Dozens of Chicago-area schools will once again be closed or remote learning Monday as a cold weather advisory with wind chills as low as -25 degrees continues. The closures come after hundreds of schools, including Chicago Public Schools, closed Friday due to extreme cold. According to an announcement, the district was scheduled to be open for ...

A cold weather advisory remains in effect Monday for the entire Chicago area, with wind chills as low as -25 degrees this morning and temperatures expected to remain in the single digits for much of the day. The advisory, in effect until 12 p.m., comes after a powerful winter storm that tore across multiple states brought heavy lake effect snow to the ...

The Super Bowl is on the move once again. After last year’s blowout in the Big Easy, the NFL’s big game is headed to another familiar host out west in 2026. The Super Bowl LX matchup was officially set on Championship Sunday, with the New England Patriots representing the AFC and the Seattle Seahawks representing the NFC. Aside from the teams, ...

WASHINGTON Eight additional Democrats signed on to an impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in the wake of the killing of Alex Pretti, bringing the total number of co-sponsors to 120, according to a spokesperson for the office of Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois. Kellys impeachment resolution against Noem had garnered 100 ...

A man who was found dead at a home in south suburban Oak Forest was identified on Sunday, authorities said. At approximately 6:20 p.m. on Friday, Oak Forest fire and police personnel were called to a home in the 15000 block of Sunset Avenue for a non-responsive person, city officials said in a news release. A 69-year-old man was located inside the ...

NOTE: The awards will appear live in the player above as they begin at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. The prominent awards ceremony The Banchet Awards are set to be held in Chicago this weekend, and for the first time ever, they will be available to watch live. The awards ceremony featuring some of the city’s top chefs and industry leaders is set to take ...

A Chicago priest accused of sexually abusing a minor more than 40 years ago has been reinstated by the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Rev. Ronald Kondziolka was asked to step back from ministry work in August after the archdiocese received an allegation that he had abused a child in the 1990s while working at St. Brendans Catholic Church in Englewood. ...

As a storm system departs the Chicago area, another blast of Arctic air will send wind chills plummeting overnight and into Monday. The National Weather Service has issued a cold weather advisory for the entire Chicago area, which will go into effect at midnight and remain effective until Monday afternoon. Dangerously cold wind chills are expected ...

The Archdiocese of Chicago has announced that it will close a half-dozen schools at the end of the current school year. Officials blamed low enrollment at the schools for the decision, which will be implemented at the conclusion of the school year this summer.  We made these decisions with heavy hearts after months of discussions with each school. We ...

With parts of the Chicago area dealing with heavy snow Sunday and with the prospect of frigid wind chills Monday, some schools are switching to e-learning. Parts of Chicago have received in excess of six inches of snow Sunday, and that snow is expected to move into northwest Indiana as the day moves along, with lake-effect snow helping to bolster ...

Joliet police are investigating a double-homicide that left an adult and a child dead over the weekend. According to Joliet police, officers are still on scene Sunday in the 700 block of Garsney Avenue as they investigate that homicide. Police say an adult and a young child were discovered dead at the scene, but did not provide further details on the ...

The Chicago area is set to experience another blast of Arctic air on Monday, but Chicago Public Schools students will be back in the classroom. CPS canceled classes on Friday as wind chills plunged to 25-to-35 degrees below zero, but schools will reopen Monday for classes, the district announced in a letter to parents Sunday morning. Cold weather is ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is expected to speak at a rally against ICE and other federal immigration enforcement agencies Sunday. The ICE Out of Everywhere rally, which will be held at the intersection of Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue, is being hosted by multiple groups a day after 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a Border ...

A winter storm ravaging parts of the U.S. has led to hundreds of flight cancellations in Chicago. As of 10 a.m. Sunday, a total of 582 flights have been canceled at OHare International Airport, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. Another 108 flights have been canceled at Midway, according to CDA officials. While Chicagos airports ...

A winter system is slated to move into the Chicago area beginning Saturday night, bringing a widespread round of snow and potentially hazardous conditions. While impacts will vary depending on location, most of the region will likely see accumulating snow. By the time the snow ends, some areas may have more than five inches of snow on the ground. ...

A man who wounded a woman during a shooting was shot by police after firing toward officers, Chicago police said. The shooting was reported before 8 p.m. on Friday in the 7900 block of South Ingleside Avenue near East 79th Street in the East Chatham neighborhood. Police said officers were called to a domestic disturbance involving a man armed with a gun ...

A Blue Island man was allegedly intoxicated when he struck and killed a man riding a mobility scooter in a hit-and-run earlier this month, authorities said. David Avalos, 38, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence causing death and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said. Avalos ...

As snow continues to fall in parts of the Chicago area, a winter storm warning has been issued for the city and some suburbs. According to the National Weather Service, the winter storm warning will remain in effect until 4 p.m. for all of Cook County, as lake-enhanced snow is expected to hammer the area Sunday morning and afternoon. Snow bands off ...

The Chicago area is going to see a bit more snow on Sunday as a massive winter storm hits most of the eastern U.S., but another blast of Arctic air looms this week. Most of the Chicago area has seen accumulating snow overnight Saturday and into Sunday morning, and at least 1-to-2 inches of snow are expected by the time the system moves out of the area in ...

The Chicago area may have escaped the brunt of a winter storm hammering parts of the country, but snowfall totals are still piling up around the region. The city itself has been especially hard-hit, with lake-enhancement of that snow billowing into the city off of Lake Michigan thanks to northeasterly winds late Saturday and into Sunday. Other parts ...

The “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” which became law last year, introduced major changes to the U.S. tax code that could increase your deductions and tax credits for the 2026 tax filing season. Tax deductions decrease the amount of taxable income you report, while tax credits lower your tax bill dollar for dollar. Both are valuable tools for ...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun declared a state of emergency Saturday amid a severe winter storm expected to bring inches of snow amid extremely cold temperatures. Governor Braun shared the declaration that was signed Friday in a post on Facebook on Saturday. “In addition to the federal emergency response declaration, I have signed an executive order ...

A loaded Colt handgun believed to date back to 1903 was found inside the wall of a whiskey distillery in the south suburbs of Chicago, police said. The Thornton Police Department said their officers responded to the Thornton Distilling Company after a “unique discovery” was made while work was being done to the walls of the historic building, located ...

Video appears to show a federal agent disarm Alex Pretti moments before he was shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol officer Saturday morning in Minneapolis. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Illinois-born intensive care unit nurse at the Veterans Administration, was shot and killed Saturday morning by a U.S. Border Patrol officer during an ...

A person who allegedly bit the finger off of a Homeland Security Investigations officer in Minneapolis on Saturday has been arrested, Attorney GeneralPam Bondi said in a post on social media. “I have directed my federal prosecutors to file charges for this HEINOUS assault on our brave law enforcement officer,” Bondi said in the post. The suspect ...