Christmas weather in Chicago: The warmest and coldest since 1871
A chronological look back at how the Chicago Tribune covered the Top 10 Christmas temperature highs and lows.
View ArticleMetra announces weekday schedule changes on 4 lines to start in January
Metra next month will change weekday schedules on four of its lines, including three of those serving the northwest and west suburbs and the Metra Electric line, in what the commuter rail agency said...
View ArticleDreaming of a white Christmas? Forecasters say it’s possible for the Chicago...
Forecasters say there’s a chance of snow in the days leading up to Christmas. With so many Advent calendar doors to open before then, though, a white Christmas is far from guaranteed.
View ArticleWill Chicago see a white Christmas this year? Here’s what 149 years of...
The National Weather Service considers Christmas to be white only when snow depth on the ground is 1 inch or more the morning of Dec. 25.
View ArticleCook County clerk announces COVID-19 marriage lottery for first-of-the-year...
With the COVID-19 pandemic having the potential to turn the annual camp-out by loving couples looking to tie the knot into a superspreader event, Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough is holding a lottery...
View ArticleBloody pillow and knife found in Washington Park apartment of man charged...
Murder charges filed after the body of a woman found partially clothed in a vacant lot in Bronzeville.
View ArticleChicago Public Schools’ reopening plan a step closer to reality after...
"It’s time for the CTU to put students first and be supportive partners in the effort to safely reopen classrooms," CPS said in response to the ruling.
View ArticleFormer Gary Housing Authority head to plead not guilty to wire fraud charges...
Mary Cossey, former executive director of the Gary Housing Authority, will enter a plea of not guilty Friday on three charges of wire fraud, according to her attorney.
View ArticleMan accused of decapitating woman’s corpse told police he panicked, denied...
A judge Thursday denied bail to a career burglar who Cook County prosecutors said admitted beheading the body of a woman inside her South Shore apartment over the summer, but denied killing her.
View Article15-year-old boy charged with murder in February shooting at store that killed...
A 15-year-old boy was charged Wednesday in connection with a February shooting in Avalon Park that left an 18-year-old woman dead and four others seriously injured, Chicago police said.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Dec. 17 with COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleShould schools reopen? For those that have, how’s it going? Parents, the...
Tensions between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union are rising over whether it’s safe to bring students and teachers back to school in the new year as coronavirus cases continue to...
View Article‘We are saddened this was a child,’ says family of retired Chicago...
A 15-year-old boy is facing a first-degree murder charge after Chicago police say he was identified as one of three carjackers who fired shots at a 65-year-old retired firefighter leaving his favorite...
View ArticleIllinois receives expected full complement of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. But...
Illinois ramped up its statewide vaccination effort with a focus on front-line health care workers Thursday, even as questions remain about just how many doses the federal government will send the...
View ArticleAfter errant raid of social worker’s home, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says city...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday said her administration will no longer withhold video from residents seeking police records about their cases and acknowledged that the city’s handling of a wrongful...
View ArticleCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s South Cook Fair Transit pilot...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s pilot program to galvanize public transportation on the South Side and south suburbs will chug ahead without participation just yet from the Chicago...
View ArticleCook County becomes largest county to officially recognize Juneteenth as paid...
The Cook County Board voted Thursday to recognize Juneteenth as an official paid holiday for Cook County government employees starting next year, following a year marked by racial justice protests over...
View ArticleGiant hemp grower to buy marijuana cultivation license in Illinois
Giant hemp grower to buy marijuana cultivation license in Illinois
View ArticleThe Spin: CPD raid fallout continues | Cook County approves Juneteenth as...
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View ArticleTracking Chicago homicide victims
Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
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