City Officials: Mental Health Services Will Remain Strong
The Emanuel Administration is trying to reassure mental health advocates that patients will continue to receive good services, despite the city's efforts to save money.
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The Emanuel Administration is trying to reassure mental health advocates that patients will continue to receive good services, despite the city's efforts to save money.
Three Illinois hospitals have been told they'll have to start paying property taxes, but the hospitals warn the move will affect everyone's health care.
A state board voted Tuesday to allow Cook County to close Oak Forest Hospital and turn the facility into a regional outpatient center.
Illinois school children with potentially fatal allergies will be able to get help faster thanks to a new state law.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled his plans for public health Tuesday.
If you can't diet or exercise away your body fat, maybe now you can freeze it off.
A citywide study by Northwestern University has determined that the South and Southwest sides are the unhealthiest.
An estimated 300 million people around the world suffer from asthma, and researchers in Chicago are working on ways to improve care.
The city says the lead levels in Chicago drinking water meet federal standards – but a new report says that might not be good enough.
Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of turkey after a government hunt for the source of a salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened dozens more. The Agriculture Department says it is one of the largest meat recalls ever.
Mosquitoes seem to be everywhere this year. So far nine counties in Illinois have found some infected with West Nile Virus. CBS 2's Susan Carlson explains why mosquitoes seem to bite certain people more often and how a common household item can help keep the pests away.
The heat was not as oppressive Wednesday as it has been for much of the past few weeks. Nonetheless, protesters were out in front of the Thompson Center, seeking monetary relief from the heat.
It's an alarming spike; the number of people being arrested for heroin in DuPage County were up 700 percent last year. At the same time, researchers might have uncovered a link – something almost all heroin addicts share.
A salmonella outbreak involving ground turkey has hit Illinois and 25 other states. So far, 77 people have become ill, 7 of them in Illinois.
Did you ever think about wearing earplugs to a concert? A local audiologist thinks you should.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is facing internal scrutiny after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, multiple sources told CBS News, but she is expected to keep her job.
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, three sources tell CBS News.
"When we gaslight and contradict what the public can plainly see with their own eyes, we lose all credibility," one DHS official said.
Sens. Chris Murphy and Alex Padilla have spent the past two days calling colleagues to whip opposition to the DHS funding bill, according to a source familiar with the process.
The 5-year-old immigrant boy taken into ICE custody alongside his father in Minnesota has an active immigration case and cannot be legally deported yet, records reviewed by CBS News indicate.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
In a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal, Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, revealed that the right frontal lobe of his brain was injured in a car accident 25 years ago.
Sales of tickets to NHL games jumped more than 20% after the hit HBO show debuted in the fall, according to ticket vendor.
Among the names missing when the 98th Academy Award nominations were announced were Ariana Grande, George Clooney, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and anyone associated with "Wicked: For Good."
The nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and though "One Battle After Another," "Marty Supreme," "Frankenstein" and "Hamnet" were all nominated for plenty, it was "Sinners" that broke through with a record-smashing 16 nominations.
Prince Harry struck a combative tone as he testified in his lawsuit against the Daily Mail's publisher.
No one was injured, but two animals died early Tuesday from a fire on Forest Avenue near 113th Street.
Former Senator and Republican candidate for Illinois governor Darren Bailey joined Dana Kozlov.
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some federal agents are expected to leave the Minneapolis area, three sources familiar with the move tell CBS News.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the extended forecast.
The announcement on Monday has raised questions about how Brett Smith was hired in the first place, and parents at the school where he most recently worked in Evergreen Park are fired up.
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, three sources tell CBS News.
The attorney for a woman who was shot by a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood last year is seeking to force the release of body camera footage of the incident.
The Archdiocese of Chicago has fired a teacher with a history of child molestation allegations in Illinois and other states.
Inmates are getting the chance to learn a trade to help them find a job when they get out.
No one was injured, but two animals died early Tuesday from a fire in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood.
As temperatures fell below zero in Chicago on Friday, tenants of a public housing complex in the East Garfield Park neighborhood said they were freezing inside their own homes due to insufficient heat.
Chicago is marking 30 years since it started its first citywide recycling program, which began with a problematic kickoff, and continues to lag behind other major cities in terms of performance.
More than a year before identical twin brothers stopped teaching at the Thornton Fractional School District, administrators were aware of allegations that one of them had been sexually assaulting a student.
Chicago relies on the CTA to get around, but there's some resistance to that reliance with safety concerns continuing to plague the mass transit system.
The Joliet Police Department is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit for patting down a 12-year-old girl who was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for not having lights on.
The Bulls closed the first half with a 7-0 spurt, trimming the Lakers' lead to 69-56.
Jay Vine was knocked from his bike when two large kangaroos bounced onto the road on a high speed section.
The teams generated only a handful of chances through the first and second periods, and neither pressured with a territorial edge.
Coby White scored 22 points and hit five of Chicago's 21 3s, helping the Bulls win their fourth straight.
The Illini hit 18 of 38 3-pointers while Purdue was 7 of 19.
Chicago police issued a warning over the weekend about burglars targeting homes on Chicago's South Side.
A woman was charged with attempted murder this past weekend, nearly a year after investigators said she shot another woman on Chicago's Northwest Side.
Two men were hospitalized early Monday after they were shot while driving in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
A man was shot early Sunday when he confronted two people trying to break into a car in the north suburban Morton Grove.
A 36-year-old woman and a 4-year-old boy were killed in a homicide in Joliet, Illinois, on Sunday morning, according to police.
