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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker praised the Biden Administration’s push to reclassify marijuana, with the Justice Department formally making the move on Thursday.

Federal agents conducted a raid at a home in the 2200 block of West Farragut Avenue in Lincoln Square on Thursday morning.

A teen was hospitalized after she was struck by a vehicle during an altercation near Chicago’s North Avenue Beach on Thursday afternoon.

The iconic Maxwell Street Market will return to its original home in Chicago later this month, the city announced in a press release.

An emergency department physician assistant who created a portable disinfecting machine using UVC light during the pandemic is giving back to the hospital where he came up with the idea.

Outreach workers set up a table Thursday morning in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood to give away free Narcan and Fentanyl test strips to anyone who needs them.

The historic 2024 cicada emergence in the upper Midwest is now underway, but with two broods of cicadas emerging this spring, some groups are urging residents to celebrate their arrival, rather than to be fearful or nervous.

Beginning May 20, NBC 5 Chicago & Telemundo Chicago will deliver a new, unprecedented series – “Dismissed” / “Buscando Justicia” – uncovering the startling details behind a six-month investigation on the minimal number of sexual assault arrests and convictions in the City of Chicago over the past six years.

A new list has revealed the top baby names in Illinois and while many mirror a national list released last week, there are a few names that stand out as different from the rest of the U.S.

Illinois lawmakers have passed new legislation that would issue citations to drivers who park on the shoulders of highways near O’Hare International Airport, and could utilize safety cameras to enforce the measure.  

DePaul University released a statement Thursday after the school and Chicago police dismantled a Pro-Palestinian encampment on school property, citing safety concerns for those inside and outside the encampment.

From festivals, to comedy and rock concerts, there is something for everyone this weekend in the Chicago area.

Watch indoor volleyball, and you’ll see one player diving everywhere to keep the point alive, and at suburban Notre Dame College Prep in Niles, that player is Caiden Frawley.