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Minor accumulations up to 1 inch

While a bitter cold January in Chicago continues, you may have noticed a bit more daylight sneaking into your windows, with earlier sunrises and later sunsets, even if just by a minute. You know what that means — the time to “spring forward” is coming up.

A winter storm sweeping through the southern U.S. this week dumped snow at levels many in those regions have never seen before, but how does it compare to Chicago? The answer is surprising.

Snowbody does winter like Chicago, and after receiving an avalanche of creative names, Chicago officials have plowed through the list and chosen six new snowplow names for the city’s fleet.

Scattered snow showers have started to fall in parts of the Chicago area Wednesday morning starting, with more possible throughout the day.

The Chicago Bears are set to hold a press conference Wednesday to officially introduce their new head coach, Ben Johnson.

The snow comes as Northeastern Illinois sees yet another icy cold morning, with temperatures in the single digits and wind chills below zero.

Attention Netflix subscribers: Your monthly price is about to go up.

The move to e-learning for some schools in the Chicago area comes after more than 100 schools across the city and the suburbs either closed or moved to online learning due to extreme cold, with wind chills as low as -30.

As much as 1.5 inches of snow could fall Wednesday in Chicago, leading to slippery and icy conditions.

After a few days of dangerously cold temperatures in the Chicago area, the mercury will finally begin to slowly rise on Wednesday – though it comes with sporadic snowfall as well.

A new ranking of 50 cities by TimeOut magazine placed Chicago among the best cities in the world right now, with the publication taking input from over 18,500 city-dwellers into account.

A 24-year-old woman who was killed early Tuesday morning in a crash involving a semi-truck in Mundelein has been identified by Lake County officials.