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A 35-year-old pregnant woman was found fatally shot early Tuesday morning in Jeffery Manor on the South Side. Doctors at the University of Chicago Medical Center were able to deliver her baby, who remains in critical condition, according to Chicago police. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

Three black businesswomen with Royal Defense and Dudley Beauty School teamed up to donate $30,000 worth of sanitizers to other black businesses on Chicago’s South Side.

After a mail carrier was shot in a neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, postal workers expressed concern on returning to the job. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Chicago police are warning residents of a string of apartment burglaries reported in August and September in Chatham on the South Side. In each incident someone broke into the rear of apartments through an opened window or door and stole property, Chicago police said in a community alert. The burglaries happened: Between 12:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. Aug. 22 in…

A U.S. postal worker was shot while on-duty on Chicago’s South Side Thursday morning, officials said. Authorities at the scene reported a 24-year-old woman was shot four times in the stomach just after 11:30 a.m. in the 9100 block of South Ellis in the Burnside neighborhood, according to Chicago police. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service said inspectors from its...

Detectives are questioning one person after a crash with a Chicago police squad car injured two officers Saturday in Englewood on the South Side. A vehicle ran a red light and hit the squad car while it was in regular traffic about 9:45 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Wentworth Avenue, Chicago police said. Two officers in the squad…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a $330 million lending commitment from several local banks into the Community Investment Corporation to provide affordable housing on the South and West Sides on Thursday. The $330 million in lending investment funds is being provided by 40 area banks and will be used to rehab 7,000 units of affordable rental housing across 400 buildings…

A 64-year-old motorist allegedly shot and killed his passenger just minutes after meeting him and picking him up during the first wave of looting to hit Chicago this year. Cook County prosecutors didn’t say why Michael Williams allegedly fired a shot into the forehead of 25-year-old Safarain Herring. But they said Williams’ account of Herring being killed by a...

Authorities are warning residents about a group of carjackers that has been stealing vehicles at gunpoint this month in Kenwood, Grand Boulevard and Oakland on the South Side. In each case, a group of two to four males approached victims sitting in or standing near their vehicles, displayed a handgun and demanded the vehicles, according to a community alert from…

Six people were shot Wednesday at a gathering in Gresham on the South Side. The group was outside about 11:30 p.m. at “a large gathering” in the 8500 block of South Parnell Avenue when someone fired shots, Chicago police said. A 29-year-old man was struck in the neck and back and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in…

A man was killed in a crash involving a motor bike and an unmarked police SUV late Wednesday evening in the city’s West Pullman neighborhood, authorities said. The crash happened around 10:30 p.m. in the 11800 block of South Halsted, which police say officers traveling southbound on Halsted with their emergency equipment activated collided with a 33-year-old man riding a…

Three children were among eight people shot Saturday, four of them fatally, in Englewood on the South Side. They were at a large gathering in the street about 11:35 p.m. in the 6100 block of South Carpenter Street when four males walked up and started shooting, according to Chicago police. A 14-year-old boy was hit in the back and pronounced…

Business owners on Chicago’s South Side near Rep. Bobby Rush’s campaign office reacted Thursday to a video that appears to show police officers resting in the office while city officials said looting occurred at the same time. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Six men were injured in a drive-by Sunday in Bronzeville on the South Side. They were standing on the sidewalk at 11:13 p.m. in the 3700 block of South State Street when someone fired shots from a vehicle, according to Chicago police. A 29-year-old man was taken to the University of Chicago Hospital in serious condition with a gunshot wound…

Many organizations are asking for donations and help in clean-up efforts after windows were smashed and stores were looted across the Chicago area this weekend. Here are some ways you can help: Seeking monetary donations to fund community response efforts and purchase supplies at the direction of our community partners. https://www.chicagocares.org/ Requesting monetary donations for neighborhood clean-up efforts.  https://www.imagineenglewoodif.org/...

Gianna Smyth was supposed to sing the national anthem on May 1, 2020 for the Chicago White Sox. She and her family decided to still honor that day and went to Guaranteed Rate Field where she sang a beautiful rendition right outside of the baseball park.

A teenage boy was critically wounded in a shooting Saturday in South Shore on the South Side. The 15-year-old got into an argument at 12:49 a.m. with the driver of a blue SUV, according to Chicago police. The driver then got out and shot the teen in the face, chest and abdomen. The boy was taken to Comer Children’s...

Police are warning residents about a series of armed robberies last week in Englewood on the South Side. In each case, one or two men approached a lone victim on the street, threatened them with a black handgun and demanded their property, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The hold-ups occurred: About 7 p.m. May 14 in the…

Police are warning residents about a series of armed robberies reported since last month in Bronzeville on the South Side. In each case, a male suspect approached a lone victim and stole a cellphone at gunpoint, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The hold-ups occurred: At 12:45 p.m. April 17 in the 3800 block of South King Drive;…

A man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Saturday in Englewood on the South Side. They were sitting in a parked vehicle at 11:56 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots in the 5700 block of South May Street, according to Chicago police. A 22-year-old man was hit multiple times in the side and ran to…