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A Chicago woman spent Christmas day searching dumpsters after someone smashed her car window and stole costumes that she calls "priceless."
As much a skill as it is a sport, ice fishing isn't for the faint of heart. Face the chilly challenge prepared with all the essential clothing, equipment, and gear and go to the right places to be rewarded with plenty of fish.
Community activist Andrew Holmes spent Tuesday night outside in below-zero temperatures, covered only in a blanket.
The Illinois Tollway has dispatched its Zero Weather Road Patrols to assist stranded motorists during the bitter cold snap.
A couple of unusual birds made an appearance in the annual Christmas Day lakefront bird count in Chicago.
The boy was having a sleepover with his 17-year-old cousin, whose father is the pastor of the church, when they heard a noise they believed to be someone trying to break into the church, and went to investigate with a loaded gun.
Police are warning residents about a series of strong-arm robberies reported this month near the Damen Blue Line station in the Wicker Park neighborhood.
A 28-year-old man reported missing Tuesday night by Chicago Police hasn't been seen since the end of November and may be homeless.
Authorities are investigating the death of a 1-year-old boy on Christmas Eve in west suburban Broadview.
Starting Wednesday morning, visiting patients at The University of Chicago Medical Center will be a bit more difficult.
Crews were dispatched to a still-and-box alarm fire at a house in the 4800 block of South Laflin, according to a statement from Fire Media Affairs shortly after 3:30 a.m.
Hundreds of people packed the DuSable Museum of African American History to mark day one of Kwanzaa.
An Addison police officer helped save a baby born at home Tuesday morning -- and the officer calls it a "Christmas miracle."
A mother has been charged after emergency crews responded last week to a Joliet motel for a report that her infant daughter wasn't breathing.
It has been two years since a CPD officer shot and killed 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier and his neighbor, 55-year-old Bettie Jones.
The lab at the Illinois Institute of Technology is taking a really close look at bacteria, how they survive on food, and what can be implemented to make sure they don’t. Tara Molina reports.
The mayors of Bellwood and Broadview both gave rapped Lil Durk the keys to their communities just last week. Following his arrest in an alleged murder-for-hire plot, the mayor of Broadview has withdrawn the honor. Charlie De Mar reports.
They received the Outstanding Racial Justice Leaders Award on Friday.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 6 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.
Lil Durk is accused in a plot to “track, stalk, and attempt to murder” rapper Quando Rando. Sabrina Franza reports.
President Trump said Karoline Leavitt will be leaving her role to focus on her young family.
Chicago mayoral candidate John Kelly on Wednesday said the city has had enough of career politicians, and took some of his opponents to task for running for two offices at once.
David Crowley unexpectedly beat a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, and will face Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany on the ballot in November.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
The executive order tightens air and noise pollution rules for data centers and creates a task force to develop a long-term strategy.
Illinois is one of 46 states that have reached a $15.5 million settlement with a Pennsylvania-based mortgage servicer for improperly imposing new insurance policies on homeowners who already had insurance.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
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.
In a wide-ranging interview with the CBS News partner BBC News, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father's condition, describing it as very sad to watch.
With the cyclosporiasis linked to iceberg lettuce growing and consumers wary of the products on grocery shelves, many in Chicago are turning to local farmers market for fresh and safe greens.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
The Original Rainbow Cone celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sunday with a special event at its Beverly location.
The Shops at North Bridge on the Magnificent Mile announced plans Thursday for a multimillion-dollar renovation project.
While the building that housed the flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue has been torn down, the renowned Chicago restaurant chain is now set to open a new Lakeview location.
Nationally, data centers used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023 — a figure projected to reach 72.6 billion gallons by 2028, raising concerns about states' water supplies.
Chicago's Wishbone Restaurant will soon be closing after 36 years in business.
Crews need about a week and a half to tear down the festival site before the city can begin its own inspection — and past cleanup costs have topped $1 million.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Tense police bodycam video captured the daring rescue of a man from a car on fire in Texas.
A Minnesota man is suspected of killing his wife and daughter before taking his own life at daycare in suburban Hopkins. The man is also suspected of killing another family member before the incident.
In Flossmoor, community members say the cleanup is underway, but it is going slowly as generators continue to run and tree limbs litter every street.
An 86-year-old woman who was killed in a house explosion in Portage, Indiana, was identified by family as Leona Rice. Her house exploded during an outbreak of severe storms Tuesday.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Northwest Indiana remained without power on Wednesday afternoon, a day after powerful storms caused widespread wind damage across the region. The widespread outages have sent customers swarming to any grocery store they can find that's open to get food and other supplies, and to gas stations to keep generators running.
Braun said Tuesday's storms caused widespread wind damage in northwest Indiana and significant flooding in central parts of the state.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Northwest Indiana remained without power on Wednesday afternoon, a day after powerful storms caused widespread wind damage across the region.
The woman who was killed in a Portage, Indiana, house explosion during severe storms Tuesday has been identified.
An EF-1 tornado was confirmed to have touched down near Oak Forest and Flossmoor on Tuesday, only to be followed by another round of severe storms on Wednesday.
The crash happened just before 3 a.m. on Sunday at East Grand Avenue and Keystone Avenue. It is unclear what led to the crash.
Many unanswered questions remain after 56 decomposing bodies were found inside a Chicago funeral home last week.
A lawsuit on behalf of a man who was shot and killed by police in Humboldt Park in March claims a CPD officer fired deadly shots just after arriving at a controlled scene instead of de-escalating.
Neighbors of a South Side animal feed plant have complained about the noxious smell and air quality for years. Now the city of Chicago and state of Illinois are suing Pullman Innovations to clean up the air, as well as for alleged illegal work and permit violations.
The owners of a Far South Side funeral home where dozens of decomposing bodies were found earlier this week have run into trouble with state regulators before over their handling of bodies at a crematory in the south suburbs.
University of Illinois researchers have found a correlation between more green spaces and less violence in neighborhoods. A group in Chicago is planting trees with the mission to bring beauty and safety to the whole city.
The Cubs (70-50) improved to a season-best 20 games over .500.
Muneteka Murakami extended his on-base streak to 26 games with a double in the eighth.
The Seattle Storm snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 97-88 win over the Chicago Sky on Monday night.
Chicago Bears safety Coby Bryant is expected to miss 4 to 6 months after undergoing surgery on his injured knee, head coach Ben Johnson announced Tuesday.
Tim Anderson, a two-time All-Star shortstop who won the 2019 AL batting title with the Chicago White Sox, has decided to retire after spending 10 years in the major leagues.
A man was shot and killed Tuesday night along busy McCormick Boulevard in the north Chicago suburb of Skokie.
Two Twin Cities police departments say an apparent double murder-suicide Wednesday morning at a home daycare and a separate deadly stabbing are linked.
An Aurora man has been charged in the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist last month in west suburban Hampshire.
Police early Tuesday were investigating a crash-and-grab burglary at a minimart in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood.
Two men were critically wounded Monday night in a shootout on Chicago's Near North Side.
