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"They knew what they were looking for. They knew what they were after," Luis Garcia said of the would-be thieves.
The department hopes Grady will bridge the gap between the police force and the people they serve.
Organizers of Thursday's rally said undocumented immigrants are forced to be paid under the table, making them vulnerable to being exploited and abused.
Northwestern has insisted revenue from concerts is necessary to offset the cost of the $800 million stadium renovation project.
The mob history is fascinating, but the distillery's founders say it was the well that brought them to start the company in 2016.
Along with the flood threat, a few strong storms will be possible on Friday.
Four of those officers were commended for their diligent search for surveillance video after an armed robbery on the city's North Side.
Research they're doing now, and for the next 5 years in Chatham, will ultimately lead to best flooding solutions.
According to an official briefed on the situation, the home is the scene of a financial crimes investigation led by the U.S. Secret Service.
Emilee Rauschenberger was visiting her husband's family when the war broke out.
"They probably get away with it all the time. If I wasn't up walking up recording, they would've gotten away with it."
More than 100 Chicago police officers found to have a history of making false reports were not fired as a result of "structural failures" inside the department, according to a report by the city's Inspector General.
"We need to ensure that when a survivor decides that an order of protection is the right tool, to help them find safety, that order of protection is effective."
Latino Art Beat has grown to give out $5 million in scholarships to aspiring artists as well.
Chicago police said the offenders approached the victims, all 23 years of age, from behind and pushed them to the ground while pointing a handgun.
A police chase in Wisconsin came to a dramatic end, when a car went airborne and smashed into a gas station in La Crosse.
The U.S. is targeting the so-called “shadow fleet” of ships that illegally transport oil from sanctioned nations like Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. The moves follow the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and claims the U.S. also wants to control Greenland.
The Chicago Fire Department was called for a fire at St. Rita of Cascia Church, at 6243 S. Fairfield Ave.
Firefighters are battling a fire in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday morning.
The report specifically found many instances of sexual misconduct happening on one CPS campus, which was not identified by name. Asal Rezaei reports.
President Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism.
The Altoids were a callback to a viral moment between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush.
A senior Justice Department official called a judge's demand for a declaration on the status of the "anti-weaponization" fund "unnecessary."
Trump has appeared during the Iran war to lose patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who may now find himself "stuck."
President Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni traded criticism on Saturday after Italy canceled its envoy's visit to the U.S.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a rise in alpha-gal syndrome cases, with residents living in southern Illinois at the highest risk, according to a 2025 study.
After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
The North Shore suburb of Wilmette this week became the latest Chicago-area municipality to discover mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
In a full circle moment, actor Gary Cole returns to the very same local stage where he began his professional acting career.
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.
Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.
Families got a free continental breakfast before taking a 10-mile ride through Portage Park and Dunning.
So far, the public messaging from the two sides has led to some conflicting statements.
Northeasterly winds on Monday will continue to make Lake Michigan waters choppy, with wave heights between 4 and 7 feet. Meteorologist Kylee Miller is tracking the latest in First Alert Weather.
A nearby driver captured this video of a fireworks stand that caught fire, setting off all the fireworks.
The annual 10k and 5k raised nearly $40,000 to support the YWCA Evanston/North Shore racial equity and violence prevention programs.
Multiple shootings have occurred across the city following a mass shooting on the South Side that left 13 wounded on Friday night.
A man on a CTA Red Line train was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street Sunday morning.
CPD says the suspect used his bare hand to sexually abuse the child after pretending to fall and bracing his fall by grabbing the girl.
The main building of a once mid-century Chicago retail icon will close forever on Monday—something shoppers say they are not looking forward to.
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 70, according to Chicago police.
Newly released cell phone video of a police shooting in south suburban Country Club Hills appears to contradict what a federal agent claims happened during an undercover gun trafficking sting operation last week.
"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation.
Kindbody entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts, but not all patients received the email.
A Chicago woman says a life insurance policy she paid into for 25 years was cancelled over a $112 shortfall that she never knew existed, and now, at 82 years old, she's uninsurable.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
Dillon Dingler homered and drove in the tying run in the ninth, Matt Vierling's bloop single finished off Detroit's comeback as the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 in 10 innings on Sunday.
Serena Williams recently returned to competition in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.
The Chicago Cubs' game against the Toronto Blue Jays that had been planned for Sunday was postponed due to the rain coming in.
Dallas chipped away and trailed 43-38 at halftime, but the Sky dominated the third quarter and led 71-57 before losing for the 10th time in 11 games.
Chicago's Jacob Webb (1-2) came on with two on in the eighth and gave up consecutive RBI singles to Alejandro Kirk and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to tie the game at 5-all.
A CTA Red Line train operator was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street on Sunday morning.
Would-be burglars crashed their way into a Circle K store in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning.
Detectives from Lake County, Illinois, Sheriff's office rescued a girl under 14 from a grown man who had traveled from Georgia to meet her this weekend, authorities said Sunday.
A man was robbed on a Chicago Transit Authority bus in Chicago's West Englewood community late Saturday night.
A 17-year-old boy was in police custody Sunday morning after a shooting that left another teen dead in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.
