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...

Two people are in custody Monday after a carjacker crashed a stolen vehicle on the Dan Ryan Expressway before stealing another and taking off in Bridgeport on the South Side.

A woman was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood, according to Chicago police. CPD said the 51-year-old woman was in a vehicle around 3 p.m. Saturday near the 7300 block of South Bennett, when an unknown offender approached and shot her in the head. The victim, later identified as Latonia Williams, was taken to the University…

At least nine vehicles left running with keys in their ignitions have been stolen in the last month on the South and Southwest sides. The thefts, which date back to Feb. 2, happened in Bridgeport, McKinley Park, Brighton Park, Gage Park and Back of the Yards, according to a community alert from Chicago police. They occurred: about 10 p.m. Feb….

A 35-year-old man was wounded Wednesday in a drive-by on the Dan Ryan expressway in Fuller Park on the South Side. About 2:15 a.m. he was driving on the expressway when someone inside a silver SUV fired shots at him near the 47th Street exit, Chicago police said. He was struck in the buttocks and rushed to University of Chicago...

Spike Lee spoke during Sunday Service at Saint Sabina as part of the church’s Black History Month celebration.

Chicago police are warning residents of a string of apartment burglaries reported in February in Chatham on the South Side. In each incident, someone entered apartments through a window, front or rear door and left with various items from therein, Chicago police said. The burglaries happened: About 8 p.m. Feb. 2 in the 800 block of East 84th Street; About…

Three juveniles were taken into custody Saturday afternoon after the vehicle they were in rear-ended a police car and hit several parked vehicles before flipping over on Chicago’s South Side. The incident was reported at around 4:30 p.m. near East 87th Street and South South Chicago Avenue. Police said the suspects’ vehicle, a Jeep Cherokee, was heading southbound when...

Several people were injured, including three children, in a crash Friday on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side. Emergency crews responded about 7 p.m. to the area near 55th Street and South Lake Shore Drive for reports of a crash with injuries, according to Chicago Fire Department officials. A 10-month-old boy was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in...

A months-long project to help shore up Chicago’s lakefront in the battle against erosion has moved to the South Side.

A months-long project to shore up Chicago’s lakeshore is moving to the South Side, and NBC 5’s Kye Martin has the details.

Two youth sports teams return home from a trip of a lifetime—Chicago’s South Side Wolfpack football team and cheer squad raised more than $20,000 to be able to compete at nationals. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has the latest details.

A 23-year-old woman was sleeping in a South Side residence Sunday morning when multiple gunshots were fired into the home, striking her in the right ankle. Police say that the woman was asleep in a second floor bedroom of the home in the 500 block of West 62nd Street at approximately 1:27 a.m. when gunfire rang out. The woman was…