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Fallen branches lay across cars parked near Lake Shore Drive in the Hyde Park neighborhood early Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Chicago. There was 6.97 inches of rain reported at O'Hare International Airport as of about 5 a.m., and it could be the largest single-day rainfall since records began in 1871.

Officials: Fires apparently caused by lightning strikes

May 16, 2019 at 8:13 a.m.

Two house fires, in Glencoe and Deerfield, early Saturday morning appeared to be caused by lightning strikes from the heavy thunderstorms that passed through the Chicago area Saturday morning, and...

Two fishermen drown in Monee Reservoir

August 23, 2021 at 8:40 a.m.

Two Chicago Heights men who were fishing on a southwest suburban lake died Sunday after apparently falling into the lake and drowning, officials said. Booker Kennedy, 74, of Beacon Court,...

West Side corn vendor ponders move after shooting

August 23, 2021 at 8:21 a.m.

Alicia Alarcon, who for years has sold sweet corn on the cob from a cart in Little Village, heard the gunshots ring out, then felt a sharp pain in her...

Street vendor shot in Little Village

August 23, 2021 at 12:12 a.m.

Alicia Alarcon, who for years has sold sweet corn on the cob from a cart in Little Village, heard the gunshots and felt a sharp pain in her back. The...

Sox grab ‘young’ college talent

June 18, 2018 at 10:57 a.m.

The White Sox may have taken a collegian, University of Arizona outfielder Brian Anderson, with their first pick in Tuesday's amateur draft, but Arizona coach Andy Lopez still thinks they...

Chicago connections

June 17, 2018 at 9:32 p.m.

The Bears aren?t playing the Super Bowl, but what's happening in San Diego still involves Chicago. For example, did you know that the Raiders have a couple of Brian Piccolo...

‘Bear’ with us: Play-by-play commentary

January 30, 2019 at 11:04 a.m.

Welcome to ChicagoSports.com ? and a chance to share the Bears game with us. There are a couple of changes this week. One is that we finally came up with...

COURT BACKS TOWNS ON NEW WORLD NOISE

August 19, 2021 at 1:34 a.m.

The New World Music Theatre in Tinley Park lost a noise pollution appeal Monday, but it appears the theater has already turned down the volume. The 1st Appellate Court in...

HOW SCHOLAR-ATHLETES MADE `THE GRADE`

August 10, 2021 at 6:31 a.m.

The first team of baiduhai Scholar-Athletes shows that a high school student-athlete can do both-be excellent in the classroom and on the playing field. Making the team was not...

10 PLAYERS REMAIN OUT IN CRETE-MONEE PURGE

August 10, 2021 at 10:20 a.m.

Crete-Monee`s football team will enter Saturday`s game at Thornton Fractional North without 10 players who were on the team two weeks ago. First-year Warriors coach Mark Egofske dismissed three players...

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