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Oak Park-River Forest High School in Oak Park.

Oak Park-River Forest school officials rescind decision to cancel athletics due to COVID-19 transmission rates

December 6, 2021 at 9:38 a.m.

School district officials rescinded a decision canceling sports and after-school activities at Oak Park-River Forest High School amid a COVID-19 spike but warned stricter precautions would be taken. In a...

Chicago Bears quarterback Andy Dalton (14) fakes a handoff to Chicago Bears running back Khalil Herbert (24) during the fourth quarter.

After sitting through freezing rain at Bears game, some fans warm to the idea of a new stadium in Arlington Heights

December 5, 2021 at 5:11 p.m.

Though cold and miserable Chicago weather certainly isn't news to anyone, the freezing rain and gusty temperatures Sunday at Soldier Field had some Bears fans dreaming about a new stadium...

A Christmas Eve snow on Chicago's lakefront in 2017 gave the city a white Christmas. (Nancy Stone/baiduhai)

Chicago is overdue for its first snowfall accumulation, so what are the chances of a white Christmas?

December 8, 2021 at 9:22 a.m.

Anyone who's lived in Chicago for a few years knows one thing for certain: It's not a question of if it'll snow, but how much. This fall, however, the city...

A site on Chicago's Southeast Side where Reserve Management Group is building a new scrap shredder is shown in 2018. The company is moving operations from General Iron on the North Side.

Southeast Side protesters threaten to camp out in front of Arwady’s house unless she denies scrap shredder permit

December 6, 2021 at 8:27 a.m.

Activists from Chicago's Southeast Side called on Dr. Allison Arwady and the Department of Public Health to deny Reserve Management Group's permit to open a metal shredding facility in one...

The Waukegan Generating Station coal-fired plant can be seen from North Beach Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, in Waukegan, Illinois. In June 2021, NRG Energy said it decided to close its coal plants in Romeoville and Waukegan by June 2022 after it secured lower-than-expected prices during an auction for supplying electricity to a region that stretches from Illinois to the East Coast. The Houston-based company's move to shutter two of its three Illinois coal plants, and another in Delaware, is the latest example of a shareholder-owned firm scaling back its reliance on the fossil fuel in favor of cheaper, cleaner gas-fired electricity and pollution-free renewable energy. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Residentes de Waukegan que luchan contra décadas de contaminación industrial: ‘El hecho de que algo no sea perfecto no significa que lo abandonen’

December 3, 2021 at 12:08 p.m.

Al crecer en Waukegan, Eduardo Flores no pensó mucho en la presencia de inhaladores en su patio de recreo. Cada dos meses, uno de sus compañeros de clase o un...

The Waukegan Generating Station coal-fired plant can be seen from North Beach, Nov. 30, 2021, in Waukegan.

Waukegan residents fighting decades of industrial pollution: ‘Just because something isn’t perfect doesn’t mean you abandon it.’

December 3, 2021 at 12:07 p.m.

Growing up in Waukegan, Eduardo Flores didn't think much about the presence of inhalers on his playground. Every couple of months, one of his classmates or a kid from a...

Officers work the scene where five people were shot, one fatally, on the 1900 block of Green Bay Road on Nov. 28, 2021 in Evanston.

17-year-old boy killed, 4 other teens wounded in ‘targeted’ Evanston shooting Sunday night

November 29, 2021 at 5:30 p.m.

A 17-year-old boy was dead and four other teenagers were injured after a Sunday evening shooting on Green Bay Road in Evanston, according to police. Evanston police received calls of...

Building inspector sent to scene where boy, 3, dies after plunge from 17th floor of Near North Side building, city says

November 24, 2021 at 5:11 p.m.

A 3-year-old boy died late Tuesday after a fall from the 17th floor of a residential building on the Near North Side, officials said. The Cook County medical examiner's office...

Ex-DuPage Democratic official Mary Lemanski apologizes for tweeting that karma linked Waukesha tragedy, Rittenhouse verdict. ‘Ashamed of my behavior.’

November 23, 2021 at 5:26 p.m.

Mary Lemanski, the former Democratic Party of DuPage County social media director, apologized for her comments on Twitter that caused backlash across the social media platform and cost Lemanski her...

Holiday decorations in a window as travelers make their way on foot outside of Terminal 3 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in 2018.

Thanksgiving travel: Your guide to get going — whether by plane, train or automobile

November 23, 2021 at 8:56 a.m.

After last year's pandemic Thanksgiving, many families are excited to come together to give thanks and reunite after a difficult year. According to a report by the AAA, 53.4 million...

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