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Shannon Stephens, 23, of Chicago's North Austin neighborhood, and Jamarion Gray, 21, of Hazel Crest, were arrested a block apart shortly after 2 a.m. Friday.
The Detroit Lions will host the Chicago Bears at Ford Field in Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season Sunday. Here's where you can watch.
Osher Center executive director Dr. Melinda Ring said there are many ways that food impacts all of our lives and health. She explained what using food as medicine looks like.
When it comes to speaking to kids about current events such as immigration enforcement, and concerns they may have about friends of themselves, what do you say?
Organizers of the parade said keeping it going shows the community's commitment to heritage and cultural resilience.
Chicago police said two men were outside near 85th and Sangamon streets when a black sport-utility vehicle pulled up. The men inside started quarreling with the victims and then shot them.
Divers found the body of a missing swimmer in Lake Michigan offshore from the north Chicago suburb of Evanston Saturday night.
Chicago police said four people were killed and 23 others were hurt in shootings across the city during the weekend as of Sunday morning.
Chicago police said that Gregory Hudson, 65, was arrested on Thursday and charged with multiple felonies, including first-degree murder.
Police said the victim was fighting with another unknown man inside the train car, who pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the victim multiple times in the upper body.
The undocumented father shot and killed by an ICE agent in Franklin Park, Illinois, only had a history of minor traffic violations, not a criminal record, according to his attorney.
A memorial for Mark Arceta, 40, now sits on Michigan Avenue after he was hit and killed by a car fleeing a smash-and-grab burglary at a Louis Vuiton store on the Mag Mile on Thursday.
Police said all three discoveries of the woman and two children appeared to be connected and stemmed from a domestic dispute.
Chicago police said Selena Vargas, 29, was arrested on Thursday and charged with one felony count of aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm after participating in the alleged shooting of a 34-year-old man.
The child was pulled from Lake Michigan on the South Side near 57th Street Beach on Saturday morning. Her identity was not released.
Clear in the earlier evening but storm chances start building after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
The CDC is monitoring 41 Americans for signs of hantavirus, including 18 passengers evacuated from the M.V. Hondius cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak.
Park Forest police have reunited a lost horse with its owner after it was found wandering near Western and Steger Friday morning.
A Davison Township police chief released body camera video showing how a senior "water wars" prank brought an officer within milliseconds of opening fire on a student.
A driver went airborne during a high-speed police chase in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, after fleeing a traffic stop.
A former Wisconsin judge will soon learn her sentence for felony obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers.
A key Chicago City Council committee has joined the growing chorus calling for U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to resign.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday that the city is falling short of its revenue predictions for 2026.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has over the past two days attacked three commercial vessels that were traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.
The top Republicans in the Senate spoke with the Kentucky Republican by phone this week, according to their spokespeople.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married as they celebrated their wedding with hundreds of guests Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Renowned singer-songwriter and Chicago-area native John Prine will be honored with a mural at the Old Town School of Folk Music in the Lincoln Square community.
Victor Willis, lead singer of the disco group Village People, whose hit "Y.M.C.A." became a fixture at rallies for President Trump, has died at the age of 74, his wife and the band said.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has your 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
In this 1988 clip from the Channel 2 News "First Edition," Bob Wallace, Lester Holt, and Linda MacLennan are live in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago. On the advice of someone in the crowd, Wallace cuts off part of Holt's necktie.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles.
The three men accused in a crime spree that involved an attack on a CBS News Chicago crew last week were due back in court Wednesday morning.
Another round of tickets for the Obama Presidential Center went on sale on Wednesday morning.
One person was killed, and another was injured after two shootings less than a mile apart on Tuesday night.
Tow boats are working to recover a sunken boat found in Lake Michigan on Wednesday morning.
The three men accused in a crime spree that involved an attack on a CBS News Chicago crew last week appeared back in court Wednesday morning.
Another round of tickets for the Obama Presidential Center went on sale on Wednesday morning.
At least one person was hospitalized Wednesday morning after a fire on Chicago's West Side.
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.
City officials unveil underground stormwater storage units to reduce flooding on the West Side
Crown Point Mayor Peter Land says that flooding has been an issue for years and that the construction plan has been in the works for almost 10 years.
About 13,000 people were treated in emergency rooms for fireworks-related injuries in 2025, and with America's 250 birthday celebration about to start, doctors worry even more people could get hurt this year.
Sam Antonacci had three of Chicago's four hits.
Matthew Boyd pitched six shutout innings, Alex Bregman drove in two runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Tuesday night.
The digital billboard teases Bears football games and other advertisements.
Fans saw the team's chances of reaching the quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years crushed on Monday night in their knockout match against Belgium.
Belgium defeated the U.S. Men's National Team 4-1 on Monday night in the World Cup round of 16 knockout match in Seattle, ending the Americans' hopes of reaching the quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years.
The three men accused in a crime spree that involved an attack on a CBS News Chicago crew last week appeared back in court Wednesday morning.
A former Wisconsin judge will soon learn her sentence for felony obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers.
Two people were shot, and one of them died, in an apartment in the north Chicago suburb of Mundelein on Tuesday morning.
Mexico said it is investigating whether its sovereignty was violated by the United States in the 2024 capture of drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
A man has been arrested and charged in a shooting that left another man dead last fall in Chicago's Auburn Gresham community.
