She previously worked as a digital producer and senior digital producer for ABC7 Chicago. Gov. JB Pritzker is inviting more Canadians to vacation in Illinois. Pritzker said he can't blame anyone ...

The Fighting Illini are headed to the United Center. Illinois and Alabama men's basketball have finalized a game at the home of the Chicago Bulls for Wednesday, Nov. 19. This is the return game ...

Smallmouth bass and salmon/trout on the lakefront as well as the quintessential spring signs (lilacs blooming, Mother's Day, near the May full moon) lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report ...

Voters in Illinois do not register by party ... for NBC News Katy Smyser is Senior Investigative Producer at NBC 5 Chicago. Christian Farr is a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor ...

The research brief by the University of Chicago’s Embodying Race(ism) Lab shows an average 15% decline in hospital bad debt from 2021 to 2023, linking the decline to the affect of Illinois ...

Both Chicago and Illinois have laws in place that do not permit local law enforcement to cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2017 signed the ...

A new pope has been elected and he was born in Chicago. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, on Thursday became the first pope who is from the U.S. The new pontiff took the name Leo XIV.

“We have a pope from Chicago, Illinois,” Hammond, a Republican from Macomb, said to a big applause in the chamber that lasted about 15 seconds. “We are so excited and praying for (Pope Leo ...

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited Springfield Wednesday, where she blasted Illinois' sanctuary ... in the country illegally. NBC Chicago has not been able to ...

(WLS) -- A semi crash shut down parts of Interstate 55 in the south suburbs on Monday afternoon, Illinois State Police ... in South Side school bus crash: Chicago police All lanes reopened just ...

Residents of Chicago's South Side tend to favor the Cubs' cross-town rivals, the White Sox. Kevin Schultz, professor of history and Catholic studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago ...

A third candidate has thrown their hat in the ring for Illinois’ U.S. Senate race ... the Trump administration as he visits Peoria, Chicago and Schaumburg. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever ...