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With 2025 fresh underway, several Chicago chefs and restaurants have received a prestigious honor, being named among the semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation Award, lauding the finest restaurants, chefs, bars, bakeries and more in America’s culinary scene.

A suburban father is suing KinderCare after his 5-year-old daughter was left on a school bus for several hours in sub-freezing weather last week.

Winter time can lead to everything from dry skin to chapped lips, particularly in the brutal temperatures being experienced across the Midwest this January, but what about your hair?

A construction worker at the Obama Presidential Library was injured Wednesday after they fell down a ventilation duct, sources tell NBC Chicago.

President Donald Trump’s administration moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off. So what will that mean for the U.S.?

Look up! Six planets grace the sky this month in what’s known as a “planetary parade,” and most will be able to be seen with the naked eye.

Minor accumulations up to 1 inch

While a bitter cold January in Chicago continues, you may have noticed a bit more daylight sneaking into your windows, with earlier sunrises and later sunsets, even if just by a minute. You know what that means — the time to “spring forward” is coming up.

A winter storm sweeping through the southern U.S. this week dumped snow at levels many in those regions have never seen before, but how does it compare to Chicago? The answer is surprising.

Snowbody does winter like Chicago, and after receiving an avalanche of creative names, Chicago officials have plowed through the list and chosen six new snowplow names for the city’s fleet.

Scattered snow showers have started to fall in parts of the Chicago area Wednesday morning starting, with more possible throughout the day.

The Chicago Bears are set to hold a press conference Wednesday to officially introduce their new head coach, Ben Johnson.

The snow comes as Northeastern Illinois sees yet another icy cold morning, with temperatures in the single digits and wind chills below zero.