As overall crime continued to drop in Chicago in 2025, the city ended the year with the fewest homicides in 60 years. Preliminary crime data from the Chicago Police Department showed the number of ...

NOTE: NBC Chicago will have a live feed of the midnight fireworks display over the river available in the player above as soon as it begins. Chicago will once again ring in the New Year with an epic ...

Chicago is gearing up to ring in the New Year with fireworks, music, and major national attention along the Riverwalk. As the city is anticipating thousands of people coming downtown, they're trying ...

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A mass shooting in the parking lot of a liquor store in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood left a man dead and three others injured. Just after midnight, police said four men were standing outside in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are investigating a deadly shooting in downtown on Sunday. The Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Officers ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday morning said he would move forward with the alternate budget passed by Chicago City Council on Saturday. Johnson said he would not sign the ...

At least four people were killed, and 14 others were hurt in weekend shootings around Chicago as of Sunday morning. The ages of the victims range from 18 to 55, according to police. In the first ...

A man was shot and killed at about 10:11 p.m. in the 7400-block of S. Cottage Grove Avenue, police said. CPD said the victim was in his 30s and was found on the ground in the Park Manor neighborhood.

CHICAGO (WGN) — If you’re planning to ring in 2026 downtown, expect packed crowds and a heavy police presence as Chicago rolls out its biggest New Year’s Eve celebration in decades. City leaders ...

As the Trump administration’s mass deportation raids continue, their impact has stretched across the Chicago region and the nation. The Department of Homeland Security said it had arrested more than 4 ...

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