Hammond Police Chase Ends In Suspect's Death
A Hammond police chase ended in a deadly crash Wednesday night.
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A Hammond police chase ended in a deadly crash Wednesday night.
The Illinois Senate has approved legislation that would raise the state's minimum wage to $15, a priority of newly elected Gov. JB Pritzker, who is hoping to be able to sign the measure before his first budget address.
Despite a $150,000 reward and surveillance video, a killer is still on the loose months after killing two men within two days in Rogers Park.
"Everybody else in the community wanted it. And for no real reason, for no good reason, no rational reason, he dezoned it. His motives and his motivations are the key to this case and we want to depose him."
"I point the finger at CPS because school is safe haven for kids and kids are supposed to be protected no matter what."
City attorneys said Thursday it appears singer R. Kelly's recording studio on the Near West Side is still being used as a home, in violation of zoning laws.
After 30 dogs died in a fire at a kennel in the west suburbs, records and video obtained by CBS2 show that DuPage County had investigated complaints against the kennel operator, ranging from overcrowding to mistreatment of animals.
Illinois' governor and attorney general are sharpening their investigation into a suburban company accused of improperly dumping cancer causing chemicals.
A badly burned body found in Warren Township Saturday has been identified as Kathleen Ryan, 56, who had been reported missing from Milwaukee.
A flash freeze is possible for the Chicago area Thursday night as temperatures will quickly drop in the evening.
The boiling water challenge sent several people to the hospital in the Chicago area during last week's polar vortex.
Prosecutors also say a cadaver-sniffing dog detected traces of a dead body around the bathroom sink.
Juarez Rogers, 49, who was charged Jan. 16 for the murder of Alayna Ortiz, was taken into custody in a southern suburb of Chicago Thursday morning.
Morton Grove Police have released a video of a car that fatally struck 86-year-old Leonid Belogur on Jan. 4 and drove off.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office arrested 38 sex buyers, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said. The arrests included joint operations with the Lansing, Matteson and Orland Hills police departments.
