Chicago Weather: Cooler On Wednesday
Skies were hazy Tuesday evening due to the wildfire smoke that moved in following tonight's cold front passage.
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Skies were hazy Tuesday evening due to the wildfire smoke that moved in following tonight's cold front passage.
Police said they believe the remains belong to Delbert Miller, who was reported missing in Chicago in November 2020, and "had been last seen in Berkeley in October of 2020 after fleeing the scene of and successfully evading arrest for his alleged involvement in a commercial burglary to a local gas station."
A man was struck and critically injured Tuesday evening while crossing the street at the busy intersection of Touhy and Western avenues in West Rogers Park.
Brian Wallach has a wife and kids at home – and he is fighting desperately to get potentially life-extending treatments to ALS patients like himself.
One month ago Tuesday, people in Woodridge and Naperville ran for cover as an EF-3 tornado tore a path through communities. For many, the pain doubled when they learned some of the damage was not covered by insurance. But as CBS 2's Marie Saavedra reported Tuesday night, some of those tornado victims are getting a second chance.
There was a lot of anger in Niles Tuesday night over proposed budget cuts at the Niles-Maine District Library.
On Sunday, a female pedestrian was fatally struck in a hit-and-run crash in Lincolnwood. Two days later, the driver of the car turned himself in to Lincolnwood Police.
Two men were shot and wounded late Tuesday in Uptown.
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in the Park Manor neighborhood late Tuesday.
"What produces a better police Department is better policies, and now we're getting our civilians, our communities, our residents an opportunity to have a voice in those policies," Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th) said.
According to the Amber Alert, 23-year-old Ariania Boutwell left Racine around 4 p.m. Monday with her four children -- 7-year-old Zy'Mere White, 4-year-old Zairee White, 2-year-old Zamari White, and 6-month-old Zakyi White.
At this time a year ago, many restaurants, bars, and stores were going out of business – unable to handle the State of Illinois' lockdown measures as the coronavirus pandemic raged.
The last COVID-19 vaccines were given out Tuesday afternoon at the Cook County Health mass vaccination sites in Forest Park and Des Plaines. Those in Matteson will have until noon Wednesday to get a shot.
A new report concludes that Chicago and its Police Department weren't prepared, trained, or ready for the protests, looting, and unrest we saw last year after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
As of Wednesday, cases of the Delta variant have nearly tripled over the last two weeks in Illinois, whereas Gamma has risen just a little over 1% over that same period.
