News

Two o’clock has come and gone, and the secret behind Taylor Swift’s mysterious Chicago QR mural has been cracked — at least one of them.

The grand opening of an Asian-fusion restaurant in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood will be significantly delayed after smoke and fire tore through the kitchen. The fire at Chicago Lunchbox occurred on Wednesday night, just hours before the restaurant was set to undergo an inspection prior to opening. “I came to make sure the restaurant was r...

Activists from several different organizations rallied at the Chicago Police Department headquarters ahead of a board meeting on Thursday, calling for the firings of officers involved in the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed.

Two people were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a hotel in Lemont Thursday morning, according to police.

The erratic weather experienced by the Chicago area is taking a toll on the iconic Cherry Blossom Trees in Jackson Park, as most of the trees won’t fully blossom for the second year in a row.

Upcoming pavement repairs on South DuSable Lake Shore Drive will lead to lane closures beginning next week, with road work scheduled to run through mid-June, officials said.

NBC 5 has filed two lawsuits to obtain records on an unsolved hit-and-run crash after the victim’s daughter says Chicago police have not updated her on the investigation in the 11 months since her father was killed.

It’s no secret to Chicago-area residents that Chicago is a food city through and through, but the Windy City is far from the only place to find a unique meal or snack in the Prairie State.

It’s a fight to save their jobs as dozens of Illinois Tollway workers, including toll collectors held a rally in front of the agency’s headquarters Thursday morning, calling on administrators to do the right thing.

It’s Swiftmania in Chicago’s River North neighborhood this week after Taylor Swift’s marketing team put up a mural on a building there.

A University of Chicago student robbed at gunpoint this week fought back and grabbed a key piece of evidence that’s now in the hand of detectives.

Dan Boland, of Lakeview, aims to get 56,464 petition signatures to put a mayoral recall ordinance on Chicago’s ballot this fall.

A Joliet woman has been charged after her daughter died of a suspected overdose of heroin and fentanyl this week.