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An estimated 73.2% of the contiguous United States was blanketed by accumulated snow, or snow cover, as of Feb. 16, according to NOAA’s Nati...

The awning was an add-on to the building and not part of the infrastructure.

Citing low projected shipments of vaccine in the coming weeks, DuPage County will not be expanding COVID-19 vaccinations when the state move...

At least nine buildings in the area have given way under the foot-plus of snow that has accumulated in recent days. The Tribune is mapping r...

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration spent $281.5 million in federal COVID-19 relief money on Chicago Police Department personnel costs, pr...

Former judge caught leaving child in court lockup seeking return to bench.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Pritzker goes after Republicans in his budget and State of State speech, saying ‘their idea of bipartisanship en...

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Heart health factors such as obesity, smoking, high blood pressure and cholesterol during pregnancy can lead to adolescents' heart issues la...

An estimated 73.2% of the contiguous United States was blanketed by accumulated snow, or snow cover, as of Feb. 16, according to NOAA’s Nati...

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, area churches had to get even more thoughtful and creative in bringing ashes to the public in ways that...

Police are characterizing her death as related to domestic violence.

Statues of Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley, as well as the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, were am...

As Chicago digs out of this week’s winter storm, Chicago officials said they have their bases covered with removing the unwieldy piles of sn...

Heavy snowfall having an effect on Chicago-area roofs

A Chicago man has been hit with federal charges alleging he carjacked a Mercedes at gunpoint on Friday before crashing the car on the South...

Rush Limbaugh died after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 70.

Heavy snow: check. Extreme cold: Check. Keep an eye out homeowners, it’s ice dam season.Ice dams are caused by melting snow can cause water...

Lasry said he was running because Johnson was “peddling lies and conspiracies” and didn’t represent the people of Wisconsin.

A firefighter and two women suffered minor injuries likely due to smoke inhalation during a South Side fire Wednesday morning, according to...

Chicago could break a long-standing record for consecutive number of days with measurable snow before subzero temps give way this weekend to...

Two men were shot, one of them fatally, in a fast-food parking lot in the West Chatham neighborhood Tuesday night, according to authorities.

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.