Bridgeport

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.

The Chicago Transit Authority briefly shut down part of the Orange Line Monday evening for a suspicious package.

A person is being questioned Thursday night after a car was stolen with a 3-year-old girl inside and then abandoned down the street on the South Side.