Bridgeport

Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, grandson of former Mayor Richard J. Daley and nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, has been charged in a federal indictment related to a bank in the Bridgeport neighborhood where the powerful family has lived for decades.

On Thursday, two Chicago aldermen were separately indicted including Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson for allegedly taking a secret ‘under the table’ loan and former Ald. Ricardo Munoz who is accused of using money from a political fund for personal expenses. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

New video of street racing in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood has residents speaking up, saying years of street racing has caused frustration with no solution in sight. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

An extra-alarm fire in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood left at least four people hospitalized Friday morning and prompted fire officials to issue a mayday call as they worked to put out the flames.

An extra-alarm fire in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood left at least four people hospitalized Friday morning and prompted fire officials to issue a mayday call as they worked to put out the flames.

Chicago police are searching for men burglarizing homes by posing as utility workers. The men allegedly burglarized several homes by ruse or force in January and February in Bridgeport, Chinatown and South Loop, Chicago police said. In one incident, the men wore yellow safety vests and posed as utility workers to enter a home and steal items from inside, police…

A local man is being remembered as a caring and loving individual after he was hit and killed by a stray bullet in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood on Tuesday. Alva “Al” Besst was a fixture at his church in the neighborhood, and his generosity shone brightly to everyone who knew him. “He had been a member of our church council...

A man was killed when he was struck by a stray bullet Tuesday in Bridgeport on the South Side. The 68-year-old was driving east about 6 p.m. in the 800 block of West 31st Street when someone fired shots and gunfire went through the back window of his vehicle, striking him in the head, Chicago police said. The man’s vehicle…

A 16-year-old boy is facing felony charges in connection with a fatal carjacking Monday in Bridgeport. The teen is charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking and one count of possession of a stolen vehicle, Chicago police said. He is not yet facing charges in connection with the homicide, and the incident is still under investigation by detectives, police…

Police are warning residents of a string of burglaries reported in December in Bridgeport on the South Side.

Chicago police are searching for two suspects who defaced a church and a statue of the Virgin Mary in the city’s Bridgeport neighborhood earlier this month. According to a community alert issued by police, the two suspects targeted the church in the 1000 block of West 32nd Street on Nov. 8 at approximately 12:39 a.m. Carrying several cans of spray…

A burglar has been targeting the homes of elderly residents in Bridgeport and McKinley Park recently by posing as a repairman, according to police.

Chicago police are alerting senior citizens on the city’s South Side to be on alert after a series of so-called “ruse burglaries” in the last month. According to a community alert released Sunday, at least three of the robberies have been reported in the city’s Bridgeport and McKinley Park neighborhoods since Oct. 21. In each of the incidents, unknown...

As the year comes to a close, Esquire announced that two Chicago spots made the magazine’s “Best New Restaurants in America List” for 2020.

A Catholic Church in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood has seen two straight days of graffiti to its over 100-year-old facade as of Sunday.

Monica Decker’s car has been parked in the same spot since April 8, and that was the last time the family of the missing Connecticut mother says anyone had contact with her. Decker’s daughter, Sheila Yasin, wants answers that police have not been able to give her. Bridgeport Police say 53-year-old Decker left her job, her friends, her children and...

Chicago police are searching for a man who tried to lure a boy Tuesday in Bridgeport on the South Side. The man approached the child and said “come with me” about 7 p.m. in the 700 block of West 31st Street, Chicago police said. The boy ran back to his mother while the man left the scene, police said. Police…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the alderman representing the city’s Bridgeport neighborhood have both denounced “vigilante violence” following reports of armed vigilantes disturbing protests in the South Side community. Videos posted to social media have showed individuals armed with bats patrolling neighborhood streets during peaceful protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. At a news conference Thursday,...

A Lyft driver allegedly raped a passenger outside her Bridgeport home after picking her up in Uptown, prosecutors said. Judge Wesley Willis ordered Rimon Kazzoo, 37, to be held on $1 million bail during his bail hearing Thursday on a criminal sexual assault charge. The evening of Dec. 5, 2018, Kazzoo allegedly picked up the 26-year-old woman at a bar…