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Several people were injured after a car crashed into a home on Chicago’s Far South Side Tuesday evening, NBC 5’s Alex Maragos reports.

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested for a shooting in a South Side Walmart parking lot that killed a graduate student from India and seriously wounded his roommate earlier this year, a law enforcement source said.

A person was dead after a crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway Saturday night, according to Illinois State Police.

One person was killed and another was injured in a wrong-way crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive early Sunday morning, according to police.

An initiative to bring groceries to food deserts on Chicago’s South Side is in motion once again after the vehicle used to transport the groceries was targeted by thieves for parts, NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.

Chicago police are investigating after a car with a 6-year-old boy inside was stolen on the city’s South Side, NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle on the Bishop Ford Expressway early Sunday morning, according to Illinois State Police.

Chicago Public Schools admitted that it was slow to respond to complaints of peeling lead paint in a special education classroom and two other rooms at a Bridgeport elementary school, leaving teachers hanging for months before following up on testing and addressing the problem.

A South Side retiree who has dementia was bilked out of more than $400,000 by her financial adviser, who used the money to fund her film production company, according to a lawsuit filed by the Cook County public guardian’s office.

A driver fell from an overpass and died during a six-vehicle crash early Saturday on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side.

A flower shop on the South Side aims to teach life skills to at-risk youth in the area.

A 16-year-old girl was wounded in a shooting near the 95th/Dan Ryan CTA Red Line station Tuesday afternoon, according to police.

Local organization Yellow Banana has been granted a city subsidy to revitalize and reopen several South and West Side grocery stores, NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

After three months of sleeping on an air mattress, Lillie Mae Choyce came home Friday afternoon to a fully-furnished home, complete with pictures of her far-flung family and a fully outfitted kitchen.

A South Side resident and veteran had her home furnished by a local non-profit organization aiming to help those who have served the country once they return home, NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A noose found at the project site of the Obama Presidential Center has halted construction temporarily. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

A noose found at the project site of the Obama Presidential Center has halted construction temporarily, NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park has been temporarily halted after a noose was discovered at the project site Thursday morning.

At least one person was killed and five others were wounded by gunfire in Chicago since Friday evening.

The federal judge who has overseen a yearslong court battle over the Obama Presidential Center in historic Jackson Park ruled Thursday against activists who sought to block its construction, formally ending their latest lawsuit.