A winter storm threatening to unleash nearly a foot of snow on the Chicago area began to hit the region late Saturday morning.

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect in the Chicago area until Sunday morning. The snowstorm was expected to bring up to 8 inches or more in some areas. Hundreds of flights have been canceled Saturday.

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for Chicagoland from 3 a.m. Saturday morning until 6 a.m. Sunday morning.

Winter weather warnings were in effect in much of the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana Monday morning for an unseasonable fall snowstorm that clobbered much of the area with lake-effect snow. CHECK: ...

Hundreds of flights have been canceled in and around Chicago and roads are becoming treacherous as one of the busiest travel weekends of the year collides with a major storm bringing wintery ...