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Evanston adoption agency The Cradle sold its building at 2049 Ridge Ave. to architect Gabor Zsolnay on June 10 for about $3 million, the nonprofit said, but it will remain in the building for at least the next six months while searching for a new, smaller location. “We are focusing...

Resa Luster-Mac and her family are leading the forefront of the beauty world as one of the few fully Black-owned hair care companies. Since she […] EXCLUSIVE: Meet Resa Luster-Mac, the Third-Generation Heir Keeping Black-Owned Luster’s Pink Brand In the Family After Nearly 70 Years

MILWAUKEE, WIS. — A dangerous and easily overlooked tornado setup is taking shape across Wisconsin and northern Illinois on Wednesday, and forecasters are warning that residents in the Milwaukee and Chicago corridor may have little time to react if conditions deteriorate quickly. What makes this threat different. Unlik

Why did the chicken cross the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago? Illinois State Police had the perfect response to that question when asked Tuesday morning. The scene unfolded around 9 a.m. on I-290 near Kedzie. NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes captured footage of the animal on the side of...

Seventeen years after Brandon Ellington pleaded guilty to bank fraud in a sweeping federal mortgage case, dozens of former clients say they were unaware of that history when they invested with him, and now claim they were defrauded as well.

Chicago has no shortage of pizza opinions, but Piece Pizzeria and Brewery in Wicker Park is quietly doing something that’ll make even the deepest deep-dish loyalists stop and reconsider everything they thought they knew. If you’ve spent any time in Chicago, you already know that pizza is basically a...

Cities with the most expensive homes in the Chicago metro area Purchasing a home is one of the most important investments there is. More than a place to live, homeownership is an asset with the potential to tremendously rise in value. But with home prices reaching record heights, affordability plays a huge role for buy

A large fire broke out at a South Side home on Tuesday evening.

While U.S. diners are mostly happy to tip servers a fair percentage of their bill, some say the percentage expectations have recently climbed. According to a report by the Harvard Gazette, tipping expectations used to sit somewhere around 10%, 15%, and 20%, depending on the service. But in recent years, some restaurant

A man who was shot and killed while riding a bicycle in Grant Park in downtown Chicago last week​ was targeted by a shooter he'd never met, prosecutors said Tuesday.