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Following a crash that killed a 5-year-old Friday night in Englewood, his family opened up to NBC 5 about the young boy they loved as they honored his memory with a balloon launch.

A 93-year-old woman died in a crash Friday in suburban North Riverside. The crash happened about 3:45 p.m. at the intersection of Cermak Road and South 1st Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Marie Esposito suffered blunt force injuries in the crash and was pronounced dead later that day at Loyola University Medical Cent...

A 5-year-old boy was killed Friday night after being hit by an SUV that went off the road, according to Chicago police. A 44-year-old male driver was issued citations for failure to reduce speed, driving without a license and operating an uninsured vehicle, police said.  The boy, Kawantis Robinson, was walking with his mother and sibling in th...

A man who opened fire at a Wisconsin grocery distribution center and the two co-workers he killed were long-time employees, but a motive for the attack remains unclear, authorities said Thursday.

A grand jury voted not to charge officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing

A local event space has been cited for violating coronavirus restrictions after more than 50 people gathered for an event this weekend, one of several businesses to receive citations for COVID restriction-related infractions. The Affair Room, 1929 W. 87th St., held a gathering with 57 people in attendance not wearing masks or social distancing. It ...

Approximately 100 people were turned away from a suburban vaccination facility on Saturday when they tried to use reservations that had been made for other people, and McHenry County public health officials are considering their options on how to avoid a repeat of the incident. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

The LaPorte County Fair announced Monday the cancellation of July’s grandstand concert featuring Morgan Wallen after a video showed the country music star shouting a racial slur.

A man found dead in a northwest Indiana snowbank following this week’s snowstorm has been identified, police said Wednesday. Although the man has been identified, police cannot release his name or provide other information about the man until his family is notified, the Porter County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. A property o...

The Chicago Black Drag Council partnered with local businesses and a nonprofit to share some love to residents this Valentine’s Day at an LGBTQ-friendly senior living facility in Lake View. The “Valentine’s Day Senior Prize” project was a partnership between the council, a local nonprofit “Our Art of Giving” and ...

Former Cubs ace and 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta is nearing a return to the North Side,

Chicago Black Restaurant Week began Sunday with more than one hundred participating restaurants. Chicago Black Restaurant Week was designed to celebrate food and beverage businesses owned by Black people in the Chicago area and surrounding suburbs. 2021 marks its sixth year and the annual event is taking place for two weeks until Feb. 21. In 2015, ...

Paws for Patrick, a Chicago-area non-profit that provides support to young people with mental health issues through the use of emotional support and therapy animals, has seen a large number of requests in recent months.