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It's a little over two weeks until Halloween, and some neighborhoods are starting to look spooky.
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It's a little over two weeks until Halloween, and some neighborhoods are starting to look spooky.
A woman was caught on camera stealing a Halloween display from a family's yard.
The Illinois Department of Public Health this week released guidelines for celebrating Halloween amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and among the things the guidelines touch on are pumpkin patches.
New COVID-19 rules for Halloween in Illinois mean haunted houses are getting the news that they should close down.
"We are not cancelling Halloween, but we do expect to see different type of Halloween celebrations than we've seen in prior years," Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said Tuesday afternoon.
"It is a very different time, and I don't expect to see mass crowds out trick-or-treating like we have in years past. It's not safe for the children, it's not safe for the adults," Lightfoot said Wednesday afternoon.
The little 7-year-old girl who was shot while trick-or-treating on Halloween was home from the hospital Tuesday – and we saw her for the first time.
The boy faces two felony counts of attempted first degree murder and two felony counts of aggravated battery.
Two children were put in the hospital by gunfire in four days. Police say both were not the intended targets.
Neighbors will be visiting a family in Crete Saturday morning to deliver them candy since the children missed out on trick-or-treating due to their rare, degenerative disease.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot had a mini-me trick-or-treating on Thursday.
Snow on Halloween is not typical, but not unheard of. Snow amounting to 3.4 inches in Chicago had never happened at all – until Halloween 2019.
No, you did not fall asleep Rip Van Winkle-style and wake up in February – it is, in fact, Halloween, and a Halloween with record-setting snow for the date in Chicago.
Spooky snow and rain is predicted throughout the day with low temperatures that could affect Halloween plans.
Halloween parties and parades were canceled this year for all elementary and middle school students.
Last year on Halloween, by night's end, at least 18 vehicles were damaged in Hyde Park and it wasn't just those cars being vandalized.
As you've heard by now, some scary Halloween weather is in order for Thursday.
Here are some of the indoor Halloween activities offered throughout the Chicago area.
"I think one of the tantalizing aspects of Albright's work is that it is both enticing and repulsive at the same time. The initial response may be 'oh that's gruesome' but the enticement is how he painted them."
Trick-or-treating will be postponed in north suburban Vernon Hills this year due to a forecast that calls for snow in the area.
The goal is to make sure kids living in shelters have outfits to wear this Halloween.
Even though the word "dead" is in the Day of the Dead, it's a matter of life. It truly is about the living and those of us who remain here remembering the memory of those who are no longer here."
Animals ranging from sloths and porcupines to bears and hippos enjoyed festive pumpkin treats.
The annual "Spooky Zoo" returns on Oct. 26 in conjunction with the zoo's Fall Fest celebration.
It's the last week to visit the Botanic Garden's "Night of 1,000 Jack-O'-Lanterns."
