As brutally cold conditions gripped the Chicago area this past weekend, a rather peculiar phenomenon surfaced along Lake ...

It has been very windy, with gusts above 30 mph on Monday. Wind will carry away dry, lightweight sand particles around the ...

A pair of snowy owls spotted along a Lake Michigan beach has drawn curious crowds and sparked happy speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home. Word of the two owls has ...

Churning waves crashed over an icy jetty in Lake Michigan off the coast of Michigan City, Indiana, as cold weather moved ...

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A pair of snowy owls spotted along a Lake Michigan beach has drawn curious crowds and sparked happy speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home. Word of the two owls has ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 23, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. The Rouse Simmons, a ship loaded with a ...

A five-bedroom, 16,000-square-foot Georgian-style mansion on Lake Michigan in Winnetka sold last week for $34.5 million including personal property — a Chicago-area sales record for the sale of any ...