JoAnn Cunningham, Charged With Killing Son A.J. Freund, Says 'I'd Rather Kill Myself Than Hurt Anybody'

The CBS 2 Investigators are digging into a case that riveted the nation earlier this year.

• Sep 26, 2019

Officer Patrick Kelly, Who Likely Shot His Friend, Michael LaPorta In Head, Cannot Be Fired, Documents Reveal

A Chicago police officer accused of shooting his friend in the head and lying about it cannot be fired, according to documents obtained by the CBS 2 Investigators.

• Sep 20, 2019

Security Guard Shut Out Of Job After Chase With Suspect: 'That's My Job'

"Basically they discriminated against me because of my disability for doing my job. It was the safety of the doctor, the nurses, the public the visitors you know that's my job. I didn't think I was going to get injured in the process."

• Sep 19, 2019

Outgoing Chicago FBI Special Agent-In-Charge Jeffrey Sallet Talks About Fighting Corruption, Crime, And More

Chicago FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Jeffrey Sallet gave his first interview since his replacement has been named – and likely his last before he leaves his post on Friday.

• Sep 18, 2019

CBS 2 Investigates: Why Was Former CPS Security Guard Free For 10 Years After Being Fired Amid Claims Of Abuse?

A Chicago Public Schools security guard was forced to resign back in 2009 after an investigation found that he sexually exploited a student. But he wasn't charged for 10 years after that.

• Sep 18, 2019

Clarence George, Alleged Victim, Speaks Out About Claims Of Sexual Abuse By Rev. John Smyth

The victim at the center of the first lawsuit involving the Rev. John Smyth spoke out this week.

• Sep 17, 2019

First Lawsuit Filed Against Chicago Archdiocese Accusing Rev. John Smyth Of Sexual Abuse

The first lawsuit was filed late Monday afternoon accusing the Rev. John Smyth, the disgraced now-deceased longtime leader of Maryville Academy in Des Plaines.

• Sep 16, 2019

Archdiocese Saddles Father Smyth's Alleged Victims With Questionnaires Totaling 23 Pages

Who was Father John P. Smyth? Was he the portrait of piety or a pedophile priest?

• Sep 13, 2019

Monument Gone, But Painful Memories Stay For Those Accusing Father Smyth Of Abuse

A remarkable discovery about a statue of once beloved Father John Smyth, the longtime leader of Maryville Academy in Des Plaines. It now symbolizes pain for grown men who accuse Smyth of sexual abuse.

• Sep 13, 2019

Statue Of Disgraced Rev. John Smyth Gone From Maryville Academy, But No One Is Saying Where It Went

The bronze statue came to symbolize pain for grown men who have accused Smyth of sexually abusing them when they were children.

• Sep 13, 2019

Budding Catering Business Runs Into Road Block Of Red Tape At City Hall

Tanya White is cooking up a catering business in Chicago, but an unexpected ingredient gummed up her plans.

• Sep 10, 2019

COPA Report Concludes CPD Officer Patrick Kelly Shot Friend Michael LaPorta, Lied About It For Nearly 10 Years

An explosive new report accuses a Chicago Police officer of pulling the trigger on a friend – and lying about it for nearly a decade.

• Sep 9, 2019

Sign Confusion On West Side Street; Downed Stop Sign, Cul-De-Sac Wrongly Marked As One-Way Street

When CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker started asking questions, changes happened fast.

• Aug 29, 2019

New Lawsuit Blames Sterigenics For Teenage Girl's Near-Lifelong Battles With Cancer

A teenage girl has been fighting two different cancers much of her life, and her family believes a Willowbrook company emitting a toxic gas in their neighborhood is the cause.

• Aug 27, 2019

Chicago Man Says Ald. Joe Moreno Used Aldermanic Privilege To Change Zoning On His Property Out Of Revenge

Chicago's aldermen have for decades wielded power of licensing, permitting and zoning in their wards, but is that power being abused? 

• Aug 23, 2019

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