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A Lucky Day Lotto player on Chicago’s Northwest Side walked away with a $700,000 prize thanks to a winning ticket purchased at a grocery store last month, according to the Illinois Lottery.

Domestic violence advocates expressed outrage after a man who was released on electronic monitoring fatally stabbed his wife in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood. NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.

A woman was stabbed to death and an off-duty Chicago police detective was shot after intervening in an attack in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood. NBC Chicago’s JC Navarrete reports.

A woman was stabbed to death and a man was wounded in a shooting involving an off-duty Chicago police officer in Portage Park, NBC Chicago’s JC Navarrete reports.

Students at an elementary school in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood were taught choreography for the musical “SIX” by the production’s dance captain. NBC Chicago’s Sandra Torres reports.

Chicago police have issued a community alert after the attempted kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood.

A resurgence of rats has gotten out of control in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood, multiple residents explained Friday as they called for city leaders to take further action. NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.

A resurgence of rats has gotten out of control in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood, multiple residents explained Friday as they called for city leaders to take further action.

Jarring video from a surveillance camera captured the moment a woman was attacked by thieves in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood. The attack was reported at around noon on Monday in the 5400 block of West Pensacola Avenue, according to police. Surveillance footage shows two individuals jump out of a vehicle and attack a woman as she walks down the…

Jarring video from a surveillance camera captured the moment a woman was attacked by thieves in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood.

Outside of the former St. Bartholomew Catholic School in Portage Park, a group of residents and community members shared their concerns and complaints with city leadership, now that the building could be slated to become a temporary migrant shelter.

Residents in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood are protesting a potential migrant shelter at a former Catholic school, NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Since August of 2022, Chicago has received more than 24,000 migrants.

Preparations for a new migrant shelter in Portage Park are in the works, according to 30th Ward Alderwoman Ruth Cruz.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has paused construction on a base camp for migrants in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood following the release of an environmental report last week. Mary Ann Ahern has more on the fallout from the decision.

Prosecutors in court Tuesday detailed how the horrific and allegedly targeted shooting of a 9-year-old girl unfolded in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood over the weekend, NBC Chicago’s Kate Chappell reports.

Prosecutors in court Tuesday detailed how the horrific and allegedly targeted shooting of a 9-year-old girl unfolded in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood over the weekend.

A man who police say shot and killed a 9-year-old girl in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood before being shot himself as her father tackled him following the shooting will appear in court Tuesday for the first time.

A man who police say shot and killed a 9-year-old girl in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood before being shot himself as her father tackled him following the shooting will appear in court Tuesday for the first time. Sandra Torres reports.

Murder charges were announced in the shooting death of a 9-year-old Chicago girl who neighbors said was shot and killed by a fellow neighbor who stated that she was too loud. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.