West Suburban Medical Center

A jury awarded $101 million to the mother of a severely brain-damaged boy who sued a Chicago-area hospital for medical malpractice, but an agreement between the parties cut the amount to $50 million, a lawyer said Tuesday. Attorneys told a Cook County jury that medical staff at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park ignored ultrasound results that indicated the...

A Chicago police officer was among three people injured in a dog attack Thursday in Logan Square on the Northwest Side.

The family of a woman who was shot and killed while holding her baby last week has filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago over the leaked video showing her death.

Chicago police are investigating after video was posted online showing the shooting death of a woman who was shielding her toddler from gunfire.

Chicago police are investigating after video was posted online showing the shooting death of a woman who was shielding her toddler from gunfire.

Two men were charged Thursday with the murder of Brittany Hill, the 24-year-old mother who was killed Tuesday in Austin while holding and protecting her 1-year-old daughter.

A woman was shot to death while holding a baby Tuesday in Austin on the West Side.

A woman was shot to death while holding a baby Tuesday in Austin on the West Side. NBC 5’s Ash-har Quraishi reports.

Two people have died and at least 14 others have been hospitalized in a series of drug overdoses Tuesday on the West and Northwest sides.

A modern version of a dangerous drug that ravaged the Midwest in the early 2000’s is making a comeback in Illinois. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey investigates.

Two people died, and seven were wounded, in gun violence Friday leading into Memorial Day weekend.

One man was killed and four others were wounded Friday in gun violence across the city, police said.

At least 14 people were taken to area hospitals from a Chicago elementary school Wednesday morning.

At least 14 people were taken to area hospitals from a Chicago elementary school Wednesday morning.

Two men were killed and at least eight other people were wounded in shootings across Chicago between Friday evening and Saturday morning, marking a deadly start to the city’s Labor Day Weekend.

Authorities say one person is dead and three others wounded after they were shot while sitting on a front porch on Chicago’s South Side. NBC 5’s Emily Florez reports.

Four people are dead and at least 27 more have been wounded in shootings across Chicago this weekend.

Eleven people were shot during the first nine hours of the weekend on the South and West sides of Chicago, leaving a man dead.

At least three people are dead and another 40 people have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening, according to police.

More than 100 people were shot and at least 14 people were killed over the Fourth of July weekend in Chicago, and calls for more action are being sounded after the outbreak of violence. NBC 5’s Michelle Releford has the latest on those efforts.