Heavy rain that hit parts of the Chicago area caused some localized flooding Friday.

: As the potential for severe storms across the Chicago area looms, stay updated with the latest conditions from the NBC 5 Storm Team. Find our latest story here. A stormy system bringing heavy downpours was slowly creeping into the Chicago area Friday morning,

Two rounds of storms are hitting the Chicago area on Friday. Here's what you can expect.

A homeowner shot and injured an alleged burglar whom he found inside his garage on Chicago’s South Side early Saturday morning.

Officer Chavez Siler was stripped of his police powers at the time for pistol-whipping a man and wasn’t supposed to have his gun. After a four-year investigation, officials still can’t agree whether he pointed the weapon at a student and threatened to shoot him.