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A woman was found dead in a burning house early Monday in Austin on the West Side.

One person was injured in a high-rise apartment fire Saturday night in Austin on the West Side. The fire was reported at the high-rise building in the 5600 block of West Lake Street, according to the Chicago Fire Department. It was put out shortly before 11:30 p.m. A woman was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park in…

A 70-year-old woman was wounded by stray gunfire that entered a home Wednesday evening in the West Side Austin neighborhood.

A 9-year-old boy was fatally wounded when he accidentally shot himself Wednesday inside an Austin home on the West Side. The boy was playing with a gun about 1:45 p.m. in the 1500 block of North Lorel Avenue when the gun went off, hitting him in the head, according to Chicago police. Ashton Lipscomb was taken to Stroger Hospital, where…

Chicago police are warning residents of a person robbing food delivery drivers in Austin on the West Side. In each incident someone ordered food to be delivered to an address and when the driver arrived with the food he pulled out a gun and demanded cash and their phone, Chicago police said in a community alert. The robberies happened: About…

As out-of-work artists leave expensive cultural centers like New York City, and venues struggle not to close permanently, concerns are growing about whether the arts industry can recover from the pandemic.

As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, some forms of the arts are finding ways to continue — at least in some capacity — in our new socially-distanced reality. But live music, which relied on closely packing venues with fans, remains silenced. That’s why live venues are banding together to ask for help to “save our stages.”

A 26-year-old woman was arrested Monday after allegedly leaving three young children alone in a car in Austin on the West Side. She left a 6-year-old boy, 3-year-old girl and 3-month-old girl unattended about 11:50 a.m. in the 4800 block of West North Avenue, Chicago police said. The children were evaluated at the scene and appeared to be in good…

A man has been charged with killing a 3-year-old girl Friday in Austin on the West Side. Terrence Space, 23, is charged with a felony count of first-degree murder, according to Chicago police. Lehleni Edwards was found unresponsive in bed about 12:30 a.m. Sept. 4 in the 1000 block of North Lockwood Avenue, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s…

A much-needed food mart opened Wednesday in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood thanks to support from former Chicago Bears linebacker Sam Acho and several other athletes. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A 9-year-old child was among two people shot in Chicago’s South Austin neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A man was shot during an attempted robbery Saturday in Austin on the West Side. Four males approached the 37-year-old and tried to rob him at 4:24 a.m. in the 5000 block of West Erie Street, Chicago police said. The man struggled with the suspects and one of them pulled out a handgun and shot him in the right index...

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, some abandoned buildings in Chicago are being turned into marketplaces. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has the story.

Detectives are questioning two people after a shooting that left a man dead and four other people injured Saturday in Austin on the West Side. They were at a backyard party at 12:37 a.m. in the 100 block of North Laporte Avenue when someone started shooting into the yard, according to Chicago police. A 23-year-old man was shot multiple times…

A man was fatally shot at a protest in Texas when he approached a vehicle and the driver inside opened fire, police said.

Tesla has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers.

Chicago police have released images of a vehicle they believe was involved in the shooting death of a 13-year-old girl. The images, released late Saturday, show a silver vehicle, believed to be an Infiniti G35 or G37: Police believe that the vehicle was used as a getaway car after an individual shot and killed Amaria Jones inside of a home…

Chicago police have released images of a vehicle they believe was involved in the shooting death of a 13-year-old girl. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria has more details.

Bail was denied Friday for two 20-year-old men charged in connection with a fatal shooting last summer in Austin on the West Side. Romeo Langston and Jahuan Smith are each charged with first-degree murder for the Aug. 4, 2019, killing of Deon Nelson, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. That night, Nelson and his girlfriend, both 21, were…

A suspect was charged with first degree murder Monday evening in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old who was the innocent victim of gang crossfire on the Fourth of July, Chicago police said. NBC 5’s Susan Carlson reports.