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More than 100 flights have been canceled at Chicago’s major airports as a major winter storm hits the region, according to the Department of Aviation.

More than 100 flights have been canceled at Chicago’s major airports as a major winter storm hits the region, according to the Department of Aviation.

NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Pete Sack has a look at your Saturday night forecast as a winter storm hits the region.

NBC 5’s Paul Deanno has the latest updates on the winter storm bearing down on the Chicago area.

O’Hare and Midway International Airports will both deploy new coronavirus testing programs later this month, which the Chicago Department of Aviation calls the “most comprehensive airport testing option” in the United States. Both airports will house testing facilities administering two different types of coronavirus tests, with rapid antigen tests and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests available at both airports....

As a response to rising coronavirus metrics and a need for testing, DuPage County health officials announced the department will open a second community-based testing site Monday.

The Chicago Department of Aviation plans to establish COVID-19 testing for both travelers and employees at Midway and O’Hare international airports, the department announced. In a news release issued Friday, the CDA stated its seeking proposals from vendors who hope to provide testing services at both airports. The “successful bidder,” the department said, will be able to provide both...

Midway International Airport’s air traffic control tower has been temporarily closed after three FAA technicians at the airport tested positive for the novel coronavirus. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the air traffic control tower at the airport is “temporarily closing” while crews clean facilities. A ground stop has been ordered, according to the flight tracking website Flight Aware....

Chicago-area food pantries are seeing more customers as schools close and more people need help feeding their families. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

A luggage carrier ran a bag over, causing it to “explode” Monday afternoon at Midway International Airport, Chicago police confirmed.

At least four vehicles have been stolen recently from parking lots near Midway International Airport on the Southwest Side, according to a community alert from Chicago police.

A popular travel website has ranked Chicago’s Midway International Airport as the worst airport in the United States.

Wintry weather caused more than a thousand flight cancellations and some major headaches at Chicago airports on Sunday.

More than a thousand flights were canceled in the Chicago area Sunday as severe weather moved in.

NBC 5’s Pete Sack has the latest weather forecast.

As snow continues to fall throughout the area, numerous flights are being delayed or canceled at the city’s airports Sunday.

NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Pete Sack has your latest forecast on this Sunday morning. 

An unruly passenger was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight in Chicago on Saturday after being “verbally abusive” to the flight attendants, officials said.

A Southwest Airlines flight headed to Chicago from Baltimore had to turn around Friday morning after a passenger became ill on the flight, the airline said. Back at the gate, mechanics were called to check a mechanical issue on the plane.