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The very popular Chicago Restaurant Week kicks off Friday, with more than 500 participating restaurants across dozens of cuisines — but you don’t need to go to the city to experience it.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen at a Chicago school Friday afternoon, according to officials with the city’s public school district, though a spokesperson for the agency denied such an encounter.

Stargazers who haven’t had a chance to check out this month’s planet parade will want to look up soon because there’s something about the January event that is particularly special.

Planning on flying Spirit Airlines soon? Make sure you follow the airline’s dress code.

Anthony Rizzo is set to have a new title soon.

There’s a few things we still don’t know about Super Bowl 2025 — like which two teams will play in the big game. But we do know the headliner performing at halftime, and one special musical guest star was just announced.

A wrong-way driver was dead after plowing into a semi tractor-trailer early Friday on Interstate 80 in suburban Minooka.

Buc-ee’s, a popular Texas-based convenience store chain with a cult following, will soon open its first Wisconsin location — and Chicago-area residents won’t be too far away.

Trump’s executive orders signed during his first week in office cover issues that range from trade, immigration and U.S. foreign aid to demographic diversity, civil rights and the hiring of federal workers. Here’s a breakdown.

A man was shot by a Chicago police officer during an incident in the city’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood Thursday afternoon.

Four teens face multiple charges in connection with the death of a juvenile coyote in Chicago’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood earlier this month.

Community leaders told NBC Chicago there’s a sense of heightened awareness in Chicago’s Chinatown this week over President Trump’s mass deportation plans.

A Lisle couple says a $200 home repair bill quickly ballooned to $75,000 after they left contractors alone at their home to finish a small job, and it may be connected to an international group of scammers. The scammers, potentially part of an international ring known as the “Irish Travelers,” are using a new tactic to scare homeowners ...