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All aboard: Canadian Pacific’s famous Holiday Train for 2024 starts its tour across the U.S. Friday, with several stops in Illinois and Midwest on the list.

The holiday season in the Chicago area unofficially kicks off Friday evening, as the city’s official Christmas tree will be lit downtown, beginning a weekend full of holiday events.

A shelter-in-place order has been lifted for Plainfield residents Friday morning and a man was taken into custody following a barricade incident that prompted a large police and SWAT response.

The National Weather Service has released an updated winter outlook for December through February.

Chicago’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony is set to take place Friday, but what time will the switch flip and how can you watch live?

Chicago’s first snowfall of the season arrived this week, but while the first taste of winter weather finally hit, it doesn’t mean the season is officially here. The actual start of winter may be later than you think.

Although Thanksgiving for 2024 is still seven days away, you’re going to need to take your frozen turkey out of the freezer long before then, experts say.

Temperatures are near or slightly above average this weekend

More than 160,000 pounds of ground beef products shipped to restaurants nationwide was recalled due to possible contamination with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service said.

Some of Chicago’s most famous holiday events for 2024 open for business this weekend, including the city’s official Christmas Tree Lighting, the opening of Chicago Christmas markets and an illuminating Christmas Parade.

A North Chicago man was arrested and was facing attempted first-degree murder charges after a shooting at a suburban Vernon Hills shopping center left one person in critical condition and led to an hours-long manhunt.

The identities of a suspect and a woman he allegedly stabbed to death Tuesday afternoon in Portage Park have been released by officials.

A large police presence was reported near the Hawthorn Hills Shopping Center in suburban Vernon Hills Thursday evening as police asked the public to avoid the area.

More than two dozen people gathered on the campus of DePaul University for a rally early Thursday evening to show their support for two Jewish students, who were targeted in an antisemitic attack in front of the student center two weeks ago.