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Longtime Bears matriarch, Virginia McCaskey, was laid to rest Wednesday.

Following a filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month, Joann has announced that they have filed a motion seeking court authority to begin closing approximately 500 stores nationwide, according to an announcement Wednesday.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, but why did he make that move?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial environmental lawyer turned public health critic, could soon find out if he will be the nation’s top health official.

Concerns around botulism, a potentially fatal form of food poisoning, are rising after canned tuna sold at popular grocery stores was recalled. But what is the illness and how does it develop?

The Chicago winter storm Wednesday might have you dreaming of summer — or maybe, more specifically, Summerfest in Milwaukee.

A United flight departing from Chicago was forced to return to O’Hare Airport for an unexpected issue in the cockpit Wednesday, the airline said.

One person was killed and three hospitalized after a Metra train crashed into a vehicle early Wednesday morning in South Chicago.

Road conditions across Illinois were already slick and slippery Wednesday morning. By afternoon, they were expected to worsen.

Snow was already falling in parts of the Chicago area Wednesday morning, but when can you expect the heaviest band and how long will it fall?

The biggest winter storm of the winter season so far is set to hit the Chicago area Wednesday, bringing several inches of snow to much of the region.

The list of Illinois schools closed into anticipation of the winter storm headed to Illinois continued to grow Wednesday morning, to grow, with more than 100 schools announcing closures or shifts to e-learning. But was Chicago Public Schools on the list?

The Chicago area Wednesday will see the first of two rounds of heavy snow, with total accumulation of six inches or higher in some parts.