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Early Saturday morning, the occurrence of the 2024 winter solstice marked the astronomical start of winter, and it’s been greeted with appropriately frigid temperatures.

After a couple of rounds of snow showers impacted the Chicago area late this week, residents across the region are waking up to frigid temperatures Saturday in what will likely be the coldest day for the rest of 2024.

The Chicago Board of Education voted unanimously to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez at its meeting Friday night.

Iconic 1990s and 2000s rock band System of a Down will play three massive stadium shows as part of a limited tour in 2025, and one of them will be in Chicago.

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes was named as the chief of police in Seattle on Friday, five days after he was thrust into the national spotlight because of a shooting at a religious school in Wisconsin that killed a teacher and student.......Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes was named as the chief of police in Seattle on Friday, five days after he ...

Of all the rules in football, Jim Harbaugh considers the obscure fair-catch kick to be his favorite.

One of the state’s busiest DMVs is now offering some services 24 hours a day, seven days a week at a drive-thru kiosk, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said.

A longstanding food establishment in west suburban Villa Park, Strat’s Drive-Thru, will soon bid the community farewell.

Richard Allen, the Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who disappeared during a winter hike was sentenced to 130 years in prison on Friday, in a case that’s long cast a shadow over the teens’ small hometown of Delphi.

The head of Chicago Public Schools is now suing members of the Chicago Board of Education in an attempt to prevent them from ousting him.

Respiratory viruses typically experience their highest levels in the wintertime, and this year will likely be no different.

The Chicago Police Department on Friday afternoon was paying “special attention” to the city’s Christkindlmarket following an incident at a Christmas market in Germany that left two people dead and at least 68 others injured when a vehicle sped through a crowd. In a statement, Chicago police said, “The Chicago Police Departm...

With the rise in holiday gatherings during respiratory virus season, what symptoms should you watch for if you think you have been exposed to COVID?