Northwest Side

Two burglaries occurred minutes apart early Friday morning in the 17th District on the Northwest Side.

A family was terrorized by a gun-toting man who chased them and hit their Dodge Charger, causing them to get into a crash that left the 16-year-old daughter dead, Cook County prosecutors said Friday.

A community group outraged after someone apparently intentionally set fire to a neighborhood-built playground has vowed to rebuild it. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A woman was killed Friday night in a fatal hit-and-run in Chicago’s Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, according to authorities.

Police are warning of a pair of carjackings reported in Northwest Side neighborhoods.

A 7-year-old girl was killed and her 6-year-old sister was wounded when the pair were shot Sunday afternoon while sitting in a parked car on Chicago’s Northwest Side, according to police. Lisa Chavarria reports.

A 7-year-old girl was killed and her 6-year-old sister was wounded when the pair were shot Sunday afternoon while sitting in a parked car on Chicago’s Northwest Side, according to police.

Two teenage boys were shot and wounded Friday night in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

Chicago police warned residents of a series of armed robberies reported on the city’s Northwest Side last week.

Three people were injured Saturday evening after a driver allegedly ran a red light, causing a crash on Chicago’s Northwest Side. According to police, a 30-year-old man was driving westbound in the 6200 block of West Peterson at approximately 7:22 p.m. when he disregarded a stop light, crashing into another vehicle. The driver of that vehicle, a 17-year-old boy, sustained…

The driver of an SUV suffered serious injuries after the vehicle crashed into a home on Chicago’s Northwest Side on Sunday morning. According to Chicago police, the man was driving a vehicle just before 3 a.m. in the 4400 block of North Austin Avenue when he went off the road and crashed into a home. The SUV crashed into the…

The FBI are seeking a man wanted for a bank robbery Feb. 5 in Sauganash on the Northwest Side.

The attorney representing a 15-year-old musician who was injured during a police shooting on Chicago’s Northwest Side in November following a robbery has released stunning, dramatic video of the series of events. NBC 5’s Chris hush reports

There could be a connection between several break-ins on Chicago’s Northwest Side after surveillance cameras captured a similar-looking van at two crime scenes. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres reports.

Police are warning residents about a series of robberies since last week by suspects posing as police officers in Albany Park, Belmont Central and Avondale on the Northwest Side. In each case, a man pulled up in a black vehicle, pointed a flashlight at the victim and demanded the person’s ID or wallet, according to a community alert from...

Residents in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago are raising concerns about several recent incidents involving racist language and themes. James and Amy Lane show their support for Black Lives Matter and a peaceful co-existence in the world by displaying signs in their yard and window.  But this week they received a letter in the mail addressed not to...

Residents in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago are raising concerns about several recent incidents involving racist language and themes. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the story.

Two people were shot Sunday in Dunning on the Northwest Side. The males were leaving a party at 12:43 a.m. in the 3400 block of North Oketo Avenue when two people approached, pulled out handguns and started shooting, according to Chicago police. One victim was grazed on his hip, while the other was shot in his abdomen, police said. Both...

Police are warning residents about a pair of robberies Wednesday at basketball courts in Albany Park and Norwood Park on the Northwest Side. In each case, two men approached a group of teenagers playing basketball, implied that they had a weapon and demanded the victims’ phones and other valuables, according to a community alert from Chicago police. In one case,…

Chicago police are warning residents of a string of catalytic converter thefts reported in June on the Northwest Side. In each incident someone driving a small, dark-colored sedan pulls up next to vehicles parked on residential streets and uses tools to remove the catalytic converter from under the vehicle, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The most targeted…