Cheers of we got a new voter! greeted students casting their first ballots Wednesday at Chicagos downtown voting supersite, where a milestone in civic participation became a celebration. Chicago Votes annual Parade to the Polls brought high school students to the supersite at South State Street and West Adams Street to vote, with a focus on helping ...

A chance of showers and thunderstorms is in the forecast for Halloween, but that doesnt mean its going to be a washout for trick-or-treaters. According to the latest forecast models, a storm system moving all the way up to the Midwest from Mexico is likely to bring rain to the Chicago area some time Friday night. From there well have the chance of rain ...

Three people who were arrested last week in connection with the deadly shooting of a Villa Park teen were released without charges, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday. Bellwood police said 16-year-old Alejandro Garcia died on the afternoon of Oct. 20 after officers found him with a gunshot wound during a response to a report ...

A Chicago-native was hoping to use her mothers wedding dress on her big day, but is now on a longshot quest to find it after discovering the wrong dress in a storage box. Incredibly, one positive did emerge from the story, as a mother who lost her daughter has been reunited with a dress she thought was lost forever. That dress had been returned to ...

The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday at about 3.9% despite stubbornly high inflation, while providing little hint about the central banks next moves. Inflation remains elevated, the Fed said in a statement released after its two-day policy meeting. Holding off on an increase will allow the accumulation of more information that will ...

After helping thousands of Illinois residents obtain REAL IDs, a Chicago Supercenter dedicated to simplifying the process will close this winter. According to Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, the supercenter assisted more than 175,000 state residents while it was open, but the time has come for it to wrap up operations. The REAL ID ...

A group of Congressional incumbents arent seeking reelection in the Chicago area, but 1st District Rep. Jonathan Jackson is as he faces Republican nominee Christian Maxwell. Jackson won the race handily in the 2024 election against Republican nominee Marcus Lewis, winning by more than 100,000 votes, but this time around hes facing a first-time candidate ...

A large police response was initiated Tuesday night after an antique firearm discharged at a suburban Wheaton event space. According to officials at Wheaton Yard, the firearm fell off a chair at the restaurant and event space during a gathering on Tuesday night, and when it hit the floor the weapon fired. Wheaton police initiated a large response to ...

What to KnowFarmworker and labor movement icon Dolores Huerta has died at 96, her family says. Huerta co-founded the Stockton, California chapter of the Community Service Organization (CSO) in 1955 and later the Agricultural Workers Association.She co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. The UFW formed from the movement three years later ...

A dinosaur that looks like a miniature T. rex is now one of the world’s most expensive fossils. The rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus recently confirmed to be a distant cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, not just a young specimen sold for $47.3 million to a mystery buyer at auction in New York City on Tuesday, according to Sothebys. The auction house had ...

A large police presence was outside a neighborhood in suburban Dixmoor Wednesday morning, with SWAT and FBI teams both at the scene. Dixmoor police told NBC Chicago the FBI was in the area delivering a warrant, and that the department was assisting. Video and photos captured at the scene showed multiple FBI agents and other police at the scene, with ...

Parts of Dundee Road in northwest suburban Palatine were shut down for hours early Wednesday morning due to a crash, with traffic and backups building. As of 5 a.m., all westbound lanes of Dundee Road were shut down between Rand and North Hicks Roads because of the crash, police said. On the eastbound side, Dundee was down to one lane in the same area ...

A possible shooting investigation was unfolding early Wednesday morning near the Chicago Theatre in the Loop, with a heavy police presence at the scene and police tape blocking off parts of the street and sidewalk. Videos and photos from the scene, at State and Lake Streets showed multiple officers and police vehicles in the area. Yellow evidence ...

At least 10 people were killed when two high-speed trains crashed into each other in central Spain on Wednesday, officials in the country said. That number will surely rise, said Esther Padilla, spokeswoman for the Castilla La Mancha region. The accident took place just after 9 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET) in the countrys central Toledo province, ADIF, ...

Even though Pope Leo XIV is recovering well from lung cancer surgery and is going ahead with a big trip to Latin America next week, the diagnosis is a bit of a game-changer for the Vatican and Leos still-young papacy, a top Vatican official said Tuesday. Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy Sees foreign minister, said there had been a temptation ...

A residential cruise ship halted operations in Cambodia on Tuesday amid soaring fuel costs, leaving passengers in limbo after the U.S. company that operates the vessel ordered them to disembark. In a news release, Florida-based Villa Vie Residences said it was working to identify temporary living arrangements for people aboard The Odyssey, a 642-foot ...

Tens of thousands of cans of Red Bull worth more than $100,000 that were stolen from a suburban warehouse were recovered by sheriff’s police this week, authorities said. The recovered cans were part of a shipment of Red Bull worth $300,000 that was reported stolen on Oct. 7 from Joliet, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Department. After ...

A missed connection at O’Hare turned into an airport adoption when the ‘cat distribution system’ struck during a traveler’s smoke break. Minnesota native Virgil Wiebe was at O’Hare Airport waiting out a long delay when he stepped outside to smoke a cigar, he told NBC Chicago. While at the little park outside Terminal 1, Wiebe said his new ...

Illinois lawmakers are pushing for greater accountability in how colleges and universities address sexual assault on campus. State Rep. Mary Beth Canty, a Democrat from Arlington Heights, is the House sponsor of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act, which would give the Illinois Attorney General’s Office more power to compel colleges ...

Joey Cusumano may be the last Chicago mobster in Vegas. When “Joey London,” as he was nicknamed, died recently at age 90, he had survived tumultuous years that saw his bosses sent to prison, his mentor Tony Spilotro murdered and buried in an Indiana cornfield. A few years later, Cusumano himself even survived a gangland hit. It was the Grim ...

While thunder isn’t on the forecast for Halloween week this year, it sure is on the mind of a Chicago toddler whose costume this year takes inspiration from one of NBC Chicago’s very own. Thunder — or, “funder,” as almost-4-year-old Hazel calls it — is just one of the many different weather phenomena Gena Ferguson said her daughter is ...

Loyola University is making a legal move in the sexual assault lawsuit filed by 10 former students. Less than a month after NBC 5 Investigates reported about Jane Doe G’s alleged 2019 sexual assault, the university is asking a federal judge to dismiss her claims without a trial. “I wasn’t a one-off case. I was a victim of a serial assaulter at ...

Editor’s Note: The video in the above player is from a previous report. With the 2026 Illinois general election just a week away, many are marking off registering to vote from their to-do list to ensure they’re eligible to mark a ballot. Illinois voters are given the opportunity to register automatically when they visit Secretary of States Office ...

Superheroes, princesses and villains may be popular costume choices for kids this Halloween. But one boy had a different outlook. His costume choice certainly didnt steal anyones thunder, but it likely caused NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes to do a double take. The boy dressed up as Jeanes, complete with a suit, tie and even an NBC 5 ...

Train service on the CTAs Pink and Green lines was set to resume normal operation Wednesday morning, but CDOT crews still need more time for an ambitious repair project. The project involves replacing the west leaf of the Lake Street Bridge over the Chicago River, and recent closures of CTA service over that bridge will continue to impact travel on the ...