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The U.S. Marshal's Office arrested Bruce Homgren this week, and Chicago Police have charged him with failing to register as a sex offender.
Clarisa Figueroa, 46, and her daughter Desiree, 25, pleaded not guilty in June to charges of murder, kidnapping, dismembering a body, and concealing a homicide in Ochoa's death.
The suspect, Anatoliy Ermak, 64, is on the run and police say he is armed and dangerous.
Police have located 18-month-old Kaydense Brooks, after she was reported missing with her grandfather.
Foxx has faced intense scrutiny, including two separate investigations of her office, for how she handled the Jussie Smollett case.
School cafeteria food; for many it brings back memories of greasy pizza and chicken nuggets. Not anymore for students at one northwest suburban school, where buying school lunch is a whole new experience.
Someone got into Julie Poncela's bank account, and used the electronic payment service Zelle to send money to people she didn't know over the course of a few days; three transactions totaling $6,500.
The electronic payment method almost all major U.S. banks promote may be the riskiest of all.
This Thanksgiving, consider helping local food pantries and drives by donating food and other items to Chicagoans in need.
A fast-moving weather disturbance will bring a cold rain into the early Tuesday morning rush.
Investigators said they don't believe the shooter is an active threat to the community. When asked why, investigators said that answer would jeopardize the investigation.
Two families are desperate to find a pair of missing young men who were last seen at a River North nightclub over the weekend.
Blue Line service to and from the West Side was delayed Monday after a woman died on a train.
Ken Nordine was known internationally as a jazz poet, and now, preservationists are rushing to save his Edgewater mansion from the wrecking ball.
Jackie and Shadow, a mated pair of bald eagles, are caring for three eggs — hoping for a hatch after heartbreak last year.
The iconic venue unveiled its lineup for its centennial season Tuesday.
A designer snapped a picture in his hometown of Yichang, and found the mountain looked like a puppy’s posture while looking for fish.
Police in Munster, Indiana are mourning a fellow officer killed in an early morning car crash.
Testimony began Tuesday in the hate crime murder trial of a Plainfield, Illinois, landlord accused of killing a 6-year-old Palestinian boy, as the prosecution's star witness – the boy's mother, who also was stabbed – took the witness stand.
Keir Starmer will step down as U.K. Prime Minister weeks after a brutal round of local elections and as he faced a challenge from within his Labour Party.
President Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism.
The Altoids were a callback to a viral moment between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush.
A senior Justice Department official called a judge's demand for a declaration on the status of the "anti-weaponization" fund "unnecessary."
Trump has appeared during the Iran war to lose patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who may now find himself "stuck."
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a rise in alpha-gal syndrome cases, with residents living in southern Illinois at the highest risk, according to a 2025 study.
After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
The North Shore suburb of Wilmette this week became the latest Chicago-area municipality to discover mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
In a full circle moment, actor Gary Cole returns to the very same local stage where he began his professional acting career.
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.
Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.
Chicago police on Monday morning were investigating a break-in at a smoke shop in the Portage Park community.
John, Paul, George, and Ringo were born three weeks ago at the zoo.
Attorneys for the man convicted of murdering a woman at Starved Rock State Park some 65 years ago are hoping to clear his name — nearly a year after he died.
The fight to reopen West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, continues Monday with the battle going to the courtroom. Lauren Victory reports.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has your 5 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, June 22, 2026.
City leaders on Monday were expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
Multiple shootings have occurred across the city following a mass shooting on the South Side that left 13 wounded on Friday night.
The fight to reopen West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, continues Monday with the battle going to the courtroom.
Chicago police on Monday morning were investigating a break-in at a smoke shop in the Portage Park community.
Attorneys for the man convicted of murdering a woman at Starved Rock State Park some 65 years ago are hoping to clear his name — nearly a year after he died.
Newly released cell phone video of a police shooting in south suburban Country Club Hills appears to contradict what a federal agent claims happened during an undercover gun trafficking sting operation last week.
"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation.
Kindbody entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts, but not all patients received the email.
A Chicago woman says a life insurance policy she paid into for 25 years was cancelled over a $112 shortfall that she never knew existed, and now, at 82 years old, she's uninsurable.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
Chicago's first documented professional team was founded back in 1870. The white stockings, who eventually became the Chicago Cubs, not the White Sox.
Dillon Dingler homered and drove in the tying run in the ninth, Matt Vierling's bloop single finished off Detroit's comeback as the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 in 10 innings on Sunday.
Serena Williams recently returned to competition in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.
The Chicago Cubs' game against the Toronto Blue Jays that had been planned for Sunday was postponed due to the rain coming in.
Dallas chipped away and trailed 43-38 at halftime, but the Sky dominated the third quarter and led 71-57 before losing for the 10th time in 11 games.
Chicago police on Monday morning were investigating a break-in at a smoke shop in the Portage Park community.
City leaders on Monday were expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
A CTA Red Line train operator was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street on Sunday morning.
Would-be burglars crashed their way into a Circle K store in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning.
Detectives from Lake County, Illinois, Sheriff's office rescued a girl under 14 from a grown man who had traveled from Georgia to meet her this weekend, authorities said Sunday.
