Chicago IL

What started as an ordinary stop for gas in Auburn Gresham turned into a crime scene early Thursday, after a burst of gunfire drew a heavy police response to a station near 76th Street and Halsted. Officers rushed to the intersection and quickly roped off the area with crime scene...

PALATINE, Ill. - Two Palatine men are facing felony charges after police say a home search turned up drugs, guns, and body armor during a narcotics investigation. Palatine police searched a home in the first block of East Dundee Quarter Drive as part of an ongoing drugs investigation on Monday.

A body found in the Fox River in a Chicago suburb has been identified as a suburban mom. The Kane County Coroner's office revealed Thursday that the woman pulled from the water in St. Charles Township Wednesday evening was identified as a 41-year-old mother from St. Charles, Amanda Flick. Flick's...

Federal authorities charged 179 people in 140 new cases as part of Operation New Dawn, a two-month anti-violence initiative targeting Chicago and Rockford offenders. The operation also led to the arrest of 305 fugitives and the recovery of 24 missing or kidnapped children, according to federal officials. Eleven federal

After five people robbed a woman on a Red Line train in September 2024, Chicago police released CTA surveillance images of the suspects and asked the public for help identifying them. In one photo, one of the robbers looked directly into the camera and defiantly extended his middle finger toward the lens. Now, the bird

Every July 4th, it happens across the Chicago suburbs, the Collar Counties, and communities throughout northeastern Illinois. Someone makes the drive to Indiana. They know exactly where they are going — the fireworks stores just across the state line that stock everything Illinois does not allow. They load up the trunk

Saturday, 27th, June 2026 saw the transition of Mother Khadijah Farrakhan, ‘first lady of Nation of Islam,’ and wife for 72 years of the Honorable Louis Farrakhan. She was 90. “Mother Khadijah Farrakhan was the wife of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, and the 1st Lady of the...

The chance for strong to severe storms looms over the Fourth of July forecast in Chicago, with an extreme heat warning still in place and triple-digit heat indices before temperatures dip down into the 80s by early next week. According to NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Pete Sack, a "ring...

A Chicago alderman is pushing back against large-scale electronic music festivals after noise complaints from residents followed the inaugural Lakeshore Arts & Music Festival. Following the two-day event in Lincoln Park, Alderman Timmy Knudsen announced he intends to work with city officials to prevent similar festival

Police are investigating after reports of a body found in the Fox River in a Chicago suburb Wednesday. The Kane County Sheriff's office confirmed its officers, alongside the Kane County Coroner's office, are conducting a death investigation on the Fox River in St. Charles Township. The situation was first reported...