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Chicago’s iconic Buckingham Fountain is set to switch on Saturday afternoon, marking the unofficial start of summer in Chicago as visitors will now be greeted by the majestic fountain when in Grant Park.

The Tony Award-winning play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is headed to Broadway in Chicago later this year, with tickets first going on sale on Monday, the touring home announced.

A southwest suburban farm known as one of the Chicago area’s premier pumpkin patches is expanding into another season, announcing that they will open for an all-new “SummerFest” starting next month.

Pequod’s Pizza launched a new menu item for the month of May and it will mark a first for the popular restaurant.

Do you know one-year-old baby named Liam? Or Olivia? You might, the Social Security Administration said.

Target confirmed that it won’t be carrying its LGBTQ+ merchandise in some stores for Pride month in June after the Minneapolis-based discount retailer received backlash last year for its assortment that also cut into sales.

According to organizers, deals will change throughout the sale, and each store may have different deals.

According to the National Weather Service’s Space Prediction Center, its the first time in nearly 20 years officials warned of such an event.

Suburban police are investigating after a woman was killed in a hit-and-run late Thursday in Downers Grove.

While a rainy month of May continues, the Chicago area will see a break in the wet weather just in time for Mother’s Day weekend, the NBC 5 Storm Team said.

After leaving downtown Chicago more than 10 years ago, a popular Mexican Independence Day celebration might be coming to Grant Park. NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

A Bronzeville cake shop is creating a buzz, regularly causing long lines before opening. It was a pandemic project that forced the owner to shrink the size of her bundt cakes, and now they fly out the door the day they’re made. Bundt cakes are pretty large, and during the pandemic, people wanted comfort, but not so much cake...

A Chicago restaurant was named on a ranking of steakhouses that have been most frequently cited on lists of the nation’s best, according to a recent study from Earthweb.