Chicago Loop

A gloomy Friday was made a bit brighter at the Daley Center in downtown Chicago as 10 children joined eight families during National Adoption Day. NBC Chicago’s Courtney Sisk reports.

The body of a 63-year-old man was recovered from the Chicago River in the city’s Loop Friday afternoon, according to authorities.

Google has unveiled new renderings of the lower level of the Thompson Center, the recognizable postmodern building in downtown Chicago that long served as the home of many Illinois state government offices.

Members of Chicago City Council are debating the addition of digital billboards to the Chicago Riverwalk, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Some members of Chicago City Council are pushing for an 8 p.m. curfew for unaccompanied minors in the city’s Central Business District, NBC Chicago’s Courtney Sisk reports.

Sueños Festival is offering partial refunds to attendees after the event was impacted by severe weather, NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Chicago students and residents are left stunned after two teens were shot to death in a brazen attack outside of a high school in the Loop. Courtney Sisk has the details.

Two teens were shot to death on Friday afternoon in the Chicago Loop outside Innovations High School, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

An investigation remains underway after an SUV crashed into a restaurant in the Loop on Wednesday morning.

On a day where security measures nationwide are heightened due to unfounded “increased threats of violence,” the sight of military planes flying near the Chicago skyline Friday afternoon startled many residents and workers downtown.

A man is in critical condition after he exchanged gunfire with multiple would-be carjackers in Chicago’s Loop Sunday morning.

A study conducted by researchers at Chicago’s Northwestern University has revealed startling new information on the impacts of a phenomenon known as “underground climate change,” with buildings in the Loop measurably sinking as a result of excessive heat radiated by downtown structures.

Charges are pending against a 44-year-old man who allegedly stabbed a woman during an argument Saturday night in the Loop.