Brighton Park

Fire crews put out an extra-alarm blaze that broke out Tuesday afternoon in the yard of a Brighton Park paper recycling plant. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos has all the details.

Fire crews put out an extra-alarm blaze that broke out Tuesday afternoon in the yard of a Brighton Park paper recycling plant. The wind-blown fire started in a prairie after 4 p.m. and “spread really fast” to the yard of the paper plant near 48th Place and Christiana Avenue, according to Chicago fire officials. The blaze reached the plant’s...

A driver sustained serious injuries Sunday after the vehicle they were driving slammed into a Brighton Park building and landed in its basement, Chicago police said. The incident was reported before 9 p.m. at Archer and Western avenues. The driver was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, authorities said. It remains unclear what caused the driver to crash…

A Chicago police officer has been released from a local hospital after he was shot on Thursday afternoon, making him the fourth officer hit by gunfire in the last two weeks alone. The officer, who has not been identified at this time, was pursuing a suspect who had allegedly shot a security guard at a Brighton Park Home Depot location…

A suspect is dead and a security officer at a Brighton Park retailer is gravely hurt after multiple shootings occurred Thursday afternoon, Chicago police said. A Chicago police officer who was trying to pursue the suspect in the shooting was shot in the shoulder, and will likely require surgery, according to Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown. The incident started at…

A Chicago police officer walked out of Mount Sinai Hospital Thursday night hours after he was shot by a shoplifting suspect. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

A suspect is dead and a security officer at a Brighton Park retailer is gravely hurt after multiple shootings occurred Thursday afternoon, Chicago police said. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Police are searching for a woman who tried to take a small child from her mother Wednesday in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side. The girl was walking with her mother about 10:10 a.m. in the 3100 block of West 40th Place when a white van with tinted windows pulled up alongside them and a woman in her late 40s…

A fire tore through two buildings Friday in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side. The fire started just after 10 a.m. at 3849 S. Kedzie Ave., according to the Chicago Fire Department. The building, “some sort of market,” was showing heavy flames when firefighters arrived, officials said. The fire eventually spread to a welding company next door. No injuries were…

A suburban Palatine family’s life was changed forever last month when their beloved father and husband was shot while driving for Uber Eats, and now, they’re pleading for more to be done to solve the horrific crime. Tim Rohr was driving along South Archer Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood before 1 a.m. on Aug. 12. when three men...

A Palatine family’s life was changed forever last month when their beloved father and husband was shot while driving for Uber Eats, and now, they’re pleading for more to be done to solve the horrific crime. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Five people — including a young girl and two teenage boys — were injured in a crash Saturday in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side. The crash happened about 6:15 p.m. near 35th Street and California Avenue, according to Chicago fire officials. A girl believed to be no older than 10 years old was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious-to-critical…

Someone uncovered a bit of explosive history Wednesday morning in their Southwest Side backyard. The Brighton Park resident was digging when he came across a live 75mm artillery shell dating back to World War II, according to Chicago police spokesman Tom Ahern. The man called in police officers who showed up and radioed in the bomb squad to the home…

Two people threw bricks through the window of Ald. Ray Lopez’s (15th) office Sunday in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side.

Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez said on Thursday his home was targeted by “gang bangers” after he was “awakened” overnight to bricks being thrown through the windows of his Brighton Park home and a nearby garage set on fire. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports

Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez said Thursday he was “awakened” overnight to bricks being thrown through the windows of his Brighton Park home and a nearby garage set on fire. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports

Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez said Thursday he was “awakened” overnight to bricks being thrown through the windows of his Brighton Park home and a nearby garage set on fire. Chris Hush reports.

Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez said Thursday he was “awakened” overnight to bricks being thrown through the windows of his Brighton Park home and a nearby garage set on fire. The 15th Ward alderman wrote on Twitter he believes the incident was because “gang bangers think they can intimidate me & my family b/c I want my residents to be...

An off-duty Chicago police officer was wounded in a shooting on the city’s Southwest Side early Tuesday, officials said.

An off-duty Chicago police officer was wounded in a shooting on the city’s Southwest Side early Tuesday, officials said.