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With an old system and phone calls that go unanswered CBS 2 continues to hear from workers about issues filing for unemployment, including dozens who reached out in the past few days.
Reality is sinking in for parents and students across Illinois that schools are closed. Prom graduation and senior activities are gone. Friday Gov. JB Pritzker made it official.
A healthy father of five who says he has never been sick before until he was on his deathbed is home for the first time in three weeks after surviving COVID-19.
Thousands of small businesses have been put on hold after the feds announced that its $349 billion dollar Paycheck Protection Program is out of money. And as CBS 2 Investigator Pam Zekman reports they may be out of business before Congress approves more funding.
The IRS boasts that 80 million stimulus payments have already been made . What the agency can't say is how many people are having problems getting their hands on that promised relief.
The first beds are now in use at the McCormick Place field hospital in Chicago. In just 26 days the facility was turned into an alternative care facility for people with mild to severe cases of COVID-19.
"The business community is hurting. We know the need is great."
Gov. Prizker is ordering all schools across Illinois will be closed for the rest of the year due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Weiss Hospital said it has been they've been hit hard by COVID-19. The hospital said it serves an elderly population, half of which are Medicare recipients.
The emergency room was closed earlier this month after public health officials determined it was impossible to maintain proper social distancing with the existing configuration.
Saturday morning winds could help get rid of the fog after sunrise.
Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Illinois now has 27,575 cases of COVID-19 in 92 counties, including 1,134 deaths. A total of 130,163 people have been tested so far.
City officials are not releasing the number of patients being treated at McCormick Place, but said it began accepting patients on Tuesday.
"While we are taking vigorous action to hold the developer and its subcontractors accountable and protect the health and safety of our local residents, we are also laying the groundwork to ensure failures like this never happen again."
Officer Ronald Newman, 59, died overnight. The name of the CTA employee, a bus mechanic since 2000, has not yet been released, while the city notifies his family.
The city of Chicago's safety plan was put to the test over the Memorial Day weekend, and saw a steep decline in violent crime compared to last year.
Jackie Kostek jumpstarts your morning from South Shore Arts in Munster, Indiana.
Three more inmates who escaped from a jail in New Orleans have been captured. That leaves two escapees still on the run.
The trial was set to begin Tuesday for a man accused of murdering and dismembering the body of a woman he just went on a date with in Milwaukee. Some of the victim’s remains washed up on a Lake Michigan beach in Waukegan.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to gun violence in Chicago, but New Community Outreach is trying a less traditional technique that has seen growth and success.
Three Chicago City Council members announced they have negotiated a revised parking meter deal with New York-based Stonepeak Partners to the benefit of the city.
The Legislative Ethics Commission has appointed David Risley acting legislative inspector general effective the day following the Sept. 30 resignation of his predecessor.
The Kennedy Center board, which is filled with President Trump's allies, is set to vote Tuesday on a new plan to close the center for two years of renovations.
President Trump has thrown his support behind Darren Bailey, the Republican candidate for Illinois governor.
Attorney Bill Quinlan on Tuesday became the latest candidate to announce a run for mayor of Chicago in 2027.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.
Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has the extended forecast.
A Concealed Carry License holder shot an armed person during an attempted robbery in Orland Park on Tuesday morning, police said.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
The nurses on Tuesday were rallying in support of colleagues they said were fired for trying to unionize. Lauren Victory reports.
The Illinois winner of the $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot last month has come forward to claim their prize.
A Concealed Carry License holder shot an armed person during an attempted robbery in Orland Park on Tuesday morning, police said.
Three Chicago City Council members announced they have negotiated a revised parking meter deal with New York-based Stonepeak Partners to the benefit of the city.
Chicago's Divvy bike and scooter sharing service recorded its busiest summer ever this year, the Mayor's office announced Tuesday.
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham outlined the traits she wants in the WNBA's next commissioner — someone who values players, communicates openly, and can unite a diverse league.
The Legislative Ethics Commission has appointed David Risley acting legislative inspector general effective the day following the Sept. 30 resignation of his predecessor.
Chicago police crime data show 255 reported crimes in the last two years on the two blocks where the former Hard Rock and Rainforest cafés sit vacant. Neighbors have been calling the city about the alley between them for six years.
A three-year effort by the Cook County Sheriff's Office to help bring down crime on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago appears to be working.
Several lawsuits are challenging Illinois' medical aid in dying law that is set to take effect on Sept. 12, including one in federal court arguing the law discriminates against people with disabilities.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham outlined the traits she wants in the WNBA's next commissioner — someone who values players, communicates openly, and can unite a diverse league.
Connor Bedard has been named the 37th captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, capping a busy offseason for the young center.
Chicago has won three of four and moved one-half game ahead of idle Philadelphia for the top NL wild card.
The White Sox, who lost 102 games and finished last in 2025, won the opener of the showdown series to push their lead over the Guardians to 1 1/2 games.
Providence Catholic High School in southwest suburban New Lenox has fired football coach Tyler Plantz, despite the team's 4-0 start to the season.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert after a man groped a woman on a CTA Red Line subway platform downtown.
A $30,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person who shot and killed a 911 dispatcher in the Back of the Yards neighborhood last week.
A 15-year-old girl returned to court Monday to face murder charges, after authorities said she was one of a few people responsible for pushing a man out of a moving Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train.
An 85-year-old man from Crown Point, Indiana, was arrested this past weekend on accusations of shooting his wife.
Chicago police this past weekend issued a warning about a man who grabbed a woman at a CTA Blue Line station in Wicker Park.
