Chicago IL

There's something special about family-run delis. Two from our area made a national list, and their stories are as rich as their flavors.

A WOMAN WAS killed and others were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the Kennedy Expressway on the Northwest Side at about 10:25 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, according to the Illinois State Police. State police said they responded to a crash on the inbound expressway near Natoma Avenue involving five...

There’s a place in Chicago where the servers might tell you to stop staring at the menu like it’s written in hieroglyphics. Ed Debevic’s in Chicago, Illinois is where classic diner food meets comedy club energy, and honestly, it’s the most fun you can have while eating a cheeseburger.

With spring weather comes the return of severe storm threats and the Chicago area will see the potential for two waves of showers and storms Friday - though some uncertainty remains on just how severe they could be. According to the latest forecasts from the NBC 5 Storm Team, Friday...

Today we are celebrating Chicago’s 189th Birthday! The city was incorporated on March 4th 1837. We thought it would be fun to play a little trivia with Chicagoans to celebrate and see how much they know about their great city!

The city's first automatic public bathroom is coming to Wicker Park. It's a pilot program that not everyone is happy to see. Joanie Lum is live in Wicker Park.

LITTLE VILLAGE — As Chicago Animal Care and Control faces mounting criticism from volunteers and alderpeople over shelter conditions and euthanasia rates, its acting executive director is defending her leadership. In an interview with Block Club, Susan Cappello defended her three-year tenure leading the only city-run...

Berwyn in Illinois rarely enters the conversation when people start listing memorable places for Italian food, yet one restaurant here quietly proves that assumption wrong. The dining room hums with the energy of a kitchen that takes tradition seriously, where pasta is treated with care and classic recipes are...

Two people have been charged with breaking into a south suburban gaming cafe. The alleged thieves were caught on video.

We love some Jeopardy! aaaaaalmost as much as we love exploring the 1893 World’s Fair. In the Double Jeopardy round on the March 5, 2026, episode, defending one-day champion Quentin Powers found a Daily Double and had this $1,600 clue in the “CITIES IN COLOR” category: “For the color of many buildings, the 1893...