Daily Chicagoan: How the City Fights Floods

Flooding in Chicago has always been a possibility during warmer months. Now, with a warming climate, that threat is expanding. And so are the links between the global climate and neighborhood-level impacts. Since March, multiple rounds of severe storms have caused flooding, plus hail damage and even tornadoes. A warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, and that moisture can turn into rainfall. 

Daily Chicagoan: New Zoning Chair on Top Development Priorities

Today’s Daily Chicagoan is brought to you, in part, by:

It’s Thursday and the weather looks great. Catch up on the latest stories from WTTW News. 

From left, Jena-Lisa Jones and Jess Michaels, survivors of abuse by late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and Veronica Pierce, Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center's director of multi-disciplinary team coordination, on April 22, 2026. (Eunice Alpasan / WTTW News)

Daily Chicagoan: Why One South Side Cafe Is Giving Seniors Free Coffee and Community

Today’s Daily Chicagoan is brought to you, in part, by:

Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Ina, Ill., houses about 120 men who are deemed sexually dangerous people by psychiatrists. The men are not convicted of a crime but are held indefinitely at the prison to receive treatment. (Blair Paddock / WTTW News)

Subscribe to
 

Sign up for the WTTW News newsletter

Thanks to our sponsors:

View all sponsors

Thanks to our sponsors:

View all sponsors

Thanks to our sponsors:

View all sponsors

Recurring Features