Elyssa Cherney

Drying equipment sits in a hallway near a room where a water pipe burst at the Ronald McDonald House in Hyde Park on Feb. 3, 2019. The water pipe burst on the third floor around 1:30 a.m. Feb. 1 after Chicago temperatures dipped well below zero.

Burst pipe at Ronald McDonald House by Comer displaces families after polar vortex

May 23, 2019 at 1:44 a.m.

For the past year, Kayla Ybanez and her family have lived at a Ronald McDonald House on the South Side while Ybanez’s 4-year-old daughter undergoes treatment for her immune system...

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire on the 100 block of North Green Street late Jan. 30, 2019, in Chicago.

As face-freezing weather subsides, Chicagoans ready for a break: ‘Zero is going to feel warm’

August 24, 2019 at 11:33 p.m.

It wasn’t an all-time record, and it wasn’t even as cold as the day before, but the polar vortex that held northern Illinois in an icy grip for the second...

Ice forms intricate patterns on the inside of the windows at the Garfield Park Conservatory on a freezing morning, Jan. 31, 2019, in Chicago.

‘Fern frost’ creates dazzling ice crystal window dressing at Garfield Park Conservatory

May 22, 2019 at 6:48 a.m.

Mother Nature isn’t wilting under the weight of the polar vortex at Chicago’s Garfield Park Conservatory, which remained open Wednesday and Thursday as large portions of the city shuttered. In...

He saved his dog, but police had to save him. The man’s advice: Don’t take your dog near the lake during the polar vortex

May 23, 2019 at 1:43 a.m.

A man who was rescued from Lake Michigan after jumping in the icy water to save his puppy is issuing a warning to other pet owners: Keep your dogs on...

Niña de 12 años murió atrapada en la nieve

January 22, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

Una niña de 12 años murió de asfixia e hipotermia el domingo después de que un túnel de nieve se derrumbara sobre ella mientras jugaba con una amiga fuera de...

A bouquet of flowers rests on a mound of snow at Rothem Church in Arlington Heights where Esther Jung, 12, died and a 9-year-old girl was injured Jan. 20, 2019, after a snowbank collapsed on top of them.

12-year-old girl died of asphyxia, hypothermia after being trapped in snowbank outside suburban church where dad was pastor, officials say

January 22, 2019 at 6:50 a.m.

A 12-year-old girl died of asphyxia and hypothermia Sunday after a snowbank collapsed on her while she was playing with a friend outside an Arlington Heights church where her father...

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Burst pipe at Ronald McDonald House by Comer displaces families after polar vortex

As face-freezing weather subsides, Chicagoans ready for a break: ‘Zero is going to feel warm’

‘Fern frost’ creates dazzling ice crystal window dressing at Garfield Park Conservatory

He saved his dog, but police had to save him. The man’s advice: Don’t take your dog near the lake during the polar vortex

Niña de 12 años murió atrapada en la nieve

12-year-old girl died of asphyxia, hypothermia after being trapped in snowbank outside suburban church where dad was pastor, officials say

Volunteers help to commemorate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on national holiday

Elk Grove Village girl, 12, dies after snow fort collapses near Arlington Heights church

Building inspectors find code violations at R. Kelly studio, including evidence of use as residence

Feds failed to protect habitat of endangered bee found in Illinois, lawsuit says