With summer on the way, anticipation can build up even more as the lineup for the the 2024 Chicago Pride Fest in the city’s Northalsted neighborhood has been revealed. The festival, centered around the intersection of North Halsted Street and West Addison Street, will feature attractions ranging from live performances and an all-day dance party to a ...

Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report. Days after announcing layoffs and a plant closure following a bankruptcy filing, Oberweis Dairy has revealed the brand will continue to operate under new ownership, pending court approval of a stalking horse offer, a statement from Oberweis said. “Oberweis is pleased to announce that it ...

What began last week when students at a New York Ivy League school refused to end their protest against Israels war with Hamas had turned into a much larger movement by Tuesday as students across the nation set up encampments, occupied buildings and ignored demands to leave. Protests against the war had been bubbling for months but kicked into a higher ...

When Chicago police officers discovered fellow off-duty Officer Luis Huesca shot early Sunday morning, the officers glasses and cell phone were found next to him but his grey Toyota SUV wasnt. Officers who responded to the shooting scene in the 3100 block of West 56th Street early Sunday morning can be heard on radio traffic discussing that a vehicle is ...

The dates of fallen Chicago police officer Luis Huesca’s visitation and funeral have been set as police continue to search for a person of interest in the case, according to a police source. Huesca’s wake will be held on Sunday, April 28 from 2-8 p.m. at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, located at 4727 W. 103rd Street in Oak Lawn, with private family ...

NBC Chicago has learned that two separate grand jury subpoenas were served Friday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Doltons Village Hall, requesting personnel records and disciplinary files from the village. Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, believes federal investigators likely have a case. It certainly looks like the feds have ...

A series of photos and videos released by police offer a timeline of where and when a “person of interest” police are looking to identify was spotted the night a Chicago police officer was shot and killed. On Monday, Chicago police released a series of clips taken in multiple locations showing a person they are hoping to identify, who they said was ...

Brief downpours, high wind gusts, small hail and lightning strikes are among the threats and showers and storms move their way into the Chicago area Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The possible storms come on the heels of rainfall Tuesday morning in some of the area’s southern counties, including LaSalle, Grundy and ...

A grandfather in Illinois was greeted with a lucky surprise when opening his Illinois Lottery app earlier this month, discovering he had won $1 million on a previous Powerball drawing. The man told the Illinois Lottery he logged into his app on a Saturday night and quickly scrolled through his account to make sure he hadn’t already purchased a ticket ...

Employees at Foxtrot and Dom’s locations around Chicago reacted to the unexpected news that the companies were abruptly closing without notice Tuesday in a variety of ways. Some began emptying items from stores shelves, others were seen donating food from stores to people in need. Employees at the Dom’s on Wells Street in Chicago were seen ...

Evanston Township High School will no longer allow cell phones in classrooms, citing reports that cell phone usage in schools “has become a major concern nationwide affecting mental health and academic progress in the classroom environment.” The school announced the new policy in a message posted to its website last week. “We recognize the ...

The death of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca will be considered “in the line of duty” after he was gunned down while on his way home from a shift over the weekend, police said Tuesday. “On what would have been his 31st birthday, we are mourning the loss of Officer Huesca in the line of duty to the violence he worked to protect our city from,” ...

The U.S. Justice Department announced a $138.7 million settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016, a critical time gap that allowed the sports doctor to continue to prey on victims before his arrest. When combined with other settlements, $1 ...

Several Illinois schools earned top spots in a new ranking of the country’s best high schools for 2024. The list, from U.S. News and World Report, titled “2024 Best High School Rankings,” reviewed more than 24,000 public high schools in all 50 states, editors said. Editors then categorized schools based on several factors including college ...

The Village of Lombard is asking the public to avoid the area near Yorktown Center mall as police work to investigate reports of a “suspicious person.” The village made the announcement at 11:22 a.m. Tuesday. “There is currently a heavy police presence at Yorktown Center Shopping Mall while police investigate a report of a suspicious ...

Dom’s and Foxtrot, popular grocery and market chains in Chicago, unexpectedly closed Tuesday morning — to the surprise of both customers and several employees. Signs were posted to numerous stores as the chains announced the closures of two Dom’s stores and 33 Foxtrots across the Chicago, Dallas and DC areas. “We explored many avenues to ...

Chicago police have issued a community alert and are searching for a suspect after at least two attempted sexual assaults in the city’s Lakeview neighborhood. Both incidents took place Monday evening, according to Chicago police. At 9 p.m., a 25-year-old woman was walking eastbound in the 700 block of W. Brompton when an unknown man grabbed her from ...

The Federal Trade Commission sued to block Tapestry, Inc.s $8.5 billion acquisition of Capri Holdings Ltd., saying that the deal would eliminate direct head-to-head competition between the fashion companies’ brands like Coach and Michael Kors in the so-called affordable luxury handbag arena. The agency also said Monday that the deal, announced in ...

Showers and storms moving into the Chicago area Tuesday could turn strong or severe, the NBC 5 Storm Team said. Tuesday morning, rain was falling across Chicago’s southern counties, including LaSalle, Grundy and Kankakee in Illinois, and Newton and Jasper Counties in Northwest Indiana, Chicago’s weather radar showed. Those showers were expected to ...

One of Chicago’s favorite beach bars has a new name and “reimagined” look heading into the 2024 summer season. Castaways Beach Club, formerly known as Castaways Bar & Grill, will open for the season Memorial Day weekend with an “elevated look” set to create the atmosphere for an “modern beach club,” an announcement from the bar owners, ...

CTA train service Tuesday morning was suspended on the Forest Park Branch Blue Line between Forest Park and Harlem “due to track conditions,” an alert from the agency said Tuesday morning. According to officials, the service disruption began at 1:37 a.m. Tuesday. “Service on the Blue Line has partially resumed, but remains suspended ...

Lanes were closed for hours and a motorcyclist was killed following an overnight multi-vehicle crash in the suburbs. According to the Illinois State Police, the three-unit crash occurred at approximately 12:44 a.m. on I-55 Northbound at Woodward in DuPage County. At that time, a motorcycle was traveling on the I-355 southbound ramp to I-55 ...

A family is grieving after a toddler died and his parents were injured following a house fire Monday in Northwest Indiana. The blaze broke out at a home in the 900 block of Cornwallis Lane in Munster just before 11 a.m. Monday morning, officials said. According to authorities, a three-year-old boy died in the blaze, and both his parents were ...

Scattered showers and periods of rain were expected across the Chicago area Tuesday, with some heavy downpours and gusty storms possible at times. Early Tuesday, sprinkles lingered in Northwest Indiana, forecast models showed. Later Tuesday morning, heavier downpours were likely in Chicago’s far southern counties, including in LaSalle, Grundy, Kankakee ...

A suspect is intentionally setting fires in trash receptacles on Chicagos South Side, with some of those blazes spreading to nearby structures. According to a community alert issued by police, at least five such fires have been reported within the last month. Two of the fires occurred on March 27, in the 6800 block of South Indiana and the 6800 block ...