Veteran film critic Richard Roeper is joining NBC 5 Chicago as an entertainment and culture contributor, beginning this Friday. He’ll appear on Chicago Today and the station’s digital platforms.

Oswego planners will review site plans for a proposed 25,000‑sq‑ft HomeGoods at Prairie Market East; the project requires a major PUD amendment and carries a potential $1.5M incentive.

Oak Lawn police say a 76-year-old woman was found dead at home; a person of interest is in custody and the case is being treated as domestic.

A surge of poorly documented certificate-of-error filings has frozen tens of millions in Cook County tax refunds while officials sort valid claims.

A jury convicted Devontrell Turnipseed for the 2022 Loop shooting that killed a 38-year-old security guard. The verdict revives questions about armed private security at downtown clubs.

A homeowner shot and killed a man who police say entered his South Side home early Monday; Area Two detectives are investigating on the 2200 block of E. 103rd Street.

A Northwestern study finds chlorhexidine residues persist in MICU rooms and may select for tolerant bacteria, with sink drains and airborne dust flagged as hotspots.

A 57-year-old man is charged after police say he struck a woman with his car in South Austin, leaving her hospitalized. The case is pending in Cook County court.

NBC 5 and Telemundo have consolidated into a single, nearly 70,000‑square‑foot newsroom at NBC Tower, trading daytime‑TV stages for studios built for streaming and social. The move folds multiple floors into one modern newsroom with robotic cameras and AR/VR tools.

Mokena has a cluster of approvals and filings that would add a Lakeside Bank, a 96‑room Staybridge Suites, new restaurants and a food‑truck park to its LaGrange Road corridor.

An 18-year-old woman is in critical condition after being shot in the neck during an argument inside a home in Archer Heights. Police recovered a firearm and detectives are investigating.

A bicyclist was killed early Easter Sunday after a red SUV struck him at S. Kedzie and 63rd and fled the scene. Two women were injured, including a passenger in critical condition.

Chicago police say a man was found dead in a train tunnel along the Eisenhower Expressway Saturday morning. Area Four detectives are investigating.