1+ hour, 46+ min ago   (181+ words) A 50-year-old woman was shot and killed in the Back of the Yards neighborhood while driving home from visiting her family, and Randy Gyllenhaal has the story. A reward is being offered in the shooting death of a Chicago OEMC…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (113+ words) Chicago police are investigating after a shooting and crash in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Sunday. According to Chicago fire officials, authorities were called to the intersection of North Homan and West Chicago Avenue on Sunday afternoon for reports of a…...

2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (97+ words) A 31-year-old man has died after a crash in suburban Mount Prospect on Saturday night. According to police, the motorcyclist was traveling westbound on Oakton Street at approximately 8:06 p.m. when a Jeep driven by a 19-year-old tried turning off of First…...

21+ hour, 39+ min ago   (540+ words) A Cook County judge had two sheriff’s deputies detained this week for refusing to unshackle a man facing murder charges so he could embrace his family — a move the deputies’ union described as “an outrageous abuse of the court’s authority....

20+ hour, 41+ min ago   (129+ words) nbcchicago.com Baby girl, 1, dies after being found unresponsive and injured in Chicago Detectives are continuing to investigate. A baby girl died after she was found unresponsive and with injuries on Chicago's far North Side on Saturday, police said. Around…...

1+ day, 11+ min ago   (249+ words) The body of a diver who went missing while on a shipwreck diving trip off the shore of Chicago last weekend was recovered by a specialized team earlier this week, a search and recovery company said. Wisconsin-based Bruce’s Legacy Search…...

20+ hour, 13+ min ago   (176+ words) The annual El Grito festival returned Saturday, drawing crowds to Grant Park on Saturday for a celebration of Mexican heritage. Michelle Baik reports. The weekend-long festival features live music, food and art in the days leading up to Mexican Independence…...

19+ hour, 15+ min ago   (109+ words) Plans are underway for the addition of IMAX capabilities to a popular movie theater in downtown Chicago, city records show. Chicago building permit records indicate that one of the auditoriums at AMC River East 21, located at 322 E. Illinois St. in Streeterville,…...

22+ hour, 25+ min ago   (124+ words) Suburban woman dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan near Grant Park NBC 5 Chicago A suburban woman was pronounced dead after she was pulled from Lake Michigan near Chicago's Grant Park on Friday evening, police said. Around 8:30 p.m., Chicago police marine…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (259+ words) A 'high alert' for bird migration over the Chicago area remains in effect through Sunday night as tens of thousands of birds continue to fly over the region each night. The alert comes as millions of birds migrated over Illinois…...