An investigation was underway after an unresponsive man was pulled from Lake Michigan at Oak Street Beach on Friday afternoon ...

Friday was marked by sunshine, comfortable conditions and no immediate threat of severe weather in the Chicago area. But ...

A minor was taken into custody following a stabbing in unincorporated McHenry on Thursday night, authorities said.

NBC 5 Investigates has received video of African American students at a South Side high school performing a re-enactment of a ...

In recent days, the justices have sided with Republicans in Alabama and Louisiana who hope to redo their congressional maps ...

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis had previously called Peters’ nine-year prison sentence “harsh.” President Donald Trump has ...

An American Eel was recently caught in the Chicago River, raising eyebrows and questions as to how the animal made its way to ...

Cubs and White Sox fans alike shared their excitement ahead of the Crosstown Classic game with NBC Chicago's Rose Schmidt on ...

The FDA this month opened a pathway for tobacco companies to sell flavored e-cigarettes and granted its first authorization ...

Three children were killed and a fourth critically injured in a harrowing crash early Friday morning when the driver of the ...

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is stepping up enforcement efforts against a common infraction on Chicago-area expressways.

Chicago's status as the third-largest city remains safe -- for now -- but how big is the gap and have the numbers changed in the last year?