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A person makes their way along a walking path at Margaret T. Burroughs Beach in Chicago as dark clouds form overhead, April 16, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Tornado watch in effect for Chicago and Cook County until 11 p.m.

April 17, 2026 at 4:23 p.m.

Potentially severe storms will follow an unseasonably warm April Friday, with chilly weather forecast for Saturday.

Maha Amin unloads sandbags from her van onto her driveway in Des Plaines on April 16, 2026, after her basement flooded a few days before. Amin is planning to line them along the wall of her home to prevent any more flooding. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago suburbs in Cook and Lake counties prepare for Des Plaines River flood

April 16, 2026 at 8:07 p.m.

Areas near the Des Plaines River from just east of O'Hare Airport north to the Wisconsin border were under a flood warning due to the river's rising levels.

People walk past a flooded path in Warren Park in West Ridge on April 15, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Floods overtake Chicago’s Northwest Side after rainiest April day since 2013: ‘People really got slammed’

April 15, 2026 at 7:07 p.m.

A flood watch was still in effect for several Illinois counties and northwest Indiana Wednesday night, as weather officials said storms set records.

Ald. Pat Dowell, 3rd, speaks to University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno during the announcement of Scitopia Chicago at Fossil Lab in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood, April 14, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

U. of C. paleontologist announces plans for Washington Park science center focused on teen education

April 15, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

The more than 45,000-square-foot center planned for the Washington Park neighborhood will be free for teens across the state to visit.

Santo Nieves, center, picks items to fill a client’s order at the Pilsen Food Pantry, 2124 S. Ashland Avenue in Chicago, April 1, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

More than 16,000 immigrants in Illinois may lose food assistance in the coming months

April 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Immigrants — including refugees, asylees and survivors of human trafficking — are no longer eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as SNAP.

Daniest Graves in a photo from a missing person alert from the Chicago Police Department.

Judge detains Roseland man accused of killing mother, 88

April 10, 2026 at 5:39 p.m.

A judge on Friday detained a Roseland man accused of killing his 88-year-old mother and hiding her body, saying he poses a danger to witnesses, the community and his family.

Chicago sign painters and founders of the Chicago Sign Museum Kelsey and Andrew McClellan are working to preserve historic Chicago signs and educate on Chicago sign history. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Chicago Sign Museum wants the city’s hand-made signs saved before they’re gone

April 13, 2026 at 10:14 a.m.

Kelsey and Andrew McClellan founded the Chicago Sign Museum last year. It works to save vintage signs that are at risk of being erased by cheap vinyl graphics.

Trent Hinkle, a farmhand who cares for the horses, brings Troy, center, home to see his barn mate Lilly on April 8, 2026, after Troy was rescued Saturday from a flooded creek in Marengo. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Marengo horse welcomed home from hospital after 12-hour creek rescue

April 9, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard after his recovery from a creek rescue in Marengo.

Chau Le, from left, Danna Quintero and Carlos Cortez take pictures in front of a cherry blossom tree in bloom on the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry grounds in Chicago's Jackson Park on April 7, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Cherry blossoms in Jackson Park are nearing full bloom. Chicago Park District says to start planning your visit.

April 13, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

The cherry blossoms in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side will reach full bloom in the next few days, and Chicago Park District staff say viewers will have to act...

Workers clear damaged vehicles from the scene of a crash Friday morning along Harlem Avenue in Oak Park. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

One dead after vehicle crashes into bus in Oak Park, 11 others injured

April 3, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

Police said the driver of a passenger vehicle that crashed into a bus along Harlem Avenue in Oak Park died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

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