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A “quick hit” of early morning snow brought slick and slippery road conditions for rush hour commuters Tuesday.

Light, fluffy snow was falling across Chicago area Tuesday morning, with some “minor accumulations” expected through mid-morning, NBC 5 Meteorologist Alicia Roman said.

A famous, fluffy white poodle walked into the NBC Tower in Chicago Tuesday morning — but he didn’t stroll in on all fours. Instead, Pappy the Poodle waltzed right in, up the stars — on his hind legs.

After the snow, a cold front will race across the Chicago area Tuesday, sending ‘feels-like’ temperatures below zero.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates on Monday publicly apologized for a controversial comment she made comparing Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to a special education student.

Money is coming to taxpayers who didn’t receive their COVID stimulus payments.

Fire crews were working to extinguish a blaze at a home in south suburban Palos Park on Monday evening, authorities said.

In the winter months, it seems few are safe from some kind of illness — flu, COVID-19, norovirus, colds.

A Chicago alderman on Monday voiced support for a new gunshot detection system that doesn’t have approval from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office or the Chicago City Council.

Environmental and consumer advocates marched from the Citizens Utility Board offices to the Illinois Commerce Commission in the Loop on Monday to hand-deliver 5,000 public comments.

“Extensive” delays along Metra’s Rock Island District line were likely after a vehicle was struck by a train on Monday afternoon near south suburban Robbins, the transit agency said.

When video footage showing an officer working to get an animal out of a shelving unit at an Aldi store in Chicago’s Humboldt Park began, no one could have predicted what would eventually come out.

Renewed questions surrounding the future of the SALT cap surfaced over the weekend as a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump made headlines, but what exactly is the SALT tax and what could be in store for 2025?