Most men of a certain age can remember playing with model train sets, perhaps received from under the Christmas tree or as a ...

As overall crime continued to drop in Chicago in 2025, the city ended the year with the fewest homicides in 60 years. Preliminary crime data from the Chicago Police Department showed the number of ...

NOTE: NBC Chicago will have a live feed of the midnight fireworks display over the river available in the player above as soon as it begins. Chicago will once again ring in the New Year with an epic ...

Chicago is gearing up to ring in the New Year with fireworks, music, and major national attention along the Riverwalk. As the city is anticipating thousands of people coming downtown, they're trying ...

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CHICAGO (WGN) — If you’re planning to ring in 2026 downtown, expect packed crowds and a heavy police presence as Chicago rolls out its biggest New Year’s Eve celebration in decades. City leaders ...

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As the Trump administration’s mass deportation raids continue, their impact has stretched across the Chicago region and the nation. The Department of Homeland Security said it had arrested more than 4 ...