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\"Bears Bears stadium talks, extreme cold & Indiana utility bills | Week in Review<\/a> <\/p>\n

On this episode of \u201cWeek in Review,\u201d we break down Indiana\u2019s push to lure the Bears, skyrocketing utility bills and how shelters are responding during brutal cold. We also look at a devastating church fire, housing discrimination questions following an ICE raid, City Council action on hemp products and major development decisions across the region. Plus, updates on Bally\u2019s casino construction, a new Amazon store coming to Orland Park and Chicago nominees for the James Beard Awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CHICAGO<\/strong> – Extreme cold blasted the Chicago area last week, causing several schools to cancel in-person classes; an elderly woman was found dead in the cold conditions; and a small earthquake shook parts of the state.<\/p>\n

These are the top stories in Fox 32’s Week in Review.<\/p>\n

Chicago-area schools announce closures, shifts to E-learning due to extreme cold<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Brutally cold conditions forced schools across the area to either cancel classes or switch to e-learning with wind chills dipping to -35 degrees! The high temperature on Friday was around zero degrees.<\/p>\n

FULL STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Traveling Why a short trip outside can land you in the ER during Chicago\u2019s deep freeze<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Emergency rooms in Chicago were bracing for a wave of cold injuries as temperatures dropped to dangerous levels. The problem isn\u2019t just the cold. It\u2019s how people respond to it.<\/p>\n

FULL STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Extreme Evergreen Park woman dies of cold exposure amid extreme temperature plunge<\/strong> <\/p>\n

An elderly woman in Evergreen Park has died after being exposed to extreme cold inside her home, a tragic reminder of the dangers winter weather can pose \u2014 especially for seniors living alone.<\/p>\n

FULL STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Neighbors Small earthquake shakes parts of Illinois early Tuesday<\/strong> <\/p>\n

A small earthquake was reported in downstate Illinois early Tuesday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake measured 3.8 (initially 3.5) in magnitude and struck at about 1:30 a.m. The epicenter was about 2.5 miles northwest of Ohlman, in southern Christian County, south of Taylorville and Springfield.<\/p>\n

FULL STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Small 2 CPD employees, including sergeant, fraudulently got PPP money, watchdog says<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Two Chicago Police Department employees, including a police sergeant, were accused of fraudulently obtaining federal pandemic relief funds, according to the latest city watchdog report.<\/p>\n

FULL STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Week In Review<\/a>Chicago<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bears stadium talks, extreme cold & Indiana utility bills | Week in Review On this episode of \u201cWeek…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":541996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,5386,1818,6166,68,5700],"class_list":{"0":"post-541995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-cook-county","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-series","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-week-in-review"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115956284992942706","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}