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The 2024 elections are just days away, and while voters will be deciding on the next President of the United States and members of Congress, voters in the city of Chicago will also be electing Chicago Public Schools Board members for the first time.

Following a whirlwind week of weather that saw summer-like temperatures, intense winds and a rapid cooldown of temperatures, Chicago-area residents will have a bit more of a normal-looking start to their weekend.

Most of the weekend stays dry, but a rainy pattern takes over beginning late Sunday.

The first-ever physical Google retail store in the Midwestern U.S. opened Friday at the popular Oakbrook Center shopping mall.

The Illinois State Board of Education released its 2024 report card for Illinois schools Wednesday, assessing the performance of districts and schools over the past year across the state.

Any outdoor activities or chores you’ve had in mind for this weekend might be best suited for Saturday, the last pleasant day before a stretch of showers arrives.

While election officials have ramped up efforts to combat misinformation and reassure voters the election is secure – election threats remain a concern, according to an NBC 5 Investigates’ review of police records and memos from federal agencies.

Officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, announced that an immigration detainer has been lodged with the Cook County Jail for a suspect who is facing hate crime and terrorism charges in the West Rogers Park shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man.

Chicago-area residents looking to get away for a trip to Europe next summer will be greeted by another nonstop option available out of O’Hare International Airport.

A man and a 9-year-old girl were injured in a shooting outside a school on Friday afternoon in the Uptown neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side, police said.

A U.S. Army solider was arrested in connection with the murder of a sergeant whose body was recovered from a dumpster on a Missouri military base.

A retired priest accused of sexual abuse over 40 years ago has been reinstated after an investigation by the Chicago Archdiocese.

An estimated 200,000 people are expected to descend on Indianapolis as superstar Taylor Swift’s rolls into town, with three nights of performances.