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Your tax dollars pay for it. A white van with a City Colleges of Chicago sign waits outside the Sox-35th station on the Red Line every day, but few people use it, and it doesn't go very far when it does move.
Changing lives isn't easy, but the efforts of a South Side woman are inspiring others miles away. CBS 2 Morning Insider Vince Gerasole went looking for the lessons learned that she's passed along.
The images of five children lost to Chicago's street violence over the past decade are part of a new 25-foot peace window at a West Side church.
"This is the piece of evidence that I think prosecutors have needed for the better part of two decades," Avenatti said in a Thursday interview with CBS News. "In my opinion, it's over for R. Kelly."
A source with intimate knowledge of the Jussie Smollett investigation tells CBS 2 Investigator Brad Edwards the attack on Smollett was potentially orchestrated by the actor himself and involved two other men.
Chicago police raided the home of two "persons of interest" in the Jussie Smollett case Wednesday night, a relative of those men says.
Attorney Michael Avenatti said he has new video evidence proving singer R. Kelly sexually abused an underage girl, and claimed he has given the evidence to Cook County prosecutors.
Portage, Indiana mayor James Snyder has been removed from office after a federal jury found him guilty of two felonies: bribery and obstructing the IRS.
Empire actor Jussie Smollett was questioned again Thursday by Chicago police following an alleged attack on the star Jan. 29.
The state's minimum wage will rise to $15.00 an hour by 2025 after lawmakers gave final approval Thursday in Springfield.
A day after learning former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was beaten in a federal prison in Connecticut, his wife demanded to know why he was transferred out of Illinois in the first place, and called on authorities to do a better job of protecting his safety as he serves a nearly 7-year sentence in the murder of Laquan McDonald.
Business groups want a tiered minimum wage with lower base levels in parts of the state with lower costs of living.
A 14-year-old girl brought a bottle filled with bleach to South Elgin High School Wednesday and threw it at a fellow student, police said.
Service on the Green and Pink lines was delayed Thursday afternoon, as officials respond to a medical emergency on the elevated tracks in the Fulton River District neighborhood on the Near West Side.
Thanks to the non-profit Vested Interest in K9s, Inc., K9 Boomer will receive a bullet and stab protective vest.
