Bridgeport

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…

A man about 60 years old was found dead in a fire Thursday in Bridgeport on the South Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Firefighters responded about 1:40 p.m. to a six-unit building at 2632 S. Wells St., according to department spokesman Larry Merritt. Heavy fire was coming from the front window, he said. Inside, firefighters found a man near…

Two people are in custody Monday after a carjacker crashed a stolen vehicle on the Dan Ryan Expressway before stealing another and taking off in Bridgeport on the South Side.

A 16-year-old boy was shot in a drive-by on Sunday morning in Bridgeport. The shooting happened just before 3:15 a.m. in the 900 block of W. 31st St., according to Chicago police. Police said the teen was walking when an “unknown occupant inside of a passing black sedan fired shots.” The victim was struck in the leg and taken to…

The iconic Bridgeport Bakery on Chicago’s South Side officially reopened Friday with a new owner, but the same neighborhood charm and old recipes.

Multiple people were shot outside a courthouse in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Monday, city officials said. A call about the gunfire at the building on Golden Hill Street came in around noon. A total of four people were shot; their injuries were described as non life-threatening and authorities said they were believed to be targeted. All the shots were fired from outside…

A Bridgeport man with the alleged habit of smearing feces on parked cars in the South Side neighborhood has been charged.

All southbound local lanes on the Dan Ryan may be closed well into the afternoon hours Friday after a semitrailer crashed near Bridgeport on the South Side.

NBC Sky 5 reports from over the Dan Ryan Expressway where a lane blockage was impacting rush hour commuters. 

Two people have been driving around Bridgeport and Chinatown offering jewelry to pedestrians and then stealing their property, according to Chicago police.

A man is facing a felony weapon charge after getting a package delivered to his Bridgeport home containing two switches that turn handguns into fully automatic weapons.

Chicago Police are investigating after a person was caught on camera smearing feces on cars in the city’s Bridgeport neighborhood.

There is discussion in Springfield about expanding the restaurant tax in Chicago.

There’s talk of expanding the city’s restaurant tax, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot is speaking out. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford breaks down the story. 

A body was found on the train tracks Thursday in Bridgeport on the Southwest Side.