Chicago Weather

(Corrects day to Tuesday from Monday in first paragraph) * Approach of grilling season boosts beef to record * Late arrival of warm weather improves mood for grilling * Beef prices may be near a peak - analysts By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May 14 (Reuters)...

* Good planting weather seen until the weekend * Wet weather returns early next week * Corn planting pace near 30-year low By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May 13 (Reuters) - Drier weather early this week in the U.S. crop belt will allow active corn plantings,...

Horse carriages that wheel through Chicago's ritzy neighborhoods would have to display minimum and maximum temperatures of operation under a measure a City Council committee endorsed Thursday. Although two carriage operators backed the proposal, there...

* Lower imports by China hit corn, wheat * Weak PMI data indicate poor demand from China * Corn planting at slowest pace in five years By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI, April 23 (Reuters) - Chicago corn futures fell on Tuesday, extending losses from the...

* Chilly and wet weather this week * Warmer weather next week to buoy fieldwork * Drought area continues to shrink By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, April 22 (Reuters) - Wet and cold weather in the U.S. Midwest this week will further slow corn plantings while...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Minnesota Twins - INSIDE PITCH The Minnesota Twins reconstructed their pitching staff this offseason, and the rebuild has continued into the opening month of the season. With the season nearing only four weeks old,...

One could say that Judy Gibbons started prepping for her latest endeavor as a real estate agent 46 years ago today. That's because on April 21, 1967, a 9-year-old Gibbons huddled under the basement steps of her Barrington home with her mother, four...

Flooding spawned by as much as 5 inches of rain closed the Edens, Eisenhower and Kennedy expressways this morning as a second wave of thunderstorms moves through the Chicago area. The Edens Expressway was closed between Foster and Touhy avenues and...

Officials warned today that a powerful spring storm will drag in a motley combination of cold, warmth, fog, and heavy rain with possible flooding, making for a weird weather week in Chicagoland.  The week started with morning rainstroms yesterday...

The snowstorm that buried central and southern Illinois only skirted Chicago as it headed east -- and with it maybe the last of an unusual winter that seemed would never end. The storm dropped 17 inches of snow in Springfield, breaking the old record...

It may seem more like an infernal equinox. When spring arrives at 6:02 a.m. Wednesday, it's likely some areas around Chicago will be wincing from wind chills below zero. And while temperatures will warm up as the week goes along, there are rumblings...

Chicago's St. Patrick's Day festivities brought thousands of people downtown today for the parade and the ritual dyeing of the Chicago river. A boat left a trail of lime green dye in the water about 10 a.m. as thousands  "ooohed" in the frigid...