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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…

Lines formed early and wrapped around the block as free masks were distributed along with information about how to prevent the spread of coronavirus. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford reports.

More than 20 employees at a Chicago meat packing facility have tested positive for coronavirus, the company confirmed. An anonymous employee contacted NBC 5 and said she and other employees at Rose Packing Company on Chicago’s South Side were informed of the 21 confirmed coronavirus cases by plant managers Thursday at a town hall-style meeting. The whistleblower said the company…

A South Side church has dedicated itself to serving vulnerable populations, but the need is even greater now amid the coronavirus pandemic. “They’re afraid to come out of the house,” Pastor Kenyatta Smith, who ministers at Another Chance Church in Chicago, said. “So they have no resources or means to come out of the house to get food.” Seeing...

A South Side church has dedicated itself to serving vulnerable populations, but the need is even greater now amid the coronavirus pandemic. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.

Four people, including two Chicago police officers, were injured when a CPD van and an SUV collided Friday in Calumet Heights on the South Side. The officers were westbound on 91st Street on their way to assist with a call at 10:33 p.m. when the van collided with a 2001 GMC SUV traveling southbound in the 9100 block of South…

A burglar stole thousands of dollars worth of wigs Friday from a West Pullman beauty supply after breaking through the wall of an adjacent storefront. Before dawn, a burglar wearing camouflage pants and a scarf over their face entered a vacant business in the 1200 block of West 115th Street and broke a hole through the wall into the next-door…

A gas leak at a Hyde Park home Tuesday left a 70-year-old man dead of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. Emergency crews responded to the home about 10 p.m. in the 800 block of East 53rd Street and noted high carbon monoxide readings, fire officials said. The man was found dead inside. The area was being treated as a crime scene,…

Five people were arrested Sunday after a police chase that started in Calumet Heights on the South Side ended with a crash on the Bishop Ford Freeway in south suburban Dolton. Authorities began pursuing a vehicle that may be connected to a homicide investigation at 8:37 p.m. near 95th Street and Stony Island Avenue, according to Chicago police. The vehicle…

Two people were shot to death Sunday morning in a possible domestic-related shooting in Chatham on the South Side. At about 6:40 a.m., a fight involving multiple people broke out in the 8300 block of South LaSalle Street, and during the fight a 40-year-old man pulled out a gun and fired shots, striking two people, a 28-year-old man and 34-year-old…

One woman is dead and four others were in serious-to-critical condition after a shooting on Chicago’s South Side Tuesday evening. Authorities confirmed at a press conference that at around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, two men and a woman got out of a vehicle near the intersection of 79th Street and Avalon Ave. in the city’s Avalon Park neighborhood, looked into...