Monday, Jan. 15, is a federal holiday to honor the 67th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth. The following public services are affected:
– Schools: Most public and private schools in Chicago and the suburbs will be closed.
– Government offices: All federal, state, county and city offices that do not involve emergency services will be closed.
– Postal service: There will be no mail delivery.
– Courts: Federal state and county courts will be closed, except for holiday bond court in Chicago.
– Banks, S&Ls: The Chicago Clearinghouse, which handles bank-to-bank transactions, will be closed; individual banks determine their own hours.
– Financial markets: Most will be open.
– Parking: Chicago meters must be fed.
– Transit: The CTA, Pace and Metra will operate on normal schedules.
![Today’s Highlight in History: On April 24, 1995, the final bomb linked to the Unabomber exploded inside the Sacramento, California, offices of a lobbying group for the wood products industry, killing chief lobbyist Gilbert B. Murray. (Theodore Kaczynski was later sentenced to four lifetimes in prison for a series of bombings that killed three people and injured 29 others.) On this date: In 1877, federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans, ending the North’s post-Civil War rule in the South. In 1915, in what’s considered the start of the Armenian genocide, the Ottoman Empire began rounding up Armenian political […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/06/12/5LTPEE42BQ2O25ECG7SKBN4RV4.jpg?w=535 "Today’s Highlight in History: On April 24, 1995, the final bomb linked to the Unabomber exploded inside the Sacramento, California, offices of a lobbying group for the wood products industry, killing chief lobbyist Gilbert B. Murray. (Theodore Kaczynski was later sentenced to four lifetimes in prison for a series of bombings that killed three people and injured 29 others.) On this date: In 1877, federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans, ending the North’s post-Civil War rule in the South. In 1915, in what’s considered the start of the Armenian genocide, the Ottoman Empire began rounding up Armenian political […]")