Articles filed under Weather
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Deep freeze puts most Midwest routines on iceJan 27, 2014 8:51 pm - Parents brought kids to work or just stayed home because schools were closed, again. Office workers hailed cabs to ride a block — or less. And companies offering deliver...
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Lazarus House has room for people to get warmJan 27, 2014 5:20 pm - The city of St. Charles has dedicated several spots around town where people can get out of the cold, including Lazarus House. Director Liz Eakins says staff members ar...
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More suburban schools call off Tuesday classesJan 27, 2014 11:00 am - Some of the suburban school districts that took a wait-and-see approach on whether to cancel classes for a second day this week because of the dangerously cold weather h...
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Wheeling cancels tonight’s village board meetingJan 27, 2014 9:50 am - The scheduled Wheeling Village Board meeting for Monday night has been canceled due to the weather, officials said. Village officials sent out a notice of the cancellati...
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Sundog lights up frigid suburban skiesJan 27, 2014 9:12 am - Did you know what a parhelion was before today? Not many of us did, but we quickly learned after pictures of Monday morning’s parhelion in suburban skies started appear...
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Worst temperatures over; wind chill warning remainsJan 27, 2014 4:00 am - Unfortunately, this is one time meteorologists didn't get their predictions wrong. As expected, dangerously cold temperatures settled in Tuesday, as temperatures reache...
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Whiteout conditons making travel dangerousJan 26, 2014 6:00 pm - With reports of white out conditions, large drifts and black ice coming in, law enforcement officials are urging people to stay off the roads, which are becoming increas...
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Suburban schools begin announcing Monday, Tuesday closingsJan 26, 2014 1:47 pm - With another blast of dangerously cold weather expected to descend upon the region overnight, some suburban school districts already are announcing that they’ll be close...
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Editorial: The lengthy winter of our discontentJan 26, 2014 4:00 am - There are, we understand, people who cozy up to winter, who regale like children in the drifting snow, come alive at the icy bite of a freezing wind, find beauty in the ...
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Chicago man, his dog among 3 dead in massive I-94 pileupJan 23, 2014 5:14 pm - MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A couple from Michigan and a man from Chicago were killed in a massive pileup on a snowy interstate in northwestern Indiana, authorities said Frida...