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The shooting took place at the Sadowski Funeral Home, at 13300 S. Houston Ave.
"It is a critical bridge to the past and it's a unique bridge to the future. What Bronzeville can be."
No one we talked to is debating that the bridges along the Metra Union Pacific North Line at Ravenswood Avenue need replacing. It is the way to do it that is up for debate.
The program would provide 50,000 prepaid $150 gas cards, and 100,000 transit cards that could be used to cover $50 worth of CTA fares.
A motorcyclist is in serious condition after colliding with a semi-truck in Naperville Wednesday morning.
Mayor's two new plans will help address the city's water problem.
Police said, around 9:30 a.m., the woman was outside in the 6500 block of West Diversey Avenue, when someone approached her and shot her multiple times.
The Anjanette Young Ordinance, if passed, would require Chicago police officers to follow what would be a new city law governing the execution of search warrants.
"I was definitely taken by surprise, Dana – in a big way," Clinger told CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov.
As Sikanich was arrested this week on official misconduct and weapons charges, documents show he "repeatedly asked to contact Alderman Gardiner prior to being placed into custody."
It's the second time the alderman has failed in his bid to force a full City Council vote on raising the threshold for speed camera tickets back to the original level of 10 mph.
"We're down about 2,000 patrol officers in the Chicago Police Department right now. We can't hire, recruit and train them fast enough to make up that deficit."
The DuPage County Health Department is holding a career fair Wednesday for health care workers and support staff.
The lineup includes Thursday headliners Metallica and Lil Baby, Friday headliners Dua Lipa and Machine Gun Kelly, Saturday headliners J. Cole and Kygo, and Sunday headliners Green Day and Doja Cat.
The non-profit focuses on mentoring young kids to decrease violence and break the cycle of poverty. Academics is the name of their game but organizers keep kids interested through another game: basketball.
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Half-Time Show performance was the most watched in history. Chicagoan Tony Russell was the musical director behind it all, and he won the Emmy for Outstanding Music Director for the performance. Russell joins Jackie Kostek and Audrina Sinclair.
It was a great night for newcomers and first-time winners at the 2025 Emmys. Noah Wyle won his first Emmy for "The Pitt," Seth Rogen won big for "The Studio," and Tramell Tillman and Britt Lower got trophies for standout performances in "Severance."
Charlie Kirk fans have been hunting down and listing the personal information of anyone who has criticized the controversial right wing influencer since he was shot and killed last week.
Thomas Mockaitis, a war expert and history professor at DePaul University, joins Audrina Sinclair with analysis of the Israeli strike on Qatar and a possible unified response by Arab nations, proposed sanctions on Israel by the European Commission, and a famine crisis in Gaza.
Two of the men wounded by gunfire were believed to be the initial shooters, and were taken into police custody. Darius Johnson reports.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) issued a statement honoring the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), who died this weekend.
President Trump paid tribute to the late senator, who was reportedly scheduled to do an interview on Sunday.
A landmark housing bill automatically became law overnight after President Trump declined to sign it.
Graham Platner had until 5 p.m. on Monday to formally suspend his campaign or he would remain on the ballot in November.
In the plan under discussion, the Secret Service and the White House would be able to open and close sections of the fencing, sources said.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
Environmental and community groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition challenging U.S. Steel Gary Works operating permit renewal.
In the four years since Roe v. Wade was overturned and Illinois became a destination for abortion care, Illinois providers and advocates have rebuilt the state's infrastructure to support the tens of thousands of people who travel to the state for abortion services every year.
June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, raising awareness of a disorder that affects a person's ability to speak, write, and understand both spoken and written language.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
The 46th Taste of Chicago is cashless for the first time, accepting only credit cards, with a drone and fireworks show scheduled for approximately 9:15 p.m. Friday near Buckingham Fountain.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's summer home in Highland Park reopened after a $70 million gut renovation that redesigned the stage to reduce sound levels harmful to musicians.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
Nikki Glaser, Michelle Wolf, Ali Siddiq and Bert Kreischer are among the comedians coming to the city to perform from Nov. 5 to Nov. 15.
The U.S. launched another attack on Iran early Sunday after the country hit another ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Wendy Gillette reports.
The Edgewater Greek Fest was in its second and final day Sunday with a celebration of Greek culture, and the Andersonville Vintage Market was also to get under way nearby.
Some chalk art is taking over streets across the Chicago area to honor cancer survivors, as part of the City of Hope Cancer Center’s regional initiative.
Suzanne Le Mignot’s nephew, Graeme, is the goalie for the Boston Junior Bruins, who played Team Pennsylvania in West Dundee and won the championship. Meanwhile, Mary Kay Kleist shows us flooding in the Naperville Riverwalk after heavy rains over the July 4th weekend.
One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting at the edge of Chicago’s Logan Square community Saturday night.
Chicago police fired shots during a confrontation with a large group in Grant Park in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning.
President Trump paid tribute to the late senator, who was reportedly scheduled to do an interview on Sunday.
Due to the allegation, Father Pfleger will step aside from ministry and live away from the parish during the investigation, the archdiocese said.
A woman has been charged after a burglary and standoff in Aurora, Illinois, this weekend.
A suspected shooter held police in a standoff in Munster, Indiana, this weekend woman was shot in the face in a domestic incident, police said Sunday.
The university released what it's called a strategy statement about the impact it's already seeing artificial intelligence make on higher education and the legal profession.
New Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is fighting innocence claims more often than her predecessor, Kim Foxx, and hiring outside counsel to help.
On Tuesday evening, CBS News Chicago reported on wild weeds taking over a property in the South Side's Washington Heights neighborhood, and neighbors who said they spent months trying to get help.
Kevin Jackson was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 22 years in prison before he was freed. Now he has realized his dream by starting a landscaping business. But his quest to be declared innocent continues.
The weeds keep growing, and the complaints keep piling up, but neighbors on one street in the Washington Heights community on Chicago's South Side say nothing is changing.
Chicago took two of three from the Reds and entered the All-Star break at 54-42, in position for an NL wild card and five games back of NL Central-leading Milwaukee.
Michael Busch had three hits and Carson Kelly also went deep for the Cubs, who improved to 3-2 on their six-game trip before the All-Star break.
Los Angeles shot 51% from the field, including 14 of 31 from 3-point range, while Chicago was just 6 of 25 behind the arc.
Chicago clinched winning a home series for the 11th time in its last 12.
A look at the Chicago White Sox and Cubs' first-round selections.
A woman has been charged after a burglary and standoff in Aurora, Illinois, this weekend.
A suspected shooter held police in a standoff in Munster, Indiana, this weekend woman was shot in the face in a domestic incident, police said Sunday.
One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting at the edge of Chicago's Logan Square community Saturday night.
Three people were wounded early Sunday morning in a shooting on Chicago's Near West Side.
Chicago police fired shots during a confrontation with a large group in Grant Park in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning.
