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The body was found in the median of I-57 near milepost 303 around 9 a.m. Police said it appeared the woman had been struck by a vehicle.
For most of those who use CTA's Park & Ride lots, the increase will be the first since 2012.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson is moving to discipline four more officers for alleged misconduct in connection with the 2014 Laquan McDonald shooting — but he's not seeking to fire any of them, a police spokesman said Friday.
Three officials with the Noble Network of Charter Schools signed off on using an improperly obtained list of Chicago Public School students' names, addresses, current schools and grade levels to send recruitment postcards to the homes of at least 28,000 CPS kids, records show.
Crews responded about 10 p.m. to the blaze in the 2000 block of South 9th Avenue, where flames had spread from two bedrooms and into the kitchen, according to the Maywood Fire Department.
Seven men were killed and at least 23 other people have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening, according to Chicago Police.
The Christmas weekend had a tragic start in Gary, Indiana, as three children died, and a woman was injured in a fire in an apartment building late Friday night.
Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is asking the president to commute his corruption sentence.
The shooting happened at 4:47 p.m. in the 4900 block of West Hubbard, Chicago Police said. All four victims were taken to West Suburban Medical Center.
A woman was in the 6400 block of South May when a male approached her, announced a robbery and demanded her truck.
According to documents, former state Rep. John Anthony talked to a woman about her body parts, rubbed against her and licked her neck.
CBS 2's Mai Martinez talked to a few travelers.
Valdimar C. Gray, 29, faces one count of operating an uninsured vehicle following the crash that happened about 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of 28th Street and Drake.
In the latest incident, a caller to Vernon Hills police claimed about 7 p.m. Thursday that he killed his mother with a gun.
The vehicles on the second level of the car carrier could not clear the structure.
CBS News Chicago's political analysts, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot and former Ald. Leslie Hairston, have analysis of the speeches by former President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama, and Gov. JB Pritzker, at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night.
Former President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, and Gov. JB Pritzker all gave speeches at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night. Here's a recap, with reaction from the convention floor from Political Reporter Chris Tye.
Joshua Zimmerman escaped from a courthouse during a hearing in Mississippi in June. Late Tuesday, he was barricaded in a Near West Side restaurant half a mile from the United Center.
The shooting happened Tuesday night at 51st Street and Ashland Avenue. Charlie De Mar reports.
A flag was burned at the protest, and police confiscated protesters' wooden flagpoles and stakes, but there were no reports of injuries or destruction of property. Jermont Terry reports.
CBP informed Gregory Bovino in an email on March 2 that the agency was "conducting an official Inquiry into allegations of misconduct reported to CBP." He initiated retirement 16 days later.
The head of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection is stepping down.
Zoe Ma, the latest candidate to throw her hat into the Chicago mayoral race, officially launched her campaign on Tuesday.
While Mayor Brandon Johnson has yet to announce whether he's running for re-election in 2027, his political organization is inviting supporters to a "special announcement" next month.
The Supreme Court divided 5-4 in allowing construction of the new White House ballroom to continue.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
A law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against NIPSCO, alleging the utility's failure to manage trees and vegetation has left thousands of Northwest Indiana residents without power for up to two weeks.
Dozens of cases of E. coli and salmonella in multiple states are linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, health officials say.
A new Illinois law signed by Gov. Pritzker offers up to $1,000 to eligible homeowners hit by storm damage, but the money won't be available until next year — and the program only covers certain areas of Chicago.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
Patients taking the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, lived for a median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for chemotherapy recipients, studies showed.
Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, used performed a complex operation to preserve mobility for a 3-year-old boy who had to have part of his leg amputated after suffering a horrific accident with a lawnmower.
Possible measles exposures have been reported at a high school in Maple Park, Illinois, and a pediatric clinic in South Elgin, Kane County health officials said.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
Real estate investment and development firm Concord Capital has acquired nine apartment buildings on Elaine Place, a single-block residential street in Chicago's East Lakeview community.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
Tim Curry was known for his iconic performances in cult classics like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the original screen adaptation of Stephen King's "It."
Audience members at a stage performance of "9 to 5: The Musical" in the U.K. were heard gasping aloud at the news of Dolly Parton's death Tuesday.
The lawsuit alleges that Trader Joe's product, the Crustless Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jam sandwiches, too closely mimics both Smucker’s product design and packaging.
An orange cease-and-desist sign is on the restaurant door. The city has ordered the business to stop playing live music and charging people to enter the venue.
Cameras were supposed to be installed last year, but lawmakers accidentally left the Illinois Department of Transportation out of the legislation. So, they had to go back to Springfield and fix it, pushing the rollout back another year.
Meteorologist Davide Yeomans is tracking the latest in First Alert Weather.
Illinois State Police say the grants go toward resources such as planes, license plate readers, extra training, stop sticks and K9 teams.
A death investigation involving a child is underway in southwest suburban Frankfort, Illinois, early Wednesday morning.
A second teenager has died after a shooting over the weekend in southwest suburban Crest Hill on Sunday.
A deputy was placed on administrative leave for potentially misusing the Flock database. The cameras will remain off pending the investigation.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Owner Gerald Joseph says he's now raising the age limit to 30 and older, hoping to eliminate problems from younger patrons. However, Ald. Lamont Robinson is moving forward to shut the doors permanently.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
Red flags about a family behind two funeral homes and crematories shut down by the state for mishandling bodies were missed in part because two different agencies regulate the death industry in Illinois.
Sean Burke (8-6) allowed one hit and walked four with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 scoreless innings for the win after walking a career-high eight in just three innings in his last start.
A day after hitting a franchise-record nine homers, Chicago was held to three singles and three doubles on a muggy night at Wrigley Field.
Has nickel corner Kyler Gordon played his last snap with the Chicago Bears? Even general manager Ryan Poles doesn't know, as the veteran's injury saga continues.
The NFL's thin line between success and failure figures to challenge the Chicago Bears in their bid to repeat as NFC North champions.
The longtime Dallas Cowboys quarterback and CBS Sports football analyst said he came to rely on alcohol to get off pain medications after multiple back surgeries.
A man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to robbing two downtown Chicago banks in less than a week in 2023.
A woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that left a man and woman dead near Sugar Grove, Illinois, back in 2023.
A man was arrested and charged this week with stabbing another man in a fight in Chicago's Fuller Park neighborhood.
Burglars struck at least eight different businesses in the Southport Corridor in Chicago's Lakeview community overnight Monday into Tuesday.
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, was charged with murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur's death.
