Good afternoon, Chicago. Chicago-area residents might feel like it’s been a really long winter after enduring stretches of below-normal temperatures in January and February and a couple snowfalls in March. But the lingering cold snaps actually contributed to a proper winter — unlike the record h ighs and bitter but brief Arctic blasts of recent years. “You look at the numbers — whether it be for Chicago, for Illinois, for the Great Lakes — and it was sort of an unremarkable winter,” said Trent Ford, the Illinois state climatologist. “But it felt like it was intense because we’re getting these types of winters, as far as temperatures are concerned, so much less frequently.” Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History Karen Schepers’ Toyota Celica is loaded onto a flatbed truck after being taken out of the Fox River on March 25, 2025, in Elgin. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) Elgin Fire Department found missing woman’s car three years ago, but didn’t recover it The Elgin Fire Department found Karen Schepers’ car in the Fox River three years ago, but believed it was an ATV and did not recover it, according to a statement released by city officials. Read more here. More top news stories: DOJ reviewing ‘ComEd Four’ bribery case, defense reveals in asking for sentencing delay Chicago Public Schools and teachers union close to contract deal after year of tough negotiations Shoppers walk toward Yellow Banana’s Save-A-Lot grocery store on South Pulaski Road in Chicago on March 24, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Yellow Banana gets six more months to complete city-funded grocery project Nearly three years after the city first announced it would hand out $13.5 million in public dollars to grocery operator Yellow Banana, the company says it will soon drag the delay-beset grocery store rehab project across the finish line. Read more here. More top business stories: Europe lashes out over President Donald Trump auto tariffs and the economic threat to both continents FAA acknowledges it must do better after deadly DC air collision Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. works out Wednesday, March 26, 2025, before opening day at Rate Field. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Chicago White Sox remain blacked out on Comcast for opening day The White Sox open the season this afternoon against the Los Angeles Angels at Rate Field, but barring an eleventh-hour breakthrough, a million Chicago-area Comcast subscribers may not be able to see the game. Read more here. More top sports stories: Chicago Blackhawks takeaways: Landon Slaggert defends Connor Bedard – but Anders Sorensen doesn’t defend him Column: Ashton Jeanty to the Chicago Bears? It’s fun to imagine — even if it’s only a possibility. Future performs with Metro Boomin on the Bud Light stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park on Aug. 3, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune) Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash 2025: Young Thug, Don Toliver, Yeat, Future and Chance The Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash Festival has announced its musical lineup for summer 2025. Headliners include Young Thug, Don Toliver, Yeat and Future, with Chance the Rapper also performing Sunday night. Read more here. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: Column: Clint Eastwood made a movie about soldier Ira Hayes, and the propaganda machine Lyric Opera receives $25 million, among its largest donations FBI Director Kash Patel, joined at right by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, answers questions as the Senate Intelligence Committee holds its worldwide threats hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 25, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) President Donald Trump says Signal chat isn’t ‘really an FBI thing.’ The FBI has a long history of such inquiries FBI Director Kash Patel was not part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans, but that didn’t spare him from being questioned by lawmakers this week about whether the nation’s premier law enforcement agency would investigate. Read more here. More top stories from around the world: Department of Health and Human Services will cut 10,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits Colombia to discuss immigration and crime ...read more read less