For the first time in nearly a century, swimmers took to the open water of the Chicago River on Sunday. Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown.

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Sister Jean, the 106-year-old chaplain for the Loyola-Chicago men's basketball team, is retiring from her official duties. Health concerns led to the decision after she was unable to attend a game in ...

A Chicago man was reunited with his trusted companion who he wasn't sure he would ever seen again. Ed Lighthall's dog, Pete, disappeared 10 years ago. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

Federal law enforcement agents deployed pepper balls and tear gas Friday during a standoff with anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters outside of Chicago. The tense ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Chicago’s fiscal mess is infamous but now its pension funds teeter on the brink of insolvency.

A Chicago establishment described as "so much more than a bookstore" was named among America's "nicest" places by a nationwide magazine. Reader's Digest unveiled the five winners of its "Nicest Places ...

Patrick Gilmore was on his way to the Clark/Lake CTA train station with a friend Sunday afternoon when they came across a line of federal immigration agents near the Dearborn Street Bridge downtown ...

Hundreds of federal agents carried out a "targeted immigration enforcement operation" early Tuesday in Chicago, Illinois, against suspected Tren de Aragua gang members. The FBI confirmed the operation ...

Everyone misspeaks, especially those constantly in the public eye. So we tried to give Mayor Brandon Johnson the benefit of the doubt when he, very visibly heated during a news conference last Tuesday ...

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