Katy Smyser

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the signing event for an executive order to shut down the Department of Education, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 20, 2025.

NBC 5 Investigates Mar 21

Tough lesson for Chicago employees of US Education Dept.: They're gone

Friday is final day at The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights in Chicago. What will happen to the hundreds of complaints and open cases?

NBC 5 Investigates Mar 19

JFK assassination: More than 6 million pages now public after latest drop

What took just a few seconds and changed the course of American history is documented in more than six million pages of investigative reports: The JFK Files.

Chicago Mar 19

Could JFK files shed light on Chicago connection to assassination plots?

Investigators have long concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed President John F. Kennedy, but new files have been released this week could shed new light on the killing. While Kennedy was killed in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, there were multiple plots being hatched against him in the weeks leading to his death, including one based in Chicago….

Elon Musk speaks as US President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead federal cost-cutting efforts, said the United States would go “bankrupt” without budget cuts. Musk leads the efforts under the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and was speaking at the White House with Trump, who has in recent weeks unleashed a flurry of orders aimed at slashing federal spending. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

NBC 5 Investigates Mar 10

Evanston woman says her contract is among DOGE website errors

An Evanston woman and federal worker of more than 50 years says DOGE is taking credit for $367,000 in cost savings for a contract she says she chose to end

NBC 5 Investigates Mar 5

Child killer Robert Serritella dies in prison: A mother's final justice

NBC Chicago investigates the epilogue of a story 33 years in the making: the New Year’s night murder of a teenager in 1992 and the boy’s mother’s eternal search for justice. Investigative reporter Chuck Goudie has been following this case for decades.

NBC 5 Investigates Mar 4

After taking down Mike Madigan, top Chicago prosecutor is taking Trump buyout

A corruption-busting prosecutor with a 20-year track record of winning major cases will step down from his job with the United States attorney in Chicago, NBC 5 Investigates learned on Tuesday.

TOPSHOT – Balloons are attached at the statue of John Paul II where people come to pray outside the Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized for pneumonia, in Rome on February 23, 2025. Pope Francis had a quiet night in hospital, the Vatican said on February 23, 2025, the morning after revealing the 88-year-old was in a “critical” condition. “The night passed peacefully, the pope rested,” the Holy See said in a short update. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Catholic Church Feb 25

With Pope Francis in critical condition, what's next for the Catholic Church?

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome – still in charge of the Vatican and the worldwide Roman Catholic church – millions of the devout are praying for his full recovery, but also wonder how a seamless transition will occur if he is unable to serve.