Michigan Avenue

Chicago police are searching for a red pickup truck that slammed into a woman waiting at a Michigan Avenue bus stop before fleeing the scene on Tuesday night. According to authorities, the woman was waiting at the stop near the intersection of 11th Street and Michigan Avenue in the South Loop on Tuesday when a red pickup truck, which was…

Chicago police are searching for a red pickup truck that slammed into a woman waiting at a Michigan Avenue bus stop before fleeing the scene on Tuesday night. NBC 5’s Chris Hush has the story.

Seven years ago, long before the coronavirus locked America indoors, Chicago was menaced by repeated incidents where shoppers downtown faced huge throngs of teenagers — bashing each other and, often, anyone in their paths. The most notable example came on Easter weekend of 2013, when hundreds of youths descended on the Magnificent Mile. “It’s saddening, really it is,” one man…

Macy’s, which started business in Chicago as Marshall Field’s, is now thinking of leaving its Water Tower Place location on Michigan Avenue. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Macy’s might leave Water Tower Place in Chicago but not because of the recent unrest and looting that saw stock at the retail giant’s North Michigan Avenue store pilfered earlier this week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. “Macy’s, as you know, has been struggling as a company all across the country for quite some time,” Lightfoot said Friday during a...

Chicago residents and business owners cleaned up shattered glass and busted-up storefronts Monday following hours of early morning looting and unrest. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A large group looted a department store Friday on the Magnificent Mile. The group, estimated to be between 50 and 80 people, broke out the front display windows of the store at 11:51 p.m. in the 900 block of North Michigan Avenue, according to Chicago police. Bloomingdale’s is located in that block at 900 N. Michigan. An unknown number of…

Chicago police arrested a person Thursday night after allegedly vandalizing one of the lion statues near the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago. The iconic lion statue at the north end of the S. Michigan Avenue entrance had the words “inside mania” painted on its base. A female offender was arrested at 10:41 p.m. after being seen tagging the…

Many stores and businesses on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue will remain boarded up, even as Mayor Lori Lightfoot allows the city’s Central Business District to reopen. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres reports.

Glass littered the ground Saturday night on Michigan Avenue after numerous store windows were smashed and merchandise was stolen from shelves. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter shows the scene following protests earlier in the day.

Chicago’s usually bustling Michigan Avenue boasted few cars and pedestrians as many stayed home and self-quarantined to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Charges have been filed against five people who allegedly stole clothes from an H&M store on the Magnificent Mile Thursday and ran through a CTA Red Line tunnel toward Division Street, where officers arrested them. Two juvenile boys, 15 and 16, and three 18-year-old men each face a felony count of retail theft over $300 and a misdemeanor count of…

Chicago police are investigating a string of high-profile crimes across the city, with thieves hitting high-end retailers and stealing expensive vehicles in several neighborhoods in a matter of hours. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.

A gunman robbed a man of his Canada Goose jacket along Michigan Avenue late Wednesday evening, according to police. The 42-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk around 10 p.m. in the 200 block of South Michigan Avenue when an armed man came up from behind and demanded his coat, authorities said. “All of a sudden someone jumped from a…

A gunman robbed a man of his Canada Goose jacket along Michigan Avenue late Wednesday evening, according to police.

At least two masked men robbed a Mag Mile Louis Vuitton store Thursday and were tracked by GPS to the Bronzeville neighborhood, where they found a parked car with several handbags inside. The suspects held up the store about 12:15 p.m. in the 900 block of North Michigan Avenue and implied they were armed, grabbing about eight handbags before running…

The man was walking near Madison and Michigan when he says a suspect approached him from behind with a gun.