St. Patrick's Day

The coronavirus global crisis has caused numerous St. Patrick’s Day parades and celebrations to be canceled in the United States, including parades in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York City, and a growing number of states and cities have closed restaurants and bars, but that hasn’t stopped revelers with enjoying the Irish holiday. Although the practice of social distancing...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Saturday issued a stern plea to St. Patrick’s Day partygoers in Chicago and throughout the state, urging them to go home in hope of limiting the spread of the coronavirus. While popular parades and Chicago’s famous river dyeing were canceled, many revelers were seen throughout the city, including some who participated in bar crawls...

These treats are sure to get you in the St. Patrick’s Day spirit! Support local businesses by checking out these green desserts.

Brendan Burke from The Kerryman shows us how you can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at home and make your own minty green ‘shaken shamrock’. Cheers!  

Chicago and state officials have postponed the city’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities due to a coronavirus outbreak. Kye Martin reports.

St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the Republic of Ireland have been canceled amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus, including the St. Patrick’s Day festival parade in Dublin on March 17, NBC News reports.

A sea of green will soon descend on Chicago but it won’t be for St. Patrick’s Day – it’ll be for the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle. The green-themed race weekend features an 8K run and 1 and 2-mile walks weaving through downtown, starting and finishing in Grant Park. After the races, shufflers can enjoy a post-race party and...

A ride-hailing driver shot and killed a New Mexico passenger earlier this year during an argument over “a large amount of vomit” in his Uber vehicle, prosecutors said in new documents. Court documents submitted by the Bernalillo County district attorney last week said the vomit and an argument over a cleanup fee led to the shooting, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

It was a sunny, but chilly, day in Chicago as hundreds of thousands came out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in grand style.

Chicago is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, and the downtown area was packed with visitors and partygoers. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria has the story. 

A 60-year-old woman who went missing Saturday while attending Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade downtown may need medical attention.

St. Patrick’s Day weekend always draws raucous crowds and jubilant celebrations throughout the city, and the festivities will get underway on Saturday with the dyeing of the Chicago River.

Spring may be just days away, but the weather is not wanting to cooperate, paving the way for a chilly, and potentially snowy, St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

This is a portion of what the Chicago River looked like Saturday morning. 

St. Patrick’s Day festivities will draw hundreds of thousands of people downtown on Saturday morning, but the city is making some major changes to their security procedures to keep party-goers safe.

Saturday is a big day in Chicago as the city kicks off St. Patrick’s Day celebrations today with the dyeing of the Chicago River. The annual event draws hundreds of thousands of people, and this year, the city is stepping up security measures. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has the latest.

NBC 5’s Pete Sack has the latest weekend weather forecast.

Ed Burke’s first vote on the floor of the Chicago City Council was to allow television cameras into the second-floor chamber to record city business. Since then few Chicago politicians have used the medium to their advantage as Burke.

NBC 5 News has filed a lawsuit asking the Finance Committee, which Ald. Ed Burke chairs, to release copies of federal subpoenas and warrants. NBC 5 Political Editor Carol Marin has more on the suit.