Emergency School Closings Info Center
Find out if your school, business or daycare center is closed because of a weather emergency.
The Emergency Closing Center lists the status of all reported ECC facilities.
If you do not see your facility listed it means the facility has not reported a status change to ECC.
Chicago and suburbs say they are bracing for the worst from a snowstorm
expected to hit northern Illinois and northwest Indiana this week.
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‘Do not travel,’ weather service advises
The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for the Chicago area as a dangerous storm swooping in from the South could dump more than 18 inches of snow and pack 40 mph winds.
The blizzard expected to barrel into the area Tuesday afternoon has been labeled “potentially life-threatening” by the National Weather Service. Here are tips from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on dealing with a dangerous winter storm:
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The snowstorm predicted for the Chicago area this week has revived memories of
the record blizzard that paralyzed the region 44 years ago .
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An argument at a South Side bus stop escalated and then ended with a 20-year-old
South Bend, Ind. man shooting one man to death and wounding three teenagers, Cook County prosecutors said Saturday.
A boy reported missing today from the South Side after he failed to return from an errand Friday was found after spending the night at a friend’s house without permission, police said.
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Surrounded by several hundred fellow protesters along North Michigan Avenue Saturday, Ayman Hamed shouted slogans against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak until he was hoarse.