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CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 55 people have been shot, eight fatally, in gun violence across the city over the Fourth of July weekend, Chicago police said. The number is a drastic decrease from last ...
Emily A. lifts a firework in the air as people celebrate the Fourth of July with neighborhood fireworks in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Friday, July 4, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune) ...
Fourth of July in Chicago Residents in neighborhoods across Chicago celebrate summer and Independence Day by setting off fireworks Friday night.
Chicago Dogs 4th of July Weekend runs from Friday, July 4, through Saturday, July 5. Includes fireworks shows both nights, with live music and drink specials and Elvis Night on July 5.
More than 50 fireworks shows are set to dazzle skies across the Chicago area on Thursday and Friday for the Fourth of July holiday. But Navy Pier — one of the most popular places in the city to ...
Lakefront fireworks kick off at 9:30 p.m. Mount Prospect The Lions Club in Mount Prospect will host its 86th annual 4th of July Festival beginning July 2 to celebrate Independence Day weekend.
CHICAGO (WGN) — With the Fourth of July falling on a Friday, there will once again be no fireworks show downtown to mark the holiday. The city has confirmed that there will be no fireworks ...
Chicago was plagued by bloodshed during the long Fourth of July holiday weekend, when 109 people were shot and 19 were killed, authorities said. There were 74 shooting incidents in the city from ...
More than 100 people in Chicago were shot, including 19 fatally, during a violent Fourth of July weekend that has left dozens of people dead and hundreds more injured across the U.S., officials said.
Gun violence is down across America this year but it peaks every summer and Chicago’s Fourth of July weekend bore the data out, with 109 people shot, including 19 fatally, police said in a ...
ABC News' Alison Kosik reports what could be behind the surge in violence. More than 100 people were shot -- 19 fatally -- over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend in Chicago, according to police.