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Charges have been filed in a startling scene caught on camera after a driver hit a 70-year-old golfer at a Chicago course.

On a sunny day in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood, Father Michael Pfleger marked his 50th anniversary in the priesthood—not with a ceremony focused on himself, but with a celebration that mirrored his life’s work: service to others. “I really wasn’t going to do anything about the 50th,” Father Pfleger said with a smile. “Then the cardinal called and said,...

The kitchen where deep dish pizza was invented can unsurprisingly be found in a Chicago kitchen, but where? Lexi Sutter has the story.

Rev. Michael Pfleger is marking his 50th year in the priesthood by giving back to the Auburn Gresham community he serves, and Christian Farr has the story.

Numerous students were transported to an area hospital after ingesting an ‘unknown substance’ at a school on Chicago’s South Side.

A 70-year-old man is in an area intensive care unit after he was struck by an SUV while playing golf at a Chicago course.

Video captured the startling scene as cars sped across a Chicago golf course moments before a golfer was struck and put in intensive care.

A 70-year-old man is in an area intensive care unit after he was struck by an SUV while playing golf at a Chicago course. NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.

A new study published in recent days argues that the city of Chicago is slowly sinking, raising risks of flooding and potential structural damage.

A 70-year-old man is in an area intensive care unit after he was struck by an SUV while playing golf at a Chicago course.

The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago area—but new revelations about his ancestry are drawing attention far beyond the Vatican.

It’s graduation season, and one group of non-traditional students plan to use their talents and degrees to help the city of Chicago.

With Chicago-area native Pope Leo XIV elected to the papacy last week, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr takes a look into his genealogy.

More than 300 middle school girls from across the Chicago area learned about jobs in construction Monday at ComEd’s training facility

In the summer of 1999, approximately 300 cows were out on the streets of Chicago, and it had a lasting impact

At 39 years old, Alex Pancoe had climbed mountains in more ways than one. But no one expected his latest climb would be his last.

Alex Pancoe, who famously climbed the highest peaks on seven continents and raised thousands for charity, has died during a climb in the Himalayas.

A large May Day demonstration was held in downtown Chicago Thursday, with many marching in opposition of policies instituted by the Trump administration.

Landmarks Illinois on Thursday included Chicago Vocational, at 2100 E. 87th St., on its yearly list of the state’s 10 most endangered buildings.

Countless movies and TV shows have used Chicago as a backdrop, and the Windy City has been a more than capable star.