Historic bus ride honors Chicago journalist and civil rights leader Ida B. Wells
Wednesday is Ida B. Wells' birthday, and a local organization is making sure Chicago girls learn about the trailblazing journalist and civil rights activist.
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Wednesday is Ida B. Wells' birthday, and a local organization is making sure Chicago girls learn about the trailblazing journalist and civil rights activist.
Attorneys on Wednesday announced that 107 additional names have been added to a class-action lawsuit alleging abuse in juvenile detention.
Steven Montano, now 21, is charged with multiple counts of murder and other felonies, accused of fatally shooting Vásquez Lasso during a chase on March 1, 2023.
It's not the biggest crowd they've stood before, but on Wednesday the Leo High School boys' choir received a well-deserved shoutout from the Chicago City Council.
Burnett, 61, is the dean of the City Council, having represented the 27th Ward on the West Side since 1995. He's also the vice mayor and chairman of the Zoning Committee.
Illinois State Police said, around 10:40 a.m., troopers responded to a crash in the northbound lanes of Interstate 94 near Dundee Road involving five vehicles.
Susasna Mendoza announced she will not run for a fourth term as Illinois comptroller.
All of the vehicles targeted were left unlocked overnight.
A Chicago man has been charged with robbing two women at gunpoint and shooting one of them earlier this week in the Lakeview neighborhood.
A line of severe thunderstorms raced through the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon, downing trees, causing power outages, and forcing ground stops at O'Hare and Midway airports.
The Lake County resident infected is in their 70s and became sick in early July.
The City Council drove the final nail in the coffin for a controversial "snap curfew" ordinance, upholding Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of the measure that would have allowed police to impose a youth curfew anywhere in Chicago on as little as 30 minutes' notice.
Chicago police said the teen was walking outside when a man fired multiple shots in her direction and left the scene.
In a statement on Instagram, owners of Artis Restaurant and Lounge said their "curated space of love and acceptance was threatened by a senseless act of hate."
CBS News Chicago photojournalist Dino Pillizzi had a personal reflection on the 1995 heat wave, as he covered the tragedy in real time.
