Pritzker issues statewide disaster proclamation over winter storm; snow and...
Severe cold and heavy snow will likely contribute to lower COVID-19 vaccinations in Illinois “over the next several days,” state officials warned Tuesday.
View ArticlePresidents Day winter storm: How much did it snow near you?
A frigid Presidents’ Day weekend is closing out with all of northern Illinois under a winter storm warning that could drop 6 to 10 inches of snow in most of the area Monday and Tuesday, according to...
View ArticleStorm dumps more than 18 inches of snow in West Ridge, Oak Park, less than...
A powerful snowstorm left parts of Chicago with almost 18 inches of snow by 6 a.m., with 10.5 inches falling in just 6 hours, snarling roads, cancelling in-person school and clogging transit lines.
View ArticleSnowstorm causes 100+ Chicago vaccine sites to miss shipments, but city’s...
More than a hundred vaccine sites in Chicago didn’t get their shipments Tuesday following a heavy snowstorm overnight, the city’s public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said while promising...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Snow and cold expected to slow vaccinations...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleDozens of Highland Park homes left without heat after gas line fire
A gas line fire in Highland Park Monday night left dozens without heat and power as a snowstorm rolled through the area.
View ArticleWatch live: City officials to address upcoming cold weather conditions
City officials from the Office of Emergency Management and Communications are expected to make a cold weather briefing. Watch live here.
View ArticleChicago-area roads, transit bogged down by snowstorm
Snowplows barreled along Chicago-area roads and the CTA, Metra and Pace struggled to get service moving Tuesday morning as parts of northern Illinois closer to Lake Michigan dug out from as much as 18...
View ArticleFBI, Hammond Police release sketch of person of interest in July shooting...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has increased a reward to $20,000 for information on the July shooting death of a 2-year-old Gary girl in Hammond’s Hessville neighborhood.
View ArticleCedar Lake ambulance call ends with medics assisting in home birth: ‘That kid...
“I’m proud of them. A lot of medics go through their entire career and never experience a birth,” Wilkening said.
View ArticleBeach Park man found not guilty by reason of insanity in garden-shears...
Lake County Judge Patricia Fix ruled that George Bryce could not substantially appreciate the criminality of his acts in July 2019 when he attacked his father Warren at their home.
View ArticleSnow totals from 147 area weather stations — and how this February stacks up...
The Presidents Day blizzard that dumped more than a foot and half of snow on large parts of the Chicago area also marked a record ninth straight day of more than a tenth of an inch of snow.
View ArticleAlliance of religious schools in Cook County arranges for vaccines for all...
Religious leaders from Catholic, Jewish and Lutheran schools in Chicago and suburban Cook County are joining forces beginning this week to provide COVID-19 vaccines for 6,300 educators and school...
View ArticleThat cat lawyer video was funny. Here’s why mental health experts say you...
Like the widely circulated video of a hapless cat lawyer, funny videos can be a balm during troubled times and the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleColumn: Heavy Chicago snowfall, harsh winter explained: It’s all my fault.
A massive snowstorm in Chicago combined with frigid temperatures. This winter weather is all my fault.
View ArticleImago Events and a second building collapse after heavy snow moves through...
A popular downtown wedding venue, Imago Events, and another Elgin building were badly damaged after their roofs caved in, the likely result of the heavy snow that’s fallen since the weekend and before.
View ArticleSlain Yale graduate student attended Maine South High School in Park Ridge
A Yale graduate student who was shot to death earlier this month in New Haven, Connecticut once attended high school in Park Ridge, a school official said.
View ArticleThe Spin: In Milwaukee, Biden to call for fast-tracking COVID-19 relief plan...
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View ArticleOne more light snow Wednesday before temperatures are forecast to return to...
Temperatures are expected to return to seasonal norms in the 30s with possibly a 40-degree high by Feb. 24.
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