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A 911 dispatcher who worked for Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management Communication for 33 years died from COVID-19, the office announced Monday. Guadalupe “Lupe” Lopez was a “beloved employee” and a “wonderful friend to many, including many at the Chicago Police Department,” according to a statement. “He was a kind-hearted man, a genuinely caring person, and a trusted confidant to...

Roughly 50 people seen jumping a fence at Lollapalooza Friday afternoon did not make it into the festival, officials said.

Video taken by photographer Jeremy Cohen shows dozens of people jumping a fence, and knocking part of it down, at Lollapalooza in Chicago. Officials said the group did not make it into the festival. 

A new patrol vehicle has hit the streets of Chicago and police are hoping it will help reduce the number of carjackings in the city.

Chicago police are employing new technology in their war on carjacking by equipping police cars to read the license plate of every vehicle they see on the road. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A suburban Chicago teenager who died after being found unresponsive at the Lollapalooza music festival over the weekend had spent his summer working at a car wash to save for his ticket to the popular fest, his father said.

Lollapalooza came to a close Sunday, marking another year in which the iconic music festival drew hundreds of thousands of fans to Chicago’s Grant Park.

Seven people have been arrested and 119 others have been taken to the hospital over the first three days of the Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park.

The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival will light up downtown Chicago Saturday night, but will bring a variety of street closures, parking restrictions and CTA bus reroutes with it.

The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival will light up downtown Chicago Saturday night, but will bring a variety of street closures, parking restrictions and CTA bus reroutes with it. Natalie Martinez reports.

The family of an 18-year-old police say was shot by a woman at a Chicago intersection after a “verbal traffic dispute” turned physical has filed suit against the alleged shooter Thursday.

An 18-year-old was shot by a woman at a Chicago intersection Wednesday after a “verbal traffic dispute” turned physical, a source confirmed to NBC 5.

The family of a woman shot during an apparent road rage incident is suing the OEMC dispatcher charged in the shooting.

Twenty-seven people were arrested and hundreds were taken to area hospitals during the four days Lollapalooza took over Chicago’s Grant Park, officials said.

Sixteen people were arrested in the first three days of this year’s Lollapalooza music festival, while 185 were taken to area hospitals as thousands of people descended on Chicago’s Grant Park, officials said.

After a weekend full of music and fun, Lollapalooza is in the books, and fans are heading home. NBC 5’s Chris Hush is on the scene in Grant Park.

An 18-year-old woman was shot by a dispatcher for the Office of Emergency Management and Communications at a Chicago intersection Wednesday after a “verbal traffic dispute” turned physical, a source confirmed to NBC 5. Trina Orlando reports.

Sunday is the final night of the Taste of Chicago, and the mayor’s office says that a record number of people attending the festivities.

1.6 million people attended this year’s Taste of Chicago, setting a new record since the festival converted to a five-day event. NBC 5’s Chris Hush has more.

As of this week, all 911 call-takers and dispatchers in Chicago have completed mental health awareness and de-escalation training.