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A man was arrested for choking a ride-share driver Wednesday during an attempted carjacking in Oakland on the South Side.

Chicago native Harry Lennix, a well-seasoned actor and producer both on screen and on stage, is spending his free time working to build a theater and museum in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood.

Two Chicago artists plan to open a theater in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood celebrating Black artists. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

Three more vacant buildings collapsed Tuesday on the South Side after a storm dumped a foot of snow in Chicago, raising the total number of collapses in February to six.

An abandoned building collapsed Tuesday in the Brainerd neighborhood after a snowstorm dumped a foot of snow in Chicago.

Aleta Clark wants to make sure Chicago’s South Side community has access to free coronavirus testing as the second surge hits before a vaccine is available. Clark, known to many as the “Englewood Barbie,” opened five “safe houses” over the summer to provide groceries and other donated items to those falling on hard times during the pandemic. As the...

A hit-and-run crash was reported Saturday morning on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side. About 1:30 a.m., a vehicle was southbound at a high rate of speed on Interstate 94 at 83rd Street when it struck the back of another vehicle, causing it to overturn, Illinois State Police said. The vehicle that caused the crash veered off the…

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.