As overall crime continued to drop in Chicago in 2025, the city ended the year with the fewest homicides in 60 years. Preliminary crime data from the Chicago Police Department showed the number of ...

Chicago is gearing up to ring in the New Year with fireworks, music, and major national attention along the Riverwalk. As the city is anticipating thousands of people coming downtown, they're trying ...

NOTE: NBC Chicago will have a live feed of the midnight fireworks display over the river available in the player above as soon as it begins. Chicago will once again ring in the New Year with an epic ...

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CHICAGO (WGN) — If you’re planning to ring in 2026 downtown, expect packed crowds and a heavy police presence as Chicago rolls out its biggest New Year’s Eve celebration in decades. City leaders ...

Tornado Warnings began around 3:30 p.m. in the southern part of Kankakee County and the northern part of Iroquois County in Illinois before moving quickly moving into Newton and Jasper counties in ...

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As the Trump administration’s mass deportation raids continue, their impact has stretched across the Chicago region and the nation. The Department of Homeland Security said it had arrested more than 4 ...