Chicago Weather: Cooler Thursday; Warmup Ahead
It's going to be a cooler day, but a warmup is ahead.
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It's going to be a cooler day, but a warmup is ahead.
As a cold front slides through by Wednesday evening, our mild air mass gets pushed away and chilly winds develop off the lake.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Police Supt. David Brown announced plans for sweeping changes to the Chicago Police Department's search warrant policies
Authorities say a 14-year-old girl was behind at least four carjackings in Chicago.
An Indiana politician who was caught in blackface in old photos showed his real face in public Wednesday night, for the first time since the scandal broke.
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Illinois) was elected Chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Illinois on Wednesday, nine days after Mike Madigan stepped down from the helm.
Gov. JB Pritzker's office announced the state is opening two new mass vaccination sites on Thursday in Des Plaines and Quincy.
Only those 65 and older will be allowed to make an appointment.
A third man has come forward claiming that he was sexually abused by the Rev. Michael Pfleger when the man was a teenager more than 40 years ago.
"If you talk to restaurant workers, you're going to hear a lot of concern about safety. If you talk to restaurant owners, no. A lot of restaurant owners are all about money and they just want to be open and seat as many people as they can seat."
Chicago Fire Department officials said the fire started early Wednesday afternoon at a chicken restaurant at the corner of 61st and Halsted. The flames spread to the neighboring laundromat.
CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini has uncovered some new disturbing findings. A team of officers went in with cameras rolling, but soon after they are all ordered to kill their cameras.
In three separate cases, Chicago Police officers had the incorrect address listed on a warrant and raided the wrong home, traumatizing innocent families and children. But, CBS 2 has uncovered that critical moments that should have been captured on police body worn cameras are missing or were never recorded at all.
COVID-19 has already turned the school year upside down, and now there is a push to cancel standardized tests for grade schools and high schools in Illinois.
