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Sister Jean's personalized bobblehead doll on display at the Gentile Center on March 2, 2013.

Year after Sister Jean became household name, ‘fake’ social media accounts remain

May 31, 2019 at 9:24 p.m.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt was thrust into the national spotlight last winter when the Loyola Ramblers ascended to the NCAA tournament. But a year later, social media accounts claiming to...

A toy car stakes a claim on a shoveled-out parking spot on Huron Street and Damen Avenue on Chicago's West Side on Jan. 12, 2009.

City turns up the heat, takes landlords to court in wake of polar vortex cold snap

May 22, 2019 at 6:49 a.m.

As the coldest weather in decades gripped Chicago this week, a family with five children in Englewood went without heat in their apartment. In the South Shore neighborhood, a five-year-old...

What do Chicagoans wear when the temperature dips to minus 20 degrees? Everything.

Chicagoans wake up to snow, but 75-degree warmup is underway

May 22, 2019 at 6:48 a.m.

Chicagoans woke up to more than an inch of snow, but it’s finally above zero — and headed toward springlike temperatures by Sunday, with the thermometer expected to hit the...

Here’s why a portion of the Pedway was closed during Friday morning rush

May 22, 2019 at 6:48 a.m.

You haven’t heard the last of the polar vortex. Friday morning, commuters dodging the cold by using the Pedway in the Loop were stopped by a sign near the Macy’s...

Did the polar vortex help set new record low temperature for Illinois?

May 22, 2019 at 6:48 a.m.

The cold snap that brought Chicago to a halt this week didn’t break the area’s record for lowest temperature, but officials will spend the next couple of weeks examining whether...

Blue Line service in Loop delayed by fire on CTA tracks

May 23, 2019 at 1:44 a.m.

Blue Line trains between the Damen and LaSalle stations were temporarily halted late Thursday morning following an electrical fire on CTA tracks, according to officials. Chicago firefighters responded to the...

The immigration court in Chicago was closed Jan. 30-31, 2018, because of the frigid weather, which prevented the government from proceeding with hearings for people who thought they were supposed to show up to court on those days.

Polar vortex adds confusion to immigration court notices, Chicago attorneys say

May 23, 2019 at 1:43 a.m.

After dangerously cold weather shuttered immigration court in Chicago this week, attorneys were scrambling to get the word out to people in deportation proceedings. Attorneys were worried that a wave...

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire on the 100 block of North Green Street late Jan. 30, 2019, in Chicago.

Some hardy Chicagoans brave the polar vortex to get to work, help others: ‘We just have to buckle down and do our jobs’

August 22, 2019 at 10:23 a.m.

Armed with steaming hot coffee and hand warmers, multiple socks and layer upon layer of thermal gear, residents across the Chicago area steeled themselves against an arctic surge that gripped...

After 13 days of snow, temperatures plummet in Chicago area as polar vortex cold snap begins

May 22, 2019 at 6:46 a.m.

A fresh blast of frigid arctic air sent temperatures plummeting overnight and produced dangerously cold conditions that prompted schools, cultural institutions and government buildings including courthouses to call off business...

Recent deaths show dangers of cold weather: ‘People just have to play it safe over these next several days’

May 22, 2019 at 6:46 a.m.

A 52-year-old man was seen walking around Thursday night in the city’s Little Village neighborhood. By Friday morning, he was found dead on the front porch of a home, according...

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