of Fame.

Cicada-Eating Dog In Joliet: Molly Finds Cicadas Delicious

Kris Corcoran's 4-year-old dog Molly, part-Great Dane and part-Dobermann, eats hundreds of live cicadas in their yard near the Louis Mall.

It Took A Highland Park Village To Find Our Little White Dog: Commentary

"We have renewed faith in the power of community, connection and human compassion," Laurie Jaffe says.

A Very Bug Deal: Rare, Blue-Eyed Cicada Emerges From Orland Grassland

A south suburban woman made a stunning "1 in a million" find May 20 at Orland Grassland.

McAuley Evens The Playing Field For Female Athletes

Tom Hopkins Foundation, Marquette Bank and an anonymous donor invest $2 million the future of girls sports at Mother McAuley High School.

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