High Winds Impede Fire Crews As Farmhouse Burns Down In Lynwood
Heavy winds gave firefighters a hard time as they fought a blaze in south suburban Lynwood on Wednesday.
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Heavy winds gave firefighters a hard time as they fought a blaze in south suburban Lynwood on Wednesday.
Police are asking for help finding 15-year-old Makiyla Patrick, who has been missing for more than a week.
Getting on the wrong bus made a man so angry that he shot and cracked two of the bus's windows on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The powerful winds should die down after sunset, though it will stay breezy into early Thanksgiving morning.
Strong winds in Chicago are causing the Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza to delay opening Wednesday.
The lemurs have celebrated Thanksgiving at the zoo for the past six years.
The 100th Street bridge over the Calumet River has been closed for repairs, after a barge came loose amid high winds on Wednesday and struck the underside of the bridge.
Nearly 15,000 ComEd customers in the Chicago area have been affected by power outages amid strong winds.
The Chicago Teachers Union and the city agreed to make up five school days after 11 days were missed due to the strike.
A gas leak in front of a home in the Brainerd neighborhood sent flames shooting 20 to 25 feet in the air.
The concrete fell off scaffolding at Adams and Wacker amid high winds.
Former Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke, convicted in the death of Laquan McDonald, has been moved to a correctional center in Maryland, after he was transferred from a federal prison in New York.
The day before Thanksgiving is a popular day for parties and underage drinking, but in Lake County authorities are trying to stop the dangerous "Black Wednesday" celebrations before they start.
Neighboring homes were blanketed by smoke.
