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A Cook County judge on Tuesday ordered a man detained in the March shooting death of his 13-year-old nephew after prosecutors said the two were in a room alone when a gun went off, killing the boy. Kemonte Rice, 25, is facing felony counts of child endangerment causing death and obstructing justice in a shooting that...

It’s crazy to think the school year is almost over for students and parents. We’ve already passed through holidays like Presidents’ Day, Spring Break, and Easter. However, summer is just around the corner! Here’s the date for the last day of school for Chicago Public Schools (CPS). When is the last day of school for...

The Chicago area woke up to power outages and a soggy morning Tuesday, with heavy downpours, scattered soaking rain and even the chance for severe weather through the evening. Around 5:30 a.m., radar showed rain pounding down all parts of northeast Illinois. According to the NBC 5 Storm Team, steady, heavy rain,...

A community safety liaison was beaten and robbed by a group of people as he patrolled Gompers Park on the Northwest Side, prosecutors said as they filed charges against a man accused of participating in the beating. The victim was video recording people in the park, 4222 West Foster, in...

How do you sleep at night? That’s the question Chicagoans should be asking the private investors behind the city’s infamous parking meter lease deal — a group that may soon squeeze another $15.5 million out of taxpayers, not for broken meters or breached contracts, but because former Mayor Lori Lightfoot dared to...

The ABC7 I-Team is finding which towns make the most money from red light cameras and uncovering that some suburbs have just a small number of people reviewing the tickets.

CHICAGO - A suburban man was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for illegally possessing multiple guns and trafficking fentanyl and other drugs, federal prosecutors said. What we know:. Omari Andrews Jr., of Mount Prospect, was convicted of having an AR-15-style gun, three handguns while trafficking fentanyl,...

Two people were shot, one fatally, inside a business on Chicago's Far South Side on Monday afternoon, police said.

Parents in Illinois need to teach their children to not take any food or candy from anyone, even if it's at school from someone they know. Emergency At Illinois School After Several Students Take Cannabis Edibles. I remember back in school, food trading was a way of life during lunch....

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is catching heat for suggesting Beyoncé could help fix his city’s financial issues. The singer’s Cowboy Carter Tour sold out all-three […] ‘WTF Is He the Mayor For?’: Fans Rip Chicago Mayor to Shreds for Dragging Beyoncé Into City’s Budget Crisis After Sold-Out Tour Stops