Lincoln Park

Police are warning residents of two recent home burglaries reported in Lincoln Park on the North Side. In each incident, someone broke a window on the ground floor, entered the home and took belongings, Chicago police said. The first burglary happened Dec. 22 between 9:55 p.m. and 10:25 p.m. in the 400 block of West Roslyn Place and the second Dec....

Chicago police warned Lincoln Park and Lake View residents Thursday of string recent robberies and car jackings. In each incident, two to four men approached someone on the sidewalk and demanded their property at gunpoint or by use of force, police said. After taking the person’s property, the men fled on foot or to a nearby parked dark or...

A woman and her two children have been reported missing from Lincoln Park on the North Side. Yessica Lay, 26, and her children Dylan Carver, 6, and Maddison Lay-Morales, 2, were last seen about 2 p.m. Tuesday in the 2100 block of North Lincoln Park West,  according to a missing person alert from Chicago police. Lay is 5-foot-4 and about 170 pounds,…

A Chicago police officer was recognized Saturday for jumping into action while off-duty and saving an apartment fire victim’s life earlier in the week. On Monday afternoon, officer John Hanlon was running a personal errand in the 500 block of West North Avenue in Lincoln Park when he saw heavy smoke coming from an apartment building. “I looked north across…

Donations are steady, but foot traffic at Chicago-area Salvation Army stores has dwindled under capacity restrictions and coronavirus fears, threatening the organization’s pivotal rehabilitation programs that benefit from store sales. In all, Chicagoland Salvation Army thrift stores are down $9 million dollars as a result of summer pandemic closures and capacity restrictions, said Major Kendall Mathews. Eighty cents of every…

Illinois’ Tier 3 restrictions are taking a toll on small businesses and nonprofit organizations. Foot traffic is down at Salvation Army thrift stores, and the loss of revenue could mean cuts to programs when they need them the most. NBC 5’s Chris Hush explains.

A new wellness dog kitchen opened in Lincoln Park, solving pets’ health problems with a whole foods diet.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, dog sales and adoptions have skyrocketed. For many new owners a big question is: what should I feed my dog? NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter talked to the experts.

Lincoln Park Zoo announced the facility will remain open for ZooLights this holiday season despite a surge of coronavirus metrics throughout Chicago.

A Lincoln Park bakery is partnering with I Grow Chicago this holiday season to provide pies for Englewood residents.

A lawyer representing a South Side church has filed an emergency restraining order in federal court in an effort to stop the city of Chicago from granting a permit to a controversial metal shredding facility. The company, General Iron, currently operates a shredder in Lincoln Park but is set to close the location at the end of the year, according…

Chicago Police are searching for suspects involved in two Lincoln Park carjackings on Wednesday. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter Reports

After a weekend search, a Chicago photographer found the couple he caught in a drone photo standing together under a statue in Lincoln Park last week. While trying to capture picture of the sunset, photographer Antoine Tissier captured two people standing under the Ulysses S. Grant Monument with his drone camera. Tissier posted the photo on Instagram, captioning it, “unexpected…

A new drive-through haunted house will be coming to Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood just in time for Halloween. Replay Lincoln Park’s “Highway of Horror” will start scaring Chicagoans Oct. 15 and will run Thursday through Sunday 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. until Nov. 1. The 90-minute drive-through haunted house is in the empty lot at 645 W. Madison St., unlike…

Tickets are now on sale for Lincoln Park Zoo’s 26th annual ZooLights, returning this year as a ticketed event. ZooLights tickets are $5 per person. All ages must have a ticket to enter the event. The annual event will run from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Nov. 21-23, 25, 27-30, Dec. 2, 4-8, 11-16, 18-20, 22-23, 26-28, 30-31, and…

Lincoln Park Zoo’s 26th annual ZooLights will return this year as a ticketed event, the Chicago zoo announced. “Despite the loss of revenue this year brought on by the pandemic, we couldn’t fathom a Chicago winter without the joy of ZooLights,” said Zoo Director Megan Ross, Ph.D, in a statement. ZooLights tickets are $5 per person and go on...

Three minors were arrested after allegedly punching and robbing a woman Friday in Lincoln Park on the North Side. The 23-year-old was walking shortly before 10:30 p.m. in the 2000 block of North Sheffield Avenue when the three boys approached and tried to grab her purse, Chicago police said. When they were unsuccessful, they punched the woman in the face…

A teenage boy was hit by a car Thursday while riding a bicycle on Lake Shore Drive in Lincoln Park on the North Side. The 17-year-old was riding the bike north in the southbound lanes about 11:30 p.m. when he collided with a southbound Toyota Solara in the 1700 block of North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago police said. The teen…

Father Pfleger talks to NBC Chicago after a night of looting and chaos erupted early Monday morning in Chicago.

Video from NBC Sky 5 shows damage and the aftermath of looting that broke out overnight at a Best Buy and surrounding businesses in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.