South Shore

A principal in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood dressed up as “Elf on a Shelf” as students prepare to celebrate the holidays. NBC Chicago’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

A bakery owner in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood reconnected with her biological son in a reunion that felt both incredibly sweet and improbable.

A bakery owner in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood has reconnected with her son in an emotional way, NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Female ginkgo trees are providing Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood with some naturally pungent smells intensify with the trees’ maturation. NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter reports.

A Chicago mother, who is a concealed carry holder, quickly sprang into action when an intruder entered her daughter’s bedroom window on Saturday night. NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter reports.

A Chicago mother, who is a concealed-carry holder, quickly sprang into action when an intruder entered her daughter’s bedroom window on Saturday night.

A fire in a South Shore residential building early Saturday morning left one person dead and four others injured, including two young children, according to fire officials.

A fire in a South Shore residential building early Saturday morning left one person dead and four others injured, including two young children. NBC Chicago’s Courtney Sisk reports.

A man was found dead near a city-run water filtration plant in South Shore Thursday morning, police said.

The Sisters in Cinema media center is slated to open in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, NBC Chicago’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

The victims of a South Shore high-rise fire that left seven people hurt have all been released from the hospital, NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter reports.

A baby is in critical condition after being rescued from a burning building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood that left six others hurt, NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter reports.

The power of Wednesday’s fire was visible in the black smoke billowing out of the windows of a high-rise building located near 71st Street and Jeffrey Boulevard.

At least seven people, including an infant, were hospitalized after a fire in a South Shore high-rise on Wednesday afternoon, according to Chicago Fire officials

Chicago firefighters are responding to a massive high-rise blaze in the city’s South Shore neighborhood, which is leading to road closures and Metra train impacts in the area.

A Navy veteran living in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood has dealt with a host of problems since moving into his apartment in October, and is having a hard time finding answers.

Prosecutors revealed new details Tuesday on what they believe happened the night a 15-year-old was strangled to death on Chicago’s South Side.

The man charged with first-degree murder in the strangulation death of a 15-year-old girl on Chicago’s South Side will make his first court appearance Tuesday.

The mother of a 15-year-old girl found strangled to death on Chicago’s South Side is pleading for answers and justice.

The mother of a 15-year-old girl found strangled to death on Chicago’s South Side is pleading for answers and justice, NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.