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For the past eight years, “Dead on Damen Avenue” has been a Halloween tradition on Chicago’s North Side, but despite vandals damaging and stealing items, the neighborhood isn’t letting the incident break their Halloween spirit. Jessica Bernardi, who created the attraction, was stunned last week to find broken and missing items in the annual Halloween display. “This is supposed...

Several Rogers Park residents aren’t letting vandals break the spirit of Halloween after a popular neighborhood display was damaged. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

A 26-year-old man is dead after he was shot inside of a CTA station on Tuesday evening, according to Chicago police. Authorities say the man was standing inside of the Morse CTA Red Line station at approximately 6:12 p.m. when a vehicle pulled up near the station. A person inside the vehicle opened fire, striking the victim in the abdomen….

A Chicago woman has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department after she says police officers wrongfully executed a search warrant at her home and pointed their guns at her while she, her child and elderly grandparent parent were inside. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court and alleges that Chicago police officers didn’t follow proper...

Jasmine Vale has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department after officers raided her Rogers Park home while her child and elderly grandparent were present in search of a suspect that had not lived at the residence in years. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciehowski reports

Chicago police have shut down a stretch of Sheridan Avenue on the city’s North Side Monday due to an ongoing protest. According to authorities, Sheridan is shut down between Devon Avenue and Granville Avenue in both directions due to the demonstration, which began Monday afternoon in the city’s Rogers Park neighborhood. NBC 5’s Sky 5 captured images of the...

Throughout the day Tuesday, Chicago residents drove through Rogers Park to survey the damage after a tornado blew through the neighborhood Monday. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.

Cleanup is underway after a Chicago rarity. A tornado was confirmed in the area of Ashland and Jarvis, leaving residents to pick up the pieces. Lisa Chavarria reports.

One of the areas hardest hit by Monday’s storm was Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, where a tornado was confirmed near Ashland and Jarvis. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports on the cleanup process.

The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado swept through Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood on Monday as storms battered the area.

A suspected tornado went through Chicago’s Rogers Park Monday night, bringing down several trees and even damaging cars. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

The National Weather Service is investigating reports of a possible tornado in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood on Monday afternoon. According to the service, video shared via social media showed what may have been a brief tornado in the neighborhood at approximately 4 p.m. Monday. The report was one of several from around the Chicago area as a series of...

Police are looking for a vehicle in relation to a hit-and-run that injured an 11-year-old girl last month in Rogers Park on the North Side. The girl was crossing the street about 8:30 p.m. July 15 in the 6800 block of North Sheridan Road when she was struck by a maroon SUV, Chicago police said. The SUV sped off on…

A north suburban Evanston man is facing a felony weapons charge after an hours-long armed standoff with a SWAT team Wednesday night in Rogers Park on the North Side. Kyle Samuels, 29, is charged with a felony count of being an armed habitual criminal, according to Chicago police. He also faces a misdemeanor count of reckless conduct. Samuels was seen…

Police are warning businesses about a pair of robberies last week in the same Rogers Park block on the North Side. In each case, a man entered a store in the 7000 block of North Sheridan Road and displayed or implied that he had a gun before demanding cash or taking it from the register, according to a business alert…

The person found dead in Belmont Harbor Sunday on the North Side has been identified as a man who went missing while canoeing in Lake Michigan several days earlier. Richard Holic was last seen canoeing in the lake June 2 near the 1200 block of West Chase Avenue in Rogers Park, according to a missing person alert from Chicago police….

Police are warning residents about a pair of carjackings reported since last month in West Rogers Park on the North Side. In each case, one or more suspects entered a parked car, forced the victim out of it and drove away, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The most recent carjacking happened about 6:45 p.m. Friday in the…

A man was shot during an armed robbery Thursday in Rogers Park by a group wanted for a series of other hold-ups since last week, according to police. The 33-year-old man was on the sidewalk about 8:25 p.m. in the 6700 block of North Bosworth Avenue when two males robbed him at gunpoint before one of them opened fire, Chicago…