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A combination of Fourth of July celebrations and coronavirus pandemic financial troubles are expected to flood shelters with missing pets and strays this summer. Dr. Priya Bhatt of the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association is sending a warning to pet owners as fireworks continue to be set off in neighborhoods throughout the area. “For these animals it feels like a bomb…

Residents in south suburban Chicago Heights are teaming up with a local restaurant to make sure kids receive meals during this time of need. NBC 5’s Leeann Trotter reports.

Residents in Schaumburg say the checks they are dropping off at a post box are allegedly ending up in the hands of criminals. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Residents in Schaumburg say the checks they are dropping off at a post box are allegedly ending up in the hands of criminals.

Checks are allegedly disappearing in the mail in a south Chicago suburb and ending up in the hands of criminals. Some of them are cashed for even bigger amounts than they were written for. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A 3-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was shot in the head while driving with her mother Tuesday in Chicago Heights, police said.

A 3-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was shot in the head while driving with her mother Tuesday in Chicago Heights, police said. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

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Several people were arrested outside the scene of a shooting Tuesday in south suburban Chicago Heights.

Several people were arrested outside the scene of a shooting Tuesday in south suburban Chicago Heights. NBC 5’s Dick Johnson has the latest.

A person was shot while getting ready to take their driver’s test Monday at suburban Secretary of State facility, an official confirmed.

A person was shot while getting ready to take their driver’s test Monday at suburban Secretary of State facility, an official confirmed. NBC 5’s Dick Johnson has the latest.

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A south suburban man has been charged with killing his mother-in-law on Sunday in Chicago Heights.

A Far South Side man had driven his friend to an agreed meet-up spot to buy a gun last month when he was fatally shot in the West Pullman neighborhood, according to Cook County prosecutors.

A man was arrested Friday for allegedly killing the mother of his child in a hit-and-run crash in south suburban Country Club Hills.

Aldi is hosting a one-day “hiring spree” at dozens of stores across the Chicago area Tuesday.