South Chicago

Five Chicago police officers were injured when two squad cars collided into each other late Thursday night on the city’s Far South Side.

Video shows the scene where five Chicago police officers were injured when two squad cars collided into each other late Thursday night on the city’s Far South Side.

Three children, including one as young as 10, have been charged with speeding in a stolen vehicle Saturday and striking several cars, including a police officer’s, in the South Chicago neighborhood. A 13-year-old boy faces three felony counts of aggravated assaulted with a vehicle, a felony count of possession of a stolen vehicle and a misdemeanor count of resisting an…

Two Chicago police officers were injured when their squad car rolled over in a crash Monday in South Chicago. The marked Chicago police Ford Explorer SUV was southbound on Yates Boulevard at 12:17 a.m. when it was hit by a Buick that was eastbound in the intersection with 85th Street, according to Chicago police. The impact caused the police SUV…

A bomb squad responded to a home in South Chicago Tuesday after someone inside found an explosive device.

A man was taken into custody Thursday night after barricading himself inside a home for hours when police officers responded to a call of shots fired in the South Chicago neighborhood.

A man was taken into custody Thursday night after barricading himself inside a home for hours when police officers responded to a call of shots fired in the South Chicago neighborhood. Trina Orlando reports.

A series of shootings Friday left three people dead and 11 others wounded in Chicago, including a 27-year-old woman who was shot to death as she sat in a vehicle.

A jury has found a second suspect guilty Thursday of first-degree murder in the killing of a 15-year-old high school honor student whose death in 2013 became a symbol of Chicago’s random gun violence.

A jury has found a second suspect guilty Thursday of first-degree murder in the killing of a 15-year-old high school honor student whose death in 2013 became a symbol of Chicago’s random gun violence. Regina Waldroup reports.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson announced Sunday that over 100 new police officers were being deployed across the city.

A 15-year-old girl was shot and killed Tuesday night while sitting on a front porch on Chicago’s South Side, according to police.

A 15-year-old girl with a bright future was gunned down Tuesday, and now her family is in mourning of a life lost too soon. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford has more. 

A parolee who escaped Illinois Department of Corrections custody Tuesday morning was captured later that night in Glenview, officials said.

A parolee who escaped Illinois Department of Corrections custody Tuesday morning was captured later that night in Glenview, officials said. Dick Johnson reports.

A home invader sexually assaulted a woman early Friday as he and another suspect tied up a man and stole property from a South Chicago neighborhood apartment.

A south side community is on edge after a violent home invasion where a man was tied up. NBC 5’s Kye Martin has the latest from South Shore.