Comer Children’s Hospital

As coronavirus cases surge among adults, intensive care unit beds are in demand for area children as well, as several Chicago-area children’s hospitals say they are seeing more kids needing care, and it’s not just COVID that’s causing the rush for beds. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty has the story.

A seven-year-old boy was deemed an “honorary firefighter” this week by the Griffith Fire Department in Indiana for saving his sister from being hit by a car.

Iconic comic book heroes join together to surprise a 5-year-old recovering from a gunshot wound at a Chicago hospital with a little holiday cheer. Kye Martin reports.

The father of a 10-year-old girl shot Wednesday in South Chicago is asking for the community’s help to find whoever opened fire in a park, injuring his daughter. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

One person was killed and seven others were injured in back to back vehicle crashes Sunday on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side, according to preliminary information from Illinois State police. About 12:30 a.m. a vehicle occupied by four passengers crashed and rolled over on I-94 near 47th Street, according to Illinois State police. Three people stopped on…

An 11-year-old boy was injured in a fire Tuesday in Back of the Yards on the South Side.

Pictures of 5-month-old Anayelli Avina were pressed up against the window of her Hammond home Monday after police said the girl died Saturday, days after being beaten.

An incident that started with an armed robbery in Hammond led to a two-state police chase, officer-involved shooting and crash on Saturday evening on Chicago’s South Side, police said.

At least three people have been killed, and five others including a 9-year-old boy have been wounded in shootings across Chicago this weekend, police said.

A 9-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Friday in Gresham on the South Side.

A baby was injured on Monday after falling out of a third-story window on the city’s South Side, fire officials confirmed.

The University of Chicago Medical Center was in the process of making several operational changes on Monday, including moving some patients to other hospitals, in preparation for a possible nurses’ strike on Friday, UCMC leaders said in a memo to staff.

A teenage boy was critically wounded in a shooting Wednesday in South Chicago on the city’s South Side.

A 14-year-old boy was seen running from a burning vehicle in Bronzeville Monday with his hair on fire, according to Chicago police.

Ivanka Trump tweeted inaccurate information about Chicago’s violent weekend on Tuesday, sparking outrage from the city’s mayor.

Audio released by police Monday reveals the frightening scene that unfolded in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood when a shooting left one person dead and at least seven others injured.