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Illinois reports their first case of the Omicron variant in a Chicago resident.
2021-12-7

Several hundred flights are cancelled in Chicago amidst an extreme cold wave bringing temperatures of −22 F to the region. Amtrak, Metra and South Shore Line have also cancelled services.
2019-01-30

Plans for a Chicago-based presidential library in honour of the former U.S. President Obama are revealed.
2017-05-3

The Driehaus Architecture Prize for New Classical architecture is awarded to Robert Adam in Chicago.
2017-03-25

Seven people are shot and wounded at a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
2013-03-21

Four third-party U.S. presidential election candidates—representing the Libertarian, Green, Constitution, and Justice parties, who were excluded from the high-profile televised encounters between Mitt Romney or Barack Obama—attend their own presidential debate hosted in Chicago by the Free and Equal Elections Foundation, which hopes for a more transparent and open electoral system. Romney (with the Republican Party) and Obama (with the Democratic Party) refuse invitations to attend the debate, televised on international news channels but on no major U.S. network.
2012-10-23

Teachers in Chicago go on strike. Around 350,000 students are affected.
2012-09-10

Radiation detectors trigger alarms at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as radiation enters the United States.
2011-03-17

Newspaper publisher Conrad Black is released from prison but restricted to the continental United States; he is to appear in a Chicago court on 23 July.
2010-07-21

Taoiseach Brian Cowen begins his state visit to the United States in Chicago, announcing to the world his scheme that will allow senior citizen tourists aged 66 and above to travel free on Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland.
2010-03-13