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Video from the scene shows shoes from the store scattered on the sidewalk outside the front door.
With the community closing, the residents are worried they'll be torn about for good.
Sergio Ramirez has been in ICE custody in a Michigan jail since late May. He is originally from Mexico, but has lived in the Chicago area for about the past 20 years.
Medics performed CPR on the teen before taking him to Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital.
The sheep, now named Clyde, is in the care of the Wildflowers Farm Sanctuary in Winnebago County, just west of Rockford.
Many drivers are as frustrated with the unexplained spike in their auto insurance as they are with congestion on the roads.
The victim was struck in the groin area and suffered a graze wound to the leg, police said.
Right now, it is just a test run. But the goal is to have emissions testing at the facility full-time in the near future.
U.S. Rep. Jesús Chuy García (D-Illinois) announced the grant on Wednesday. It was awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Chicago Board of Education has less than two weeks to close a $734 million budget gap, and on Wednesday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker advised the board should not count on help from Springfield.
All summer long, art students at Indiana University Northwest have been working to make Gary more beautiful. For one of the students, the project is deeply personal.
The fish kill-off happened in Valley Lake in the suburb of Gages Lake, and the smell has been keeping many from enjoying the park during an otherwise optimal summer period.
This week, Chicago's South and West sides were hit hard by flooding, and experts at the Morton Arboretum are connecting with city and neighborhood groups to help implement solutions.
The Southwest Side of Chicago is still recovering from flood damage over the weekend, with homeowners filing reports with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, trying to get money to help rebuild.
Esmeralda Lopez believes her son is now a hero to other families, and her own family is looking for someone to rescue them from unanswered questions.
A $10,000 reward is now on the line from Cook County Crime Stoppers for information that leads to an arrest in the early Sunday morning shooting that left a man dead and three others wounded. Lauren Victory reports.
Cancellations and delays were a problem Monday morning at O'Hare International Airport.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has your 9 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.
Neighbors just feet away said it all happened very quickly.
The crash happened at Racine and Waveland avenues.
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.
A federal judge says the Trump administration must keep the money flowing for now for programs aimed at helping low-income families with children in five states.
A year ago, a law that effectively banned TikTok in the U.S. went into effect, though President Trump has not enforced it.
The Office of Management and Budget is seeking data about federal funding to 14 states and localities led by Democrats, including information from universities, and nonprofits within those states.
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.
As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.
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 is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
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?
The Piggery, a popular barbecue restaurant and bar in the northwest corner of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, announced Thursday that it is going out of business.
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.
The 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees were revealed on "CBS Mornings" on Wednesday. See the full list.
A cold front overnight will kick up strong winds that blow this loose, powdery snow around and also drop Monday morning wind chill temperatures between -15 and -25 degrees.
A cold front overnight will kick up strong winds that blow this loose, powdery snow around and also drop Monday morning wind chill temperatures between -15 and -25 degrees.
This year, there will be some changes because of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill, “including no tax on tips or overtime, a deduction on interest paid for some car loans, and a higher standard of deduction.
Another boy, 8, with special needs, was also found inside the residence, unharmed, in a bedroom. He was taken to St Joseph Medical Center by the Joliet Fire Department as a precaution, police said.
Thousands of Chicagoans turned out for two protests in the Loop on Sunday following another deadly shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis.
Expect additional chances for snow by midweek.
Chicago Public Schools will be open as usual on Monday despite another day of extreme cold.
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.
Despite the weather, thousands of protesters showed up to express their frustrations against federal agents and the Trump administration.
The schools will continue to run normally throughout the remainder of the academic year.
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.
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.
Dominic James scored in the fifth round of a shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning made it 15 straight games without a regulation loss, outlasting the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Friday night.
Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza official declared for the NFL draft and could be the no. 1 pick.
Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old Canadian national, was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last year.
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.
Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old Canadian national, was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last year.
Officials said there were 11 arrest orders for "El Botox" for extortion and homicide. He was accused of attacking authorities with explosives.
The Department of Homeland Security disputes a Minnesota school district's claims that ICE agents used a 5-year-old boy as bait before taking the boy and his father into custody Wednesday.