An art installation on the Near South Side will mark the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Chicago heat wave that killed hundreds ...

When temperatures rise in Chicago, for some, it brings back difficult memories and prompts a call for action to prevent ...

Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...

The 739 deaths in 1995 was the deadliest weather event in Illinois history and redefined Chicago’s emergency response and ...

This weekend marks 30 years since the 1995 Chicago heat wave that claimed the lives of 739 people over a five-day stretch of ...

This weekend marks thirty years since a deadly heat wave in Chicago -- took the lives of 739 people. Paid sick leave repealed ...

In July 1995, 739 Chicagoans died during a five-day heat wave that shocked the city.

The closest thing we have to a memorial for people who died from the heat is not even in Chicago. It’s the headstone of the ...

a dangerously high heat index and intense humidity swept through Chicago from June 21 to 23, marking the city’s first major heat wave of the summer. Ahead of the heat wave, Mayor Brandon Johnson told ...

A total of 60 opioid overdoses were reported Friday and Saturday — including more than 37 on Saturday alone — triggering the city's spike alert system, city health officials say. When overdose spikes ...

A Chicago heat wave in 1995 took the lives of hundreds of people. And now the city is facing another. In the city’s poorest neighborhoods, 739 people, mostly elderly, died when temperatures ...

n July 1995 some 500-750 people died in Chicago during a torpid 5-day heat wave on July 12-16 that hit the city. This summer, similar temperatures occurred in Chicago on July 3-7 but there were ...