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The family of a 23-year-old Lake View man whose body was found in the Chicago River after going missing on Halloween said they are still trying to comprehend how Iñaki Bascaran died, even as they release funeral details for the beloved young man.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet determined a cause nor manner of death in the case of Iñaki Bascaran, the missing 23-year-old pulled from the Chicago River Friday evening.

The family of Iñaki Bascaran gave a message to the public after the missing 23-year-old’s body was pulled from the Chicago River Friday evening.

The body recovered from the Chicago River Friday night has been identified as missing 23-year-old Iñaki Bascaran. NBC 5’s Jen DeSalvo reports.

The body recovered from the Chicago River Friday evening has been identified as 23-year-old Iñaki Bascaran, who has been reported missing since the weekend, according to police.

Friends and family of Iñaki Bascaran gathered in Chicago’s River North neighborhood Monday to search for the man who went missing over the weekend, and now they’re sharing the latest information they’ve been given, as well as the surveillance video that was taken showing the moments before he disappeared.

An employee at a South Loop coffee shop is recovering at a local hospital after a man smashed a tip jar over his head during an attempted robbery Wednesday morning.

Alex Linardos, Founder of MrSouthLoop, joined ‘Chicago Today’ to talk about all things South Loop.

Smoke was visible for miles Saturday evening following a fire that engulfed the roof and upper floors of an apartment building in Chicago’s South Loop, authorities said.

Police are warning business owners of a series of burglaries reported in recent weeks in the South Loop. In each case, the suspects forced open a back door or broke out a window to get inside, Chicago police said. They stole money from the registers and made off with bottles of alcohol. A burglary happened about 5:10 a.m. May 17…

Police are warning business owners in the South Loop of two burglaries reported in recent weeks in the same block. In each case, the burglar forced open the front door to get inside the business, Chicago police said. Both burglaries happened in the 1100 block of South Canal Street, police said. One took place between 10:50 p.m. and 9:35 p.m May…

A person was fatally shot Saturday afternoon in Chicago’s South Loop, police said. About 1:20 p.m., the male, whose age is unknown, was sitting in a vehicle parked on the street in the 600 block of South Wells Street, when someone in a passing vehicle fired shots into his vehicle, Chicago police said. He was struck multiple times and taken…

A new art installation in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month has been installed along Roosevelt Road in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood. The 31-foot rooftop installation reads “You Got This” and is the largest 3D project to date from the widely popular “You Are Beautiful” initiative and is located above the Roosevelt Collection Shops in the South Loop. The...

Chicago’s famous Manny’s Deli is giving out 1,000 free sandwiches on Tuesday to customers wearing a face mask.

A Chicago deli will offer free sandwiches to all customers who show up wearing a mask, following an anonymous donation on Tuesday.

A Chicago deli is hoping to give people another incentive to wear their masks.

Here are the top headlines you need to know as you start your day on March 16, 2021.

Chicago police on Saturday afternoon were searching for the individual who opened fire near a South Loop shopping center, striking a 30-year-old man, authorities said.

Chicago police are searching for men burglarizing homes by posing as utility workers. The men allegedly burglarized several homes by ruse or force in January and February in Bridgeport, Chinatown and South Loop, Chicago police said. In one incident, the men wore yellow safety vests and posed as utility workers to enter a home and steal items from inside, police…

Four teenage boys are facing charges in connection with a carjacking in the South Loop last week. Three 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old are each charged with one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass to a vehicle, Chicago police said. One of the 17-year-olds is also charged with a felony count of possession of a stolen vehicle and a misdemeanor count of…