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John Russell, left, is helped by advisor Leonardo Lomeli as he shops at Sunnyside cannabis store in Naperville on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. Wilmette is considering whether to allow cannabis sales in the village.

Wilmette still undecided on recreational marijuana sales, but exploring possible locations for dispensaries

February 9, 2021 at 10:32 a.m.

While the fate of recreational marijuana sales in Wilmette is still up in the air, village officials this month are exploring possible locations where dispensaries could set up shop. At...

A student gets her temperature checked as she arrives for the first day of classes at Southside Occupational High School in Chicago on Jan. 11, 2021.

Half of Illinois public school students are still in remote learning only, even as CPS reopening plan advances

February 9, 2021 at 8:47 a.m.

Even as Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union forge a tentative agreement for a phased-in return to classroom instruction, about half of Illinois' nearly 2 million public school...

Two men with two dogs walk by a plowed hill of snow across from the VA hospital in the west side on Feb. 6, 2021.

‘It’s going to feel and look a lot like winter’: Below-zero temperatures mark coldest day of the season so far

February 7, 2021 at 2:27 p.m.

Rarely has there been a better day for Chicagoans to stay inside to avoid the unforgiving cold outside than Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. It was easily expected...

Investigators walk through a home along the 1900 block of Spruce Terrace following a house fire on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 in Arlington Heights.

Elderly Arlington Heights couple die in house fire

February 4, 2021 at 3:04 p.m.

An elderly Arlington Heights couple died in a fatal house fire Thursday morning in Arlington Heights, the third deadly blaze in the northwest suburbs in recent weeks. The Cook County...

A customer pays for an order with cash on the first day of recreational marijuana sales Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 at Sunnyside Lakeview in Chicago.

Fate of recreational marijuana sales in Wilmette up for debate this week

February 3, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

The fate of recreational marijuana sales in Wilmette will be up for debate at a special meeting Thursday night. Officials are set to consider whether to move forward with marijuana...

Wilmette School District 39 launches COVID-19 saliva screening program

February 1, 2021 at 10:35 p.m.

Officials at Wilmette School District 39 say a recently launched COVID-19 saliva screening program is now being used by the vast majority of students and staff in an effort to...

Buffalo Grove house fire prompts evacuation of 3 residents, causes $150,000 in damages: Officials

February 2, 2021 at 12:32 p.m.

Three Buffalo Grove residents were safely evacuated from their house after a fire broke out there Monday afternoon, but the house sustained $150,000 in damages and is uninhabitable, Buffalo Grove...

People dig out in Palmer Square on Jan. 31, 2021, as heavy snow continued to fall throughout the Chicago region.

Crews hit the streets and residents hit the playgrounds as second snowstorm in a week drops more than a foot of snow on the Chicago area

January 31, 2021 at 7:36 p.m.

More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of the Chicago area as the latest storm loosened its grip on the city Sunday evening. With 12.7 inches of snow recorded...

Tim Liston, director of donor engagement and partnerships for Big Shoulders Fund, left, donates boxes of books for students at St. Francis de Sales High School to school Principal Roni Facen, in Chicago on Jan. 29, 2021.

Catholic schools on South and West sides hit hard by pandemic get $1.8 million donation

February 1, 2021 at 12:43 p.m.

An emergency donation of $1.8 million to the Archdiocese of Chicago earlier this month from the nonprofit Big Shoulders Fund is helping to keep the doors open at West and...

New Trier High School COVID-19 screening program finding success with students, but officials seeking more employee participation

January 30, 2021 at 4:09 p.m.

When the student participation rate in New Trier High School's $1.3 million COVID-19 saliva screening program jumped to 94% earlier this month, officials were pleased the new initiative was heading...

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