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A 15-year-old girl is facing charges in connection with a string of robberies on a CTA Red Line train on May 10.

“Cicada-Infused Malört?” One suburban brewery is going all-in on the Chicago cicada craze.

Chicago area power outages continued Wednesday morning after a system of severe weather Tuesday brought deadly tornadoes to Iowa and downed trees, strong winds and dust storms to Illinois.

A large system of severe weather that brought deadly tornadoes to Iowa led to dust storms and power outages in the Chicago area, following a day of near record-high temperatures.

As part of NBC 5 Investigates and Telemundo Chicago’s six-month investigation, our team explored a racial disparity among victims and why these cases can be hard to prosecute.

Potentially severe storms are moving their way into the Chicago area Tuesday evening, with a tornado watch in effect for multiple counties in the Chicago suburbs.

The family of Arturo Cantu Jr. sat in court for the third time in a matter of days vowing to get justice as Anthony Calderon and Agnieszka Rydzewski faced a judge again Tuesday afternoon.

Chicago’s Nathan Chester will learn his fate onstage Tuesday as the winner of Season 25 of “The Voice” is declared.

The cicada emergence has begun in the Chicago area and the beady eyes and constant buzzing could prove too much for some people.

Chicago police say at least five individuals were taken to area hospitals after a suspected overdose on the city’s Near West Side on Monday night.

Nearly a dozen students were hospitalized after multiple buses were involved in a crash while transporting eighth graders to Six Flags Great America for a field trip Tuesday, officials said.

Have you noticed that in a lot of cicada scenes reported since the historic 2024 emergence began, large clusters of the insects are seen swarming the same tree?

Tuesday marked the launch of Amtrak’s new Borealis service, giving residents in Chicago and the Twin Cities another daily travel option between the two cities.