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Day one of the 2024 NFL Draft is officially here, and with the No. 1 pick in tow, all eyes are on the Chicago Bears.

The family of a 3-year-old boy killed in a house fire Monday in Northwest Indiana is speaking out on the fatal fire, the family’s efforts to save him and what they remember about the toddler.

During a recent tour stop in Chicago, rapper and avowed New Yorker Nicki Minaj publicly admitted some love to the Windy City’s side of a storied culinary rivalry.

In Highland Park, gas-powered leaf blowers are banned from May 15 to Oct. 1. 

What started as a story about a gutter company leaving customers in the lurch led the NBC 5 Responds team to uncover a federal investigation into that company’s owner.

The Village of La Grange Park is ready to cheer on its hometown football star J.J. McCarthy as he awaits his selection in the 2024 NFL Draft.

In April, for the first time, the EPA imposed national limits on some PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, in drinking water.

During his first appearance in federal court, a top advisor to Dolton’s mayor on Wednesday entered a not guilty plea to an alleged scheme to commit bankruptcy fraud.

Prominent Chicago preservation group Friends of the Parks responded Wednesday to the highly anticipated reveal of the Bears’ newest stadium proposal in Chicago, which includes tearing down much of the current Soldier Field in order to build a domed facility and more.

Hamas released a hostage video on Wednesday showing a well-known Israeli-American man with ties to the Chicago area who was among scores of people abducted by the militants in the attack that ignited the war in Gaza.

Chicago’s so-called “rat hole” is gone. A Chicago sidewalk landmark some affectionately call the “rat hole” has been removed after city officials determined the section bearing the imprint of an animal was damaged. A spokesperson for the Chicago Department of Transportation says the square section of sidewalk was placed in temporary storage. ...

Chicago is world-renowned for its nightlife scene, with a recent ranking of the best bars in North America helping to reinforce the city’s status as one of the best cities to spend a night out in on the continent.

One day before the NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears made another kind of splash as they revealed an inside look for the first time at their proposal to build a new stadium in Chicago.