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Here are the top headlines you need to know as you start your day on Feb. 2, 2023.

While Pennsylvania may look to Punxsutawney Phil for a weather prediction, the Chicago area turns to Woodstock Willie, a local, plump groundhog who lives in the far northwest suburb of Woodstock, where the famous 1993 movie ‘Groundhog Day’ was filmed.

A woman on Wednesday was in critical condition after she was stabbed by a customer at a spa on Chicago’s southwest side, according to authorities.

One local groundhog will wake from his winter nap to predict the weather from precisely the same Chicago-area spot that, in 1993, Bill Murray did, when he delivered the forecast as Phil Connors in the cult classic film ‘Groundhog Day.

A retired Chicago firefighter with apparent ties to militia groups faces federal criminal charges for allegedly participating in an hours-long siege amid the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

An iconic venue in suburban Joliet was damaged by a fire on Wednesday afternoon, with an investigation currently underway after the blaze.

Officials with the University of Iowa’s athletic department say that the Orange Krush fan group from the University of Illinois obtained discounted tickets to a weekend men’s basketball game under false pretenses.

The calls for police reform continue to get louder in Chicago and across the country in the wake of Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis.

The family of a young man who was 12-years old when he was wrongfully shot by a Richton Park police officer has reached a $12 million settlement with the village.

Chicago police say that charges have been filed after a woman allegedly concealed the death of a 96-year-old woman on the city’s Northwest Side.

The police chief in St. John, Indiana announced Wednesday afternoon that one of his officers faces criminal charges for shooting into a car driven by an off-duty officer.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s push for a quick vote on a proposed 15-year franchise agreement with Commonwealth Edison was short-circuited in the City Council on Wednesday.