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Goats, including one named Stary Night, right, wait in a garage to be taken out and fed at GlennArt Farm.

It’s not often you see chicken, ducks and goats in Chicago. Under a proposed ordinance, you may lose your chance.

April 14, 2020 at 11:51 a.m.

When the temperature finally cracked 50 degrees last month, Carolyn Ioder opened the gate at her back door and let her six goats trot through the Austin neighborhood toward an...

Karen Bump walks her 12-year-old labradoodle Gracie in the South Loop neighborhood as gusts of wind as strong as 45 to 50 mph pass through the area on March 29, 2020, in Chicago.

Harsh winds, scattered showers expected across city Sunday

March 29, 2020 at 5:26 p.m.

Chicagoans already reeling from a day of wacky weather may be blown away — literally — by what's in store Sunday, meteorologists said. The weekend will wrap up with strong...

Andrea Aloria stands outside Transcell Technology, where she works, on March 26 in Buffalo Grove. Her husband, Jerome, was recently laid off so they are hoping to make good use of a stimulus check.

How do Chicago-area residents plan to spend their coronavirus emergency stimulus money?

March 27, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.

Chicagoans watching as political leaders in Washington hash out details of a massive $2 trillion stimulus bill can count on at least one thing, regardless of what the subsidies and...

The main lobby of Rush Medical Center in Chicago is transitioning into a triage area for non-COVID-19 emergency room patients, shown March 26, 2020.

Rush University Medical Center converting lobby into triage center for non-coronavirus patients

March 26, 2020 at 7:06 p.m.

In an effort to prepare for an influx of patients, Rush University Medical Center is converting its main lobby into a triage center for non-coronavirus patients. The lobby, known as...

A student wearing a mask and rubber gloves walks with other students to Lake View High School in Chicago on Monday, the last day of classes before a coronavirus-related shutdown of all CPS schools.

First the teachers strike, now the coronavirus: CPS shuts down for 2nd time this school year as fall walkout now looks like ‘dry run’ for new disruption

March 17, 2020 at 12:44 a.m.

By noon Monday, Kyle Hickman's two school-age children had painted, colored, constructed a spacecraft with Legos and taken a walk. Their afternoon plans included designated reading time and lessons through...

Some passengers wear masks after arriving on international flights March 15, 2020, at Terminal 5 of O'Hare International Airport amid coronavirus concerns.

Pritzker closes bars and restaurants as federal officials to double staff to handle crush at O’Hare

March 16, 2020 at 6:53 a.m.

Chicago moved closer to a total shutdown Sunday as the number of cases of COVID-19 in Illinois grew to 93 and Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered all bars and restaurants in...

Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, speaks about the new coronavirus on Sunday, March 8, 2020, in Chicago.

Nursing homes across Illinois work to shield residents from coronavirus

March 11, 2020 at 4:44 p.m.

After the coronavirus outbreak in a nursing home in Washington state that so far has killed at least 19 people, Illinois facilities that cater to susceptible populations are preparing for...

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

7th case of coronavirus in Illinois is Chicago man in his 60s, appears unrelated to other cases, health officials announce

March 9, 2020 at 10:42 a.m.

A Chicago resident in his 60s, who appears to be unrelated to previous cases, is the seventh COVID-19 case reported in Illinois, public health officials confirmed Sunday. The man is...

Interim police Superintendent Charlie Beck walks on the scene of a shooting where an off-duty officer exchanged shots with a theft suspect on March 8, 2020, in the 5200 block of North Lawler Avenue.

One in custody after Chicago police officer-involved shooting in Forest Glen neighborhood, police say

March 8, 2020 at 6:11 p.m.

One man is in custody and charges are pending after an off-duty cop caught two people trying to steal a car part on the Northwest Side and gunfire was exchanged,...

The Rev. Courtney Reid washes her hands with sanitizer before preparing the sacrament during a service March 4, 2020, at St. James Episcopal Cathedral.

Chicago-area religious gatherings being reshaped because of coronavirus, but some churchgoers not worried yet

March 6, 2020 at 7:19 p.m.

Even as coronavirus concerns spread across the world and religious groups in the Chicago area made changes to their practices to deal with the disease, some churchgoers said they aren't...

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