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Multiple pileups near the Illinois-Wisconsin border Friday, including one involving up to 50 vehicles, shut down multiple major roadways ahead of the afternoon rush hour and as bands of snow made their way across the area.

Englewood residents and community leaders during a meeting Thursday expressed anger and frustration after Save a Lot, the grocery store the community said it didn’t, want hung its banner on the neighborhood’s recently shuttered Whole Foods building at 832 W. 63rd St. on Chicago’s South Side.

With the Chicago area preparing for more snowfall this weekend after seeing the highest totals of the year thus far, many residents are looking to have a warm car to jump in to on a blisteringly cold morning.

A massive mansion in Lincoln Park often regarded as the most luxurious home on the Chicago real estate market is once again up for sale, now just over $15 million cheaper than it was when previously listed in Feb. 2020.

Chicago police and other city officials said they are “closely monitoring” the release of bodycam video from the Memphis Police Department Friday showing the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop.

Georgis Catering has been around for nearly 80 years, its business ranging from providing meals to the elderly to serving Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks on their private planes. But Thursday night, On Thursday night, a fire destroyed the company’s building, just blocks from Midway Airport.

Snowfall is accumulating across the Chicago area, making for dangerous travel conditions and leading to some of the biggest totals seen so far this year.

Chicago State University announced Thursday that an exploratory committee will study the impact of potentially adding a Division 1 football program to the school.

The closure of Tavern on Rush, a popular restaurant in Chicago’s Gold Coast that served diners for more than two decades, sent shockwaves through the community, but now, a new restaurant is hoping to fill those shoes.

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Emergency crews are on the scene after a catering business caught fire late Thursday near Midway International Airport, authorities can confirm.