PHIL ROGERS

From a skyscraper-climbing spider-man to the shocking and devastating Loop train crash, a new NBC Chicago docuseries has brought some of the city’s biggest stories back to the screen.

In September of 1982, residents of Chicago and its suburbs began living a nightmare. Someone was putting cyanide into capsules of Extra Strength Tylenol and putting the bottles back on store shelves. In the course of just a few days, seven people were found dead. In this episode of “Big Chicago Stories,” NBC 5’s Phil Rogers goes back to those…

From a skyscraper-climbing spider-man to the shocking and devastating Loop train crash, a new NBC Chicago docuseries is bringing some of the city’s biggest stories back to the screen.

When Dan “Spider Dan” Goodwin scaled the Sears Tower and then the John Hancock Center, he climbed his way into the hearts of Chicagoans — even as he drew the wrath of city officials who seemed powerless to stop him. But why did he do it at all? Spider Dan tells all.

From a skyscraper-climbing spider-man to the shocking and devastating Loop train crash, a new NBC Chicago docuseries is bringing some of the city’s biggest stories back to the screen. On Sunday, Jan. 24, “Big Chicago Stories” will retell momentous, breaking and captivating Chicago-area news stories using video sourced from NBC 5’s rich library of video. ________________________________________________________________________________ To watch the series,…

After complaints by some employees of a slow response, the city of Chicago continues to take steps designed to help with prevention of the coronavirus. Earlier this week, just one day after NBC 5 started asking questions about why the city had not communicated with employees about coronavirus precautions, Mayor Lori Lightfoot sent a citywide letter to every employee with…

Timothy Vandervere of Beach Park was convicted of killing members of a Kenosha family back in an April 2019 crash near Bristol, Wisconsin. Now, NBC 5 Investigates has found that Vandervere had a long history of citations, convictions and supervisions which never appeared on his public driving record.

“There is a huge pro-marijuana culture,” said Town Clerk Miranda Fisher. “And I would say not a lot of people have come out publicly to oppose it.”

Where will Chicago’s recreational cannabis shops be located? Businesses will find out Friday when the city holds its first recreational cannabis lottery.

What’s illegal this New Year’s Eve will be legal New Year’s Day in Illinois, and police are getting ready.

State officials announced Wednesday that three more medical marijuana dispensaries — two of which are in Chicago — will be allowed to sell recreation weed in Illinois when sales begin next year. Dispensary 33, 5001 N. Clark St. in Ravenswood, and Maribis of Chicago, 4570 S. Archer Ave. in Brighton Park, will be permitted to sell adult-use marijuana starting Jan....

In a non-descript building on the outskirts of downstate Dwight, production is ramping up for a revolutionary day in Illinois. Cultivators are trimming, prodding, and pampering cannabis plants, in preparation for marijuana legalization, January 1. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

At cultivation centers throughout Illinois, cannabis production is ramping up for legalization, which is coming January 1. But only 14 licenses have been issued for locations that will sell that legal pot.

In Colorado, 570 stores now sell legal pot statewide. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers begins a deep dive into what Illinois can expect as a new recreational cannabis law goes into effect next year.

NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers begins a deep dive into what Illinois can expect as a new recreational cannabis law goes into effect next year.

The Chicago City Council codified new recreational cannabis guidelines Wednesday, over the objections of African-American alderman who say their communities are getting short-shrift in what promises to be a lucrative new legal industry. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers explains.

The Chicago City Council gave its blessing to new guidelines for the sale of recreational cannabis Wednesday. But in doing so, they rolled past the objections of some African American aldermen who say the new program ignores those hardest hit by the war on drugs.

The long-secret Inspector General’s report released Wednesday by the city of Chicago reveals a highly critical look at police officers involved in the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald, particularly Jason Van Dyke, who the report claimed violated police rules, filed false reports and made false statements about the shooting.

The city of Chicago on Wednesday released more than 6,500 pages of a long-secret Inspector General’s report on the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald, making public for the first time hundreds of pages detailing the investigation into the shooting that rocked the city.