Lincoln Park Zoo Animals Loving February's Warm Stretch
The people of Chicago haven't been the only ones loving this long stretch of spring weather in February; the animals at Lincoln Park Zoo have been out frolicking in the warmth, too.
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The people of Chicago haven't been the only ones loving this long stretch of spring weather in February; the animals at Lincoln Park Zoo have been out frolicking in the warmth, too.
SWAT teams surrounded a home at 119th and Longwood shortly before 10 a.m.
The reason for convicted wife killer Drew Peterson's transfer from an Illinois prison to a federal facility in Indiana remained a mystery on Wednesday, but his attorney said whatever the basis might be, the former Bolingbrook police officer is "probably better off."
Police believe one of the two teenage girls killed last week in Indiana recorded the voice of a suspect in their deaths.
A 60-year-old man was found shot to death Wednesday morning inside the garage of his home in the Little Village neighborhood.
Byron "B-Rupt" Brown was still slurring and slightly unsteady on his feet as he stood in front of U.S. District Judge James Tharp Jr. six hours after taking the medication, so the judge postponed the sentencing a week despite protests from Brown and his attorney, Gregory Mitchell.
The 55-year-old was arguing with another person at 12:51 a.m. in the 4500 block of South Cottage Grove, police said. During the argument, the person pulled out a gun and shot him in the leg.
Firefighters responded about 8:30 p.m. to the fire in the three-flat building in the 2300 block of Euclid Avenue, Berwyn Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Sam Molinaro told reporters at the scene.
Most recently, a 30-year-old man was fatally shot in the left eye on in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.
John Campbell, who recently had a stroke and walks with a cane, was last seen at 5 p.m. and has been reported missing from the 500 block of North Leclaire Avenue, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.
A South Side man was sentenced to 34 years in prison Tuesday after he admitted his role in a deadly Avondale home invasion that left a teenage boy dead and his mother seriously injured.
Michael R. Schmidt, 59, faces a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, according to Northbrook police.
Anshoo Sethi, 32, pleaded guilty to wire fraud more than a year ago, admitting he provided forged documents — including a bogus letter from Hyatt Hotels — to scam the investors who thought it would go toward Sethi's hotel.
A Chicago grandmother says two Chicago police officers acted quickly and with compassion when a 9-month-old child swallowed a toy. WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
Immigration advocates say fear of deportation is widespread. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
