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A car slammed into a guardrail and ended up on its side. Debris and fluids were left on the roadway.
The crash on Thursday morning took the lives of two South Elgin High School students. The school's football team played in Lombard Friday night.
Loved ones say they have never forgotten about the case, and are offering an increased reward through crime stoppers.
The city said there are currently 6,500 migrants staying at 16 shelters across the city, and dozens of migrants have been staying at Chicago police stations.
"I just want to make sure everybody else watches themselves. That's really all you can do."
Monarch numbers have been declining for decades and could end up on the endangered species list, which caught the eye of the county sheriff.
Jordan had served 14 years of a 35-year sentence for the 2005 murder of 35-year-old Aaron Dickens when he was granted in a new trial in 2019.
The program is awarding up to $45,000 in funding, but the application closes Friday night.
City rules state Snelling must attend a public hearing and be approved by a vote of the City Council before officially taking over the job.
Since April 2022, the state has given out more than $246 million in grants to help nearly 14,000 homeowners.
More than 1,000 hungry Loop dwellers cast their vote for their favorite taco.
The Chicago Football Classic started in 1997 to inspire Black teens to attend historically Black colleges and universities.
At least one person was seriously hurt, CBS 2's Kris Habermehl reported.
"The community loves them. They're there for them. This is not going to be forgotten for years, you know?"
Police said the crash involved a Honda Civic and a truck driver at Illinois Route and Keynon Road at 7 a.m.
Cynthia Wallace, an accomplice of the notorious reverse mortgage con man Mark Diamond, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for her role in the fraud Thursday.
He's not your typical new student; a deer tried to join students as they were dropped off for school in St. Louis.
An NBA head coach and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested, along with 30 others, in the takedown of two sprawling gambling operations that law enforcement said leaked inside information about NBA athletes and rigged poker games backed by Mafia families.
The owner of an Addison ice cream shop is facing a new lawsuit from 11 teenagers who said he secretly filmed them in the bathroom while they were working.
Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino is accused of violating a temporary restraining order when he was caught on video throwing a tear gas canister at protesters in Little Village Thursday.
A U.S. crew member who went missing when an F-15E fighter jet was shot down over a remote area of Iran has been rescued by U.S. forces.
President Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security to find a way to pay "each and every employee" of the agency.
The Illinois Accountability Commission is asking the federal officials who ran Operation Midway Blitz to testify at two hearings on federal agents' tactics during last year's immigration crackdown in Chicago.
Officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit seeking to block President Trump's executive order that aims to restrict mail voting.
A federal judge on Friday rejected efforts by the Justice Department to revive two subpoenas it served to the Federal Reserve.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Skyrocketing property taxes continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
It's become an annual March Madness tradition at CBS Chicago, pitting our city's best eateries in direct competition in a foodie bracket challenge. We did pizza, we've done Italian beef, we've done Chicago dogs. This year, we're taking flight with wings.
Allergy season is here, and the dreaded pollen can trigger sneezing, congestion, wheezing, and shortness of breath.
Northwestern Medicine and the American Red Cross teamed up for a community blood drive in Chicago on Monday morning.
Ending domestic violence is the goal of groups and advocates all over the world, and some experts in Chicago say it is time to become less reactive and more proactive when it comes to the people causing harm.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
A new restaurant has joined the busy stretch of Halsted Street toward the south end of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood that is also home to Alinea and Boka.
The federal government is suing Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona over efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
The owners of the popular Uncommon Ground restaurant, live music venue, and brewery in Chicago's Wrigleyville community announced this week that they're looking for a successor to take over the business.
Chicago consistently ranks in the top three cities in Fortune 500 company headquarters, and now a competition has been launched to build on Chicago's power in business.
The flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community will be moving later this year, a restaurant representative said Tuesday.
"Beverly Hills, 90210" actress Tori Spelling was involved in a two-car crash in Temecula on Thursday night, according to her manager and Riverside County Sheriff's Office officials.
Chicago blues legend Muddy Waters' birthday is Saturday, and in his memory his eldest son is putting on a concert in Chicago.
A federal judge in New York has tossed out actor Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie "It Ends With Us," but left intact a claim for retaliation.
Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane was lured to a Dallas studio for a meeting, then allegedly kidnapped and robbed by a group including rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big30.
When Jean-Luc Godard's "Hail Mary" opened in Chicago on April 4, 1986, it drew a throng of angry protesters who considered the film an affront to their faith.
Have you ever had a long to-do list, but for some reason, also had a burning need to clean your entire house first? It turns out not to be that bad an idea for clearing your mind, as Dr. Debra Kissen with Light on Anxiety tells Marie Saavedra.
A boil order has been issued for part of the southwest Chicago suburb of Hickory Hills.
The astronauts aboard the Artemis II’s Mission Orion capsule are set to witness a part of the moon no human has seen before. Bradley Blackburn reports.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has your 5 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, April 6, 2026.
A rally was set to be held in Daley Plaza Monday for Keshia Golden, a Chicago woman accused of killing her abusive boyfriend in 2022.
In March 2021, in Little Village, a police officer chased Adam Toledo on foot after shots were fired on a street corner.
A man shot and killed someone who came into his home and started charging at him in Chicago's South Deering community, police said early Monday.
A rally was set to be held in Daley Plaza Monday for a Chicago woman accused of killing her abusive boyfriend in 2022.
A busy intersection where Chicago meets suburban Cicero, Illinois, was shut down early Monday after two police officers were injured in a crash.
A boil order has been issued for part of the southwest Chicago suburb of Hickory Hills.
A Morgan Park family is still in shock after a staggering 300% spike in their latest property tax bill, and the man poised to take over as Cook County Assessor at the end of the year says it's an error he wants to make sure doesn't happen again.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have built a "self-driving" lab that uses robotics and artificial intelligence to accelerate work that would take humans weeks or months to complete.
Johnson said the position was temporary, but when the chief homelessness officer was first appointed, she told CBS News Chicago that her role was funded for three years, not two.
A former stand-out college football star with a criminal history has been convicted of sexually abusing foster children who were in the care of a Chicago facility at the center of a massive investigation.
Two more women have filed lawsuits against Massage Envy, accusing the company of failing to protect them against sexual assaults by two of their therapists.
Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer and Matt Shaw and Happ added solo shots for Chicago in Game 2.
The Bulls missed four shots on their next possession, including three straight at point-blank range by Leonard Miller, before Booker made a 3 to make 117-108 with 1:33 remaining.
Amaya's hard shot to right-center field off Connor Brogdon (2-1) scored pinch-runner Dylan Carlson from second base.
Miguel Vargas had an RBI triple, and Lenyn Sosa and Austin Hays each drove in a run as the White Sox opened 3-0 at home for the first time since 2004.
UCLA finished the season 37-1 by defeating the three-time national champion South Carolina Gamecocks.
A man shot and killed someone who came into his home and started charging at him in Chicago's South Deering community, police said early Monday.
A man was due in court Sunday after being arrested and charged with hitting a woman with a vehicle last week and then running off in Chicago's South Austin neighborhood.
A man was stabbed to death in a fight in Chicago's Washington Heights neighborhood early Sunday morning.
Two people were injured early Sunday in a shooting on the Bishop Ford Freeway alongside Chicago's Pullman community.
A man was found shot to death in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side early Sunday.
