South loop

Chicago police have released images of a vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood on Monday. According to authorities, a young female pedestrian was walking in the 600 block of South Canal just after 1 p.m. Monday when she was hit by a vehicle. The vehicle then fled the scene of the crash. The woman was…

From power outages to clean up efforts, people who live along the Chicago River were forced to deal with the remnants of weekend flooding Monday. “It was horrific,” boat tenant Ed Hofflander said. “The water just started flowing over the walls. Just nonstop.” The parking garage of the River City Apartments in the South Loop was still underwater Monday morning….

Floodwaters crept onto a CTA bus Sunday, video on social media showed, as flooding inundated parts of the Chicago area.

A man has been charged after injuring seven Chicago police officers during an altercation Saturday in the South Loop. Nathan Arrington, a 57-year-old from Hyde Park, is charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery to a police officer and one felony county of resisting or obstructing an officer, police said. He also faces a misdemeanor charge for simple assault…

A person was arrested after allegedly trying to rob an off-duty Chicago police officer Thursday in the South Loop. The officer was in a parking garage about 7 p.m. in the 700 block of South Wabash Avenue when the male suspect tapped him on the shoulder, implied he had a gun and demanded the officer’s property, according to Chicago police….

Police are investigating a burglary reported Saturday at a business in the South Loop. Someone threw a rock through the glass front door of the business at 12:29 a.m. in the 700 block of South State Street, according to Chicago police. The suspect then took an undisclosed amount of costume jewelry, police said. No one is in custody as Area…

South Loop Montessori School in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood received a license to operate starting this week as an Emergency Child Care Center, or “ECCC,” to help families of essential workers. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

Cheers, bells and clapping were heard from South Loop homes and apartments as a way to collectively cope with social distancing and the stay-at-home order.

A South Loop historic museum is celebrating one of the servants who cared for this architectural treasure in light of March being the month to celebrate women’s history.

No injuries were reported after a man was hit by a Chicago police car Monday while walking in the South Loop. An officer on patrol was making a right turn about 5:15 a.m. from Roosevelt Road to southbound Canal Street when the squad car hit the 30-year-old man, according to Chicago police. Paramedics were called to the scene, but the…

A man was found dead in the Chicago River Tuesday in the South Loop. A marine unit responded about 5 p.m. to the 2200 block of South Lumber Street for reports of what “appeared to be a person” in the water, Chicago police said. The 58-year-old man was pulled from the water, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. An…

At least four people were injured after a South Shore Line train derailed Saturday morning in Chicago’s The Loop neighborhood near Museum Campus, fire officials said. The derailment was reported near South Prairie Avenue and East 14th Street. Four adults out of the 74 passengers were taken to Northwestern Hospital in stable condition, Chicago Fire Department stated on Twitter. The…

Within a span of 10 minutes Wednesday, three people were robbed at gunpoint in two separate incidents while walking in the South Loop. A 42-year-old man was on the sidewalk about 10 p.m. in the 200 block of South Michigan Avenue when he was approached from behind by an armed male who demanded his coat, Chicago police said. The man…

Kanye West is launching his new shoe in Chicago Friday and he’s giving them away for free to young people in the city – but not in the way you might expect. Long before the new Yeezy QNTM shoe is set for release nationwide, secret “sherps” are delivering the footwear for free to youths in the city.

A massive $7 billion construction project is finally set to come to the South Loop. The development known as ‘The 78’ is a new Chicago community and is scheduled to break ground soon, Mayor Lori Lightfoot confirmed the details Wednesday. Lightfoot calls the plan a game changer. “Education, technology, entrepreneurship, transportation, housing, and infrastructure, all right here,” she said. The…

The development known as ‘The 78’ is a new Chicago community and is scheduled to break ground soon, Mayor Lori Lightfoot confirmed the details Wednesday. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford reports.

Two businesses in Chicago’s South Loop were completely destroyed in a massive fire early Tuesday.

Two businesses in Chicago’s South Loop were completely destroyed in a massive fire early Tuesday. Sandra Torres reports.

Chicago police are searching for two female suspects who allegedly spat on a man before pepper spraying him on a CTA bus in the South Loop last month. According to authorities, after the assault the pair stole the man’s backpack. The robbery happened around 3:30 p.m Jan. 18 on a CTA State Street bus at Roosevelt Rd., according to Chicago…