Daywatch: Schools closed with foot of snow expected, high school students struggle amid pandemic and a look inside a Barrington Hills mansion on a private lake
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Good morning, Chicago. Illinois passed another grim milestone on Monday: 20,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19. The news came as public health officials reported 1,420 new confirmed and probable cases and 41 additional deaths.
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Chicago schools closed as another foot of snow is expected in the Chicago area, hundreds of flights canceled and forecasters warn ‘travel will be very difficult to impossible’
As the Chicago area braced for as much as 14 inches of snow by Tuesday, city and county officials sought to reassure residents that Chicago Public Schools will be closed, streets will be plowed, vulnerable residents will be made safe and that help is just a phone call away.
What happened to our mild winter? February. Now it’s one for the record books.
4 buildings collapse in Chicago and Elgin over 3 days: Are back-to-back snowstorms pushing old roofs to the brink?
Former Downstate GOP state Sen. Paul Schimpf announces bid for Illinois governor
Former military prosecutor and one-term Downstate Republican state Sen. Paul Schimpf formally announced his candidacy for governor on Monday, contending Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has lost public confidence over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal fight against carjackings brings tough sentences, but hurdles limit case count as violent heists mount in Chicago
A joint task force formed in 2018 between Chicago police and federal law enforcement sought to bring more carjacking cases in federal court. The initiative was touted as a way to win elevated prison sentences apart from the often-revolving door of the Cook County criminal justice and deter others from participating in such violent acts.
As the limited number of federal cases made by the task force have wound their way through court, however, carjackings have continued to spin out of control, raising questions whether the federal effort has made much of a dent.
For pandemic-era high school students, the thrill is gone: ‘They took away all of the joy, and left us with nothing but homework’
Nearly one year after the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, students across Chicago and the suburbs say when it comes to high school, the thrill is gone, with simple pleasures such as huddling with friends in the hallways and catching up over lunch in the cafeteria displaced by a dystopian landscape of remote learning and virtual extracurriculars.
Situated on private lake, Barrington Hills mansion and its 46-acre estate lists for $7.9 million
A six-bedroom, French country-style mansion located on a 46-acre estate in Barrington Hills was listed for $7.9 million. Surrounded on three sides by a forest preserve, the Healy Road property includes the 9,024-square-foot mansion, a guesthouse and a barn — and it sits on the bank of a 7-acre private, stocked lake. Take a look inside here.
