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Several Chicago streets will be closed Monday and traffic is expected to be impacted as Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca, who was shot and killed while in the line of duty earlier this month, is laid to rest at a funeral.

In anticipation of the biggest cicada invasion in centuries, Bent Fork Bakery in Highwood is bringing back its “Cicada Cakes.”

Showers and storms in the morning; isolated showers in the afternoon

NOTE: Live coverage of the funeral and procession will be streamed in the player above beginning at 10 a.m. CT Monday, as well as on the NBC Chicago News Streaming Channel. Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca, who was fatally shot while returning home from work in Gage Park, will be remembered at a funeral on Monday. Funeral services were scheduled&...

A spring carnival in north suburban Lake in the Hills will not be permitted to resume after police were forced to break up multiple fights Saturday night, leading to an early closure of the event.

A 14-year-old boy and a woman were wounded in a shooting Saturday in Belmont Cragin.

An argument spilled out of a car and onto a street in suburban Gages Lake Saturday morning, with a 24-year-old man in critical condition after he was stabbed in the stomach.

Family, friends, colleagues and Chicago-area residents will begin to pay their respects to Officer Luis Huesca on Sunday, with a public visitation set to take place in suburban Oak Lawn.

A 28-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot in the parking lot of a Chicago Walgreens on Sunday morning.

Isolated storms possible Sunday evening before more widespread rain overnight

Strong to severe thunderstorms were slated to move across northern Illinois through Sunday morning, bringing potential damaging winds and hail in some spots, according to the National Weather Service. In a post on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, the NWS said a line of storms was expected to move in around 10 p.m. and exit ...

Residents from several south suburban communities stood united on Saturday as they pushed for accountability and transparency into how their tax dollars are being spent. “We want people to know what is going on so we can try to stop it,” said Mary Avant, a retired police officer who lives in Dolton. Embattled Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard also serve...

The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot and killed Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca has jumped to $100,000, authorities announced Saturday. One day prior, Chicago police released new photos of the suspected gunman, who was identified as Xavier Tate Jr. While a warrant was issued for Tate’s arre...