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Chicago’s 2023 Fourth of July weekend is packed with events, from the first-ever NASCAR Chicago Street Race to free professional fireworks...

Chicago, start your engines — but prepare to sit in traffic and navigate road closures, especially when it comes to DuSable Lake Shore Driv...

Just days before the historic NASCAR Chicago Street Race, driver Bubba Wallace held a block party in the city’s Washington Park neighborhoo...

Axel Gonzalez and his family came all the way from Texas to see NASCAR’s debut on the streets of Chicago. “Everything is so nice here,” he...

Newly released court documents in the murder case of two Delphi, Ind. girls are providing new details, including what investigators discove...

Trains are halted early Wednesday evening in both directions on Metra’s Union Pacific-Northwest Line due to a fire near the tracks on Dee R...

A wrong-way crash Tuesday night on I-55 near Joliet claimed the lives of two parents and injured three of their children.Illinois State...

The threat of severe weather is rising in the Chicago area in coming days, with the first round of storms potentially arriving in the overn...

NASCAR races often experience crashes, many dramatic and dangerous, but what will happen if something like that occurs in bustling downtown...

Whether you’re attending the first-of-its kind NASCAR Street Race or not, you’ll likely see some kind of impact this weekend if you use pub...

Chicago police say that three children have been reported missing after their brother took them from their West Ridge home without permissi...

A Chicago mother who was accused of telling her teen son to shoot a man at a fast food restaurant is suing the city and arresting officers...

A mother who was accused of telling her teen son to shoot a man at a fast food restaurant in Chicago spoke publicly for the first time sinc...

Much like a Broadway show or dance routine, NASCAR pit stops are choreographed to a tee.Four new tires and twenty gallons of fuel are a...

The race for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series championship is heating up.As the circuit rolls into the Windy City for the historic Chicago St...

NOTE: NBC Chicago will offer a live stream of the press conference starting at 10:30 a.m. CT in the player above.Chicago officials are...

At two people were killed when a wrong-way driver struck at least one other vehicle Tuesday on Interstate 55 near Joliet, Illinois State Po...

Tuesday: Southbound ‘curb lane’ of DuSable Lake Shore Drive will close at 6 a.m. from Balbo to RooseveltWednesday: Beginning at 8 p.m....

President Joe Biden is expected to be in Chicago Wednesday, delivering what the White House is calling a “major” economic address, official...

At least two arrests were reported Monday night in the Lakeview neighborhood after a “teen takeover” took place, with residents recalling t...

While numerous street closures are already in place, two of Chicago’s most famous roadways will be impacted on Wednesday as preparations co...

Lloyd Price was known as ‘Mr. Personality’ after his 1959 hit single, “Personality,” but his largely-untold story has now been captured in...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires descended on the Chicago area, making for hazy skies and bringing a burnt odor across the region as air quali...

Experts warned people to stay indoors when possible and consider wearing masks as Chicago’s air quality reached unusually poor levels Tuesd...

Picture this: You book a great hotel room in Chicago at a cheap price, only to find out the hotel you booked never existed.That is what...