CHICAGO – Emergency crews in Chicago pulled the body of Peter Salvino from Diversey Harbor while searching the area where his cellphone last pinged before he vanished last weekend; a powerful arctic winter storm brought frigid temperatures, snow and ice to Chicago, and many other areas across the country in the days leading up to Christmas; and a 37-year-old man was shot and killed in a Mariano’s parking lot Monday in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood.
These are the top stories from FOX 32’s Week in Review.
1. Body pulled from Chicago’s Diversey Harbor identified as Peter Salvino On Tuesday night, emergency crews in Chicago pulled the body of Peter Salvino from Diversey Harbor while searching the area where his cellphone last pinged before he vanished over the weekend. The Cook County Medical Examiner confirmed to FOX 32 Chicago the body is that of Salvino, the 25-year-old Northwestern University doctoral student who disappeared early Sunday morning. Friends and loved ones of Salvino were in Lincoln Park conducting a desperate search of their own prior to officials arriving Tuesday evening. The discovery of his body is what they had feared.
2. Warming up your car in cold weather can damage your engine. Here’s what to do instead The winter is already brutal on your car because of the conditions, but drivers can make things harder by turning on the vehicle to let it warm up before driving. One thing some do when the temperatures are cold outside is to start the car and let the engine warm up a few seconds before driving. Several auto experts believe this may not be conducive to preserving the engine.
A dog sticks its head out of an SUV as the driver drives on a snow-covered road. (Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
3. Chicago snowstorm: Timeline, snow projections, and Christmas travel impacts amid blizzard-like conditions After being spared so far this winter, Chicago was slammed with bitter cold temps ahead of the holidays.
4. Chicago Winter Storm Warning: Less snow, dangerous winds, subzero chills heading into weekend Multiple Chicago-area counties were under a Winter Storm Warning for three to four days. The warning were followed by a wind chill advisory into Christmas morning.
5. Chicago man fatally shot while sitting in vehicle in Mariano’s parking lot identified A 37-year-old man who was shot and killed in a Mariano’s parking lot Monday in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood has been identified. Around 4:27 p.m., police say the male victim was sitting in a vehicle in the Mariano’s rooftop parking lot in the 2000 block of West Chicago Avenue when an unknown vehicle pulled up and two men got out and fired shots.
6. Chicago snowstorm: Nightmare before Christmas with blizzard conditions, frigid temps, canceled flights With the holiday storm impacting more than two-dozen states, President Joe Biden is issued a nationwide warning. There were over 1,800 flight cancelations, with many of those right here in Chicago.
7. 3 suspects accused of stealing coats from suburban Kohl’s department store Bond has been set for three suspects accused of stealing merchandise from a suburban Kohl’s department store this week. Trinetta Wells, 52, of Chicago, Sylvester Wells, 50,…
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