January 2023

Guitarist Tom Verlaine, co-founder…

Tom Verlaine, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television who…
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Below freezing temperatures expected…

Single-digit temperatures are expected to begin Monday morning and last until Tuesday…
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Photos: Winterlike weather arrives…

Winterlike weather finally arrives in Chicagoland.
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Photos: 2023 Chicago Polar Plunge

Polar Plunge participants run into Lake Michigan on Jan 28, 2023, at Oak Street Beach…
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Hoffman Estates man dies in crash in…

A man from Hoffman Estates died after a one-vehicle crash in an unincorporated area of…
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Gregory Allen Howard who wrote ‘Remember…

Screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard, who skillfully adapted stories of historical Black…
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Illinois poised to lift restrictions…

Illinois legislators passed a bill that would remove a lifetime ban on name changes for…
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Declining enrollment, empty schools,…

Whoever becomes mayor will face enormous challenges and a daunting transition from an…
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Daughter of trailblazing attorney Larry…

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin called Larry Rogers Sr. a hero who blazed a trail for generations…
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Remains found in Libertyville identified…

The woman was positively identified as 54-year-old Marina Jimenez-Hernandez, who also…
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17-year-old fatally shot in Oak Forest,…

The Oak Forest Police Department’s Investigations Unit and the South Suburban Major…
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New shelter for migrants in Woodlawn…

The Wadsworth shelter is part of the city’s response to the thousands of migrants who…
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