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Rafer Weigel is shown downtown Chicago on Jan. 29, 2020. He was fired from Fox 32 on Monday.

Former TV anchor Rafer Weigel says he shouldn’t have been fired after legal battle involving 2 ex-girlfriends and allegations of revenge porn

January 30, 2020 at 5:57 a.m.

Former TV anchor and reporter Rafer Weigel said Wednesday he was wrongfully fired from his job at WFLD-Ch. 32 because he was caught up in a legal battle involving two...

Pedestrians make their way along a snowy State Street on Jan. 17, 2020.

Number of cold-related deaths in Cook County climbs to 25 for season

January 28, 2020 at 4:20 p.m.

The recent death of a Blue Island man recently marked the 25th cold-related death in Cook County this season, according to officials. Don Mahoney, 60, was found unresponsive at an...

Fox 32 anchor says he was fired after messy legal battle involving two ex-girlfriends

January 28, 2020 at 12:04 p.m.

WFLD-Ch. 32 anchor Rafer Weigel said Monday he has been fired by the station following a legal battle involving two ex-girlfriends and charges of revenge porn. Rafer Weigel had been...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker at Illinois State Capitol in Springfield in November.

New law will allow Illinois students to miss school to vote

January 24, 2020 at 4:58 p.m.

Students in Illinois will no longer have to worry about potential repercussions of missing class in order to vote, starting with the November general election. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation...

2-year-old boy and 94-year-old man in critical condition following South Side fire

January 23, 2020 at 11:13 a.m.

A 2-year-old boy and a 94-year-old man were taken to the hospital in critical condition following a fire Wednesday afternoon on the South Side that was sparked by a malfuctioning...

Ambulance crash on Southwest Side sends 4 to hospital

January 22, 2020 at 12:43 p.m.

Four people, including two Chicago Fire Department employees, were taken to the hospital following a crash involving an ambulance Wednesday morning on the Southwest Side. The collision happened in the...

Leslie Hernandez, left, Lenka Laguna, Michael Satalic and others paint a mural during the day of service at Dett Elementary School in Chicago on Jan. 20, 2020.

Instead of taking the day off, volunteers join in MLK Day of Service to honor King’s legacy

January 20, 2020 at 7:08 p.m.

Instead taking the day to go ice skating or get out of town or watch TV, more than 600 volunteers filled the halls of Robert Nathaniel Dett Elementary School on...

FAA orders ground-stop at O’Hare as winter storm hits Chicago

January 17, 2020 at 10:18 p.m.

As a winter storm barreled into the Chicago region, the Federal Aviation Administration has imposed a ground-stop at O'Hare International Airport on Friday evening, halting all inbound flights scheduled to...

Chicago police process a crime scene after five people were shot near Pulaski Road and Maypole Avenue in Chicago on Jan. 16, 2020.

Chicago police officers tended to wounded boys in West Side barbershop shooting. ‘They were in shock. Scared.’

January 17, 2020 at 7:09 p.m.

The first officers at the West Side barber shop picked their way through shell casings and broken glass littering the sidewalk from large bullet holes in the door and window....

Food is served in a polystyrene foam container on Jan. 15, 2020, at a downtown Chicago restaurant. An alderman is proposing a ban on polystyrene products and limits for the use of plastic utensils, stirrers, straws and condiment containers.

Chicago alderman’s plan would ban foam packaging in restaurants and reduce the use of plastic utensils, straws and more

January 15, 2020 at 6:58 p.m.

Is Chicago ready for its hot dogs to be swaddled in a more environmentally friendly manner? A City Council ally of Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced a plan Wednesday to get...

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