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The Chicago Urban League released their 2025 State of Black Chicago report this week, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

It looked and sounded like a traditional draft day celebration at Leo Catholic High School—but the announcements weren’t about professional sports contracts.

Leo High School on Chicago’s South Side honors 2025 graduates with draft day

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is under fire from historians and officials after making controversial remarks praising the Three-Fifths Compromise.

Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith is facing intense backlash for comments made regarding the three-fifths compromise. NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

A Hinsdale community is mourning the loss of Brett and Melissa Lane, a beloved couple and parents of five, who were killed in a multi-vehicle crash Friday.

The Hinsdale community is mourning the loss of a beloved couple that leaves behind five children. NBC 5’s Christian Farr spoke with the family priest

Two Chicago hotels have been listed among the top in the country, according to rankings recently released by U.S. News & World Report.

Voting has been open since January 10, offering residents a once-daily opportunity to make their mark on Illinois history.

A 25-year-old man was arrested Friday after police alleged he stole a vehicle, took his ex-girlfriend and fled.

Video posted by the former daytime talk-show host Phil McGraw showed him on a ride-along with immigration agents in Chicago on Sunday as authorities stepped up enforcement operations across the United States.

Attention Illinois beer drinkers: You’ll soon be able to sip on beer from Yuengling, the oldest brewery in the United States, but you’ll have to get through the holidays first.

No more driving from the East Coast with beer in your trunk: Yuengling, the oldest brewery in the United States, will soon come to Chicago.