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An intern with the Fox Valley Wildlife Center witnessed a group of kids attacking and kicking a wild goose on Friday during the Bulldog Boosters Corn Boil fundraiser at Batavia High School,
Police said the man was shot in the head shortly after 10 a.m. in the 2600 block of South Indiana Avenue.
Police said the shooting happened around 9:45 a.m. on Kedzie Avenue just south of Madison Street.
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Monday is the first day of school for many students in the Chicago area, and it's the first day of classes ever at the new Pope Francis Global Academy.
An inmate punched a correctional lieutenant at an Illinois prison, sparking an assault that involved six prison employees and five inmates, the prison workers union said Monday.
By nature, Chicagoans are a nostalgic lot.
The weekend's latest homicides happened within 20 minutes of each other Sunday afternoon on the Southwest and West sides.
Jamiah Barnes, 8, was crossing the street to attend a prayer vigil for a 14-year-old boy who had been slain earlier in the day, just three blocks away, when two men began arguing and someone began shooting. Jamiah was shot in the forearm, and a 40-year-old woman was shot in the hand.
Firefighters responded to the fire at the La Quinta Inn in Oakbrook Terrace around 9:40 p.m., and found heavy smoke and flames in the rear of the hotel.
Whatever your interest, there is a festival in the Chicago area that should entice you off the couch.
Make some summertime memories before the school year begins. Here are a few last-minute trip ideas for the whole family.
Authorities are still asking for the public's help in finding the killer or killers of an elderly woman and her son last week inside their rural DeKalb County home.
Gov. Bruce Rauner labeled human trafficking a form of "modern day slavery" Sunday as he signed two bills targeting on a statewide level the crime of forced sexual exploitation.
Firefighters had to open walls and the ceiling to expose the fire, but were able to put it out with a water fire extinguisher, the statement said.
An off-duty Cook County Sheriff's deputy died after a shootout during a robbery attempt at a gas station in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has a check on the extended forecast.
Rescuers got a lifeline out and pulled the kayaker to shore in the Skokie Lagoon in Wilnnetka.
The Balenciaga store on Oak Street and the Saks Fifth Avenue on Michigan Avenue were both burglarized early Tuesday morning, with a crash-and-grab involved in Balenciaga. Tara Molina reports.
The son of infamous Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was in federal court in Chicago where he pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges on Tuesday.
Illinois' legislature will once again soon find itself without a legislative inspector general. Michael McCuskey will resign that watchdog post amid criticism about his ability to handle investigations.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit over the use of a controversial data system to review state voter rolls.
Brooks is seeking to stand out with a platform centering on revitalizing city neighborhoods and new means of promoting public safety.
Turning Point Action is expanding its Iowa presence county by county, with leaders saying high voter participation in the caucuses is the organization's key measure of success.
In less than two weeks, the high-energy laser weapon system has taken down 11 drones, coinciding with a 75% drop in drones probing the border, military officials told CBS News.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
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.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
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.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
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.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
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.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest in First Alert Weather.
Emi's mom was having a seizure. She used FaceTime to contact her grandparents and tell them what was happening. From 700 miles away, they called 911, with Emi still on the phone.
The iPhone duo is about the size of a passport when folded. When unfolded, it's about the size of an iPad mini and becomes the skinniest iPhone to date.
Residents in a West Side community say they're fed up as a growing homeless encampment is bringing an increase in illegal activity, from drug use to prostitution.
Des Plaines officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance in the 2000 block of Touhy Avenue. Police said officers shot a male resident of the home while responding to the scene.
Officers shot and killed a man while responding to a domestic disturbance on Wednesday afternoon in northwest suburban Des Plaines, police said.
The family of a woman who has been missing since a car lost control and went into the Little Calumet River said her body has been found.
Frankfort Mayor Keith Ogle said they started planning the vigil after the tragedies within the past week.
A retired Naperville firefighter was one of a team of rescuers who boarded a C-130 to travel to New York City after the September 11 terrorist attack, bound for Ground Zero.
The orchestra and chorus with Music of the Baroque kicked off the show in front of the Merchandise Mart.
Several lawsuits are challenging Illinois' medical aid in dying law that is set to take effect on Sept. 12, including one in federal court arguing the law discriminates against people with disabilities.
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?
AL Central-leading Chicago (75-70) maintained a two-game lead over Cleveland, which lost at Baltimore.
The Brewers extend their NL Central lead to 10 games over the Cubs.
Milwaukee extended its NL Central lead to nine games over Chicago by coming from behind to defeat the Cubs for a second straight day.
Chicago's Kyle Teel hit his second homer in two games and singled. Munetaka Murakami struck out four times.
Braxton Jones will be the Chicago Bears' starting left tackle for Week 1 against the Carolina Panthers. It's the fifth straight season he will start there, after beating out three others for the job during training camp.
The parents of a man who was killed after being pushed out of a moving CTA Red Line train were speaking out on Wednesday about their devastating loss.
Valerie Percy, the 21-year-old daughter of then-U.S. Senate candidate Charles Percy, was brutally murdered in her family's home in the affluent North Shore Chicago suburb of Kenilworth in 1966. The case has never been solved.
Two Chicago men have been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for carjacking a Chicago family at gunpoint in the backyard of their home in the Beverly neighborhood in 2023.
Gaming machines were irreparably damaged when burglars hit a restaurant in Schaumburg, Illinois, early Tuesday.
Prosecutors say Corie Walsh was actively texting in a group about the Lindsay Clancy case hours before her 2-year-old son Barrett died, though they said they do not believe it was a copycat case.
