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 Friday, Feb 1 About a dozen Chicago police detectives have been sifting through footage from nearly every surveillance camera in Streeterville these last few days, piecing together "a digital puzzle'' they hope will solve what happened outside the apartment building of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. |   | |
| A group of about eight friends, business owners from the South Side, most under 40, are the good Samaritans who helped move more than 100 people living in a homeless camp south of the Loop into the hotel to escape the life-threatening cold that paralyzed Chicago this week. |
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| Speaker Michael Madigan and his political operatives had to give depositions in Jason Gonzales' civil lawsuit alleging sham candidates. Here's what he said. |
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| Cosmetic surgery used to be something people didn't talk about openly. But millennial women are pursuing procedures and showing the results on social media as they seek to stave off aging. |
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| Chicago-based Levy, which has grown from one deli to the largest sports food service provider in the U.S., will be feeding 70,000 fans everything from hot dogs to fried pimento cheese at its fifth Super Bowl appearance on Sunday in Atlanta. |
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| Galena's Jail Hill Inn is the best B&B in the country — and the second best in the world, according to the travel website TripAdvisor. |
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| Mary Schmich: As the polar vortex of 2019 leaves, let's consider what this time has taught us, like the existence of ice quakes, how to freeze-fry an egg and the value of Vaseline. |
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| Intricate, fern-shaped ice crystals at Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago? Yes! Staff members marveled at the naturally frosted glass windows of the West Side greenhouse. |
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