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The update from Chicago Police comes following a series of violent weekends in Chicago, including Memorial Day weekend, where the city saw at least 11 people fatally shot and 53 shot and wounded.

The new NBC Sports Chicago website offers full coverage of the Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox and Cubs in a user-friendly redesign to highlight game recaps, insight, videos and podcasts — and makes it easy to watch live games.

Monday was a big night for culinary experts across the nation and Chicago, as well as a chance for chefs and restaurateurs to appear on the national stage. The James Beard Awards returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago and honored the most innovative people in the dining industry. Many walked away with impressive accolades, including three local che...

After an extremely violent weekend in which nine people were killed and 46 were injured in shootings across Chicago, the city’s interim police superintendent on Monday outlined both long-term and short-term plans for summer safety.

Chicago has plenty of bars – from speakeasies to gastropubs, wine bars and more. Of the many establishments, a few of them are especially extraordinary, at least according to some. Three Chicago bars recently made Esquire’s list The Best Bars in America – all for different reasons. Esquire editors appear to have been so impressed, they ...

A private contractor working at a Northwest Indiana park was airlifted to a Chicago trauma center on Monday after falling into a manhole, authorities said. In a Facebook post at around 5:06 p.m., the Hobart Fire Department said a contractor fell while entering a manhole at Festival Park, 111 E. Old Ridge Rd. With the assistance of a technical rescu...

High ozone levels, combined with smoke from Canadian wildfires, led to air quality alerts and hazy cries across Chicago on Monday.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday assured 261 new police officers, “I will have your back” — and the rookies applauded when their mayor declared: “If you don’t live in the city of Chicago, you don’t have a right to talk about the city of Chicago.”

Authorities are searching for the person believed to have started a fire at the Lake County Jail in Crown Point, Indiana.

Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents who filed claims in a multi-million dollar class-action lawsuit alleging Google violated the state’s Biometric Privacy Act, will soon see a payout, although it won’t be as much as originally expected.

The Bears leaving Soldier Field means they’ll have naming rights opportunities for their new stadium, no matter where it is.

How did the Bears go from “singularly focused” on Arlington Heights to shopping around? Could they actually move to Naperville?

Despite pleas from the stadium itself, thousands of Taylor Swift fans set up camp outside Soldier Field in hopes of simply hearing Taylor Swift’s Chicago shows as they happened.