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18 schools in Illinois were named to the 2024 list of National Blue Ribbon Schools, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Education Monday.

A government website dedicated to ordering free COVID test kits from the United States Postal Service appeared to be back up-and-running Tuesday with a new message, though it still wasn’t immediately clear when exactly households would be able to take part in the program.

Favre, a retired NFL quarterback, revealed the news Tuesday morning while appearing before a Republican-led House committee on welfare abuses. He is currently being sued by the state Mississippi over the receipt of funds intended for poor women and children.

Several Illinois and midwestern colleges and universities landed in U.S. News & World Report’s newest ranking of “Best Colleges” for 2025, with many moving up spots on the prestigious list.

Earlier this year, a similar incident took place overnight in the South Loop, where as many as 25 cars had their driver’s side windows smashed in.

It’s been a bad season for the Chicago White Sox — but it could get even worse Tuesday as a loss would put the team in the Number 1 spot for the worst team in modern Major League Baseball history.

“Scattered showers and waves of heavy rain at times through the morning hours,” NBC 5 Meteorologist Alicia Roman said, adding that a storm could be possible.

UPDATE: The National Weather Service Tuesday afternoon issued a tornado warning for southern Cook County, saying a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Matteson and moving east at 10 miles per hour.

The Better Business Bureau has issued a new warning involving investment scams and something people may not be too familiar with — cryptocurrency.

Chicago-area residents looking for some fun in the sun later this fall will have the chance to take an Amtrak train directly to Florida, but only for a limited time.

A student and parent were arrested after a threat was made toward students at a school in south suburban Minooka, authorities said.

Chicago police were investigating after a man was shot in the head on Monday afternoon in the city’s Streeterville neighborhood, authorities said.

Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, the longest-serving alderman in city history, was booked into prison on Monday and subsequently began serving a two-year sentence on corruption charges.