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The man was shot about 4 p.m. in the 0-100 block of South Leamington Avenue, police said.
Rachel Mellon was thirteen years old when she simply vanished from her south suburban home. That was twenty years ago this week. The case is still considered active by police.
In a popular neighborhood on Chicago's North Side, a viscous assault and carjacking left a woman badly beaten and stabbed.
CBS 2's Audrina Bigos reports one of the men sworn in Tuesday night led an investigation last year that pushed the old chief out.
CBS 2's Jim Williams was at Soldier Field as the players celebrated once again.
For the first time since he's been mayor, Rahm Emanuel is releasing text messages in response to our Freedom of Information request.
13-year-old Highland, Indiana boy has been found safe after being reported missing Tuesday afternoon.
It happened Tuesday morning at Kellogg Elementary in the Beverly neighborhood.
A Milwaukee man wanted to storm a Masonic temple with a machine gun and kill at least 30 people in an attack he hoped would show "nobody can play with Muslims" and spark more mass shootings in the United States, federal agents said Tuesday after the man's arrest.
Police in Gary are asking for the public's help after a store security guard was shot Tuesday afternoon.
Chicago television and radio icon Jim Conway died last week at age 94.
The deadline to apply for the Chicago Police Department is right around the corner, yet the very people the police are trying to attract are not exactly lining up for the jobs.
Detainees in three living units at the Cook County Jail are under isolation after some have exhibited flu-like symptoms, according to the Cook County Sheriff's office.
It's supposed to be the happiest of times, but for many women, pregnancy can also bring depression. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports, now there are new efforts to identify those women and get them help.
The Chicago Auto Show 2016 hosts 2.7 million square feet of space, which makes it the largest show in the country by size. There's plenty to see and do, and many attendees wonder how they can experience everything the 2016 show was to offer between the six outdoor test tracks, three indoor experiences, rock climbing walls, video game simulators and several eateries.
Skies will gradually clear later in the afternoon.
The two men, 40 and 24, were outside when they were both shot at by someone traveling in a vehicle, police said.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Friday, June 28, 2024.
Watkins, one of Chicago's Hidden Gems, found a new direction after her stroke when a friend told her to paint what she knew—stroke and recovery. CBS 2's Joe Donlon introduces is.
Last year kicked off the inaugural four-day festival. As CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports, Tinley Park Mayor Michael Glotz said this second year, the festival is expanding.
Chicago aldermen on Tuesday voted to require at least 30 members of the City Council to approve any future plans to borrow money, seeking to make it tougher to add to the city's mountain of debt, but Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled he might veto the measure.
The City Council on Tuesday approved a deal allowing Chicago's privatized parking meters to be sold to a new company, with the city receiving a share of the profits going forward.
A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.
In the race for the seat currently held by retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, Democratic Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is facing off against former Illinois Republican Party chairman Don Tracy and independent candidate Whitfield Harrington.
Gov. JB Pritzker is seeking to become the first Democrat ever elected to a third term in Illinois, and is facing a rematch with Republican Darren Bailey. There's also an independent candidate on the ballot, Collin Corbett.
Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
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.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
Nearly 40 brides say they are seeking answers from Sip of Eden after reporting canceled services, difficulty obtaining refunds and concerns that the company would not show up for their weddings.
Chuck E. Cheese announced Tuesday that it is bringing a new indoor playground concept, called Adventure World, to Chicago's south suburbs.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
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.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
Survivor, Koko Taylor, The Plain White T's and REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin were among those honored Sunday night at the Harris Theater. The ceremony is the hall's largest fundraiser.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
Residents say the Obama Presidential Center, which opened this year in neighboring Woodlawn, and the Quantum Computing Center, slated to begin a phased-in opening later this year in South Chicago, will bring not only new investments but also new rent increases in their community.
The new video shows the bus still rolling as students were trying to get off at their stops. The students realized something was wrong and worked together to stop the bus.
A former student is suing Cornell, alleging she was gang-raped at a campus fraternity. A New York district attorney is now seeking a grand jury review after reopening the case.
Three of the four candidates answered a range of questions from those in attendance, as well as pre-submitted questions.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon is tracking the latest in First Alert Weather.
Chicago's South Shore is a historic neighborhood that's also historically plagued by disinvestment. Now two new major projects are bringing hope for investment and growth, and fear that longtime residents will be priced and pushed out.
A Chicago woman who hid her mother's body in her freezer for two years is now facing additional federal charges of Social Security and SNAP fraud.
Unlike other communities that used third parties to deploy the bait, program leaders in Albany Park want to get neighbors involved.
Parents of special education students say their kids are learning in stairwell landings and storage areas converted into makeshift classrooms.
The woman killed in a wrong-way crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive late Sunday night has been identified as a 35-year-old mother and nursing assistant.
Chicago's South Shore is a historic neighborhood that's also historically plagued by disinvestment. Now two new major projects are bringing hope for investment and growth, and fear that longtime residents will be priced and pushed out.
The new federal eligibility changes mean immigrants seeking asylum and those who entered the country through humanitarian parole will also lose health coverage.
Chicago elected officials and other representatives from Illinois are pushing back on Peoples Gas' proposed $144 million rate hike.
A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side late Sunday night.
In 2024, an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a dog that was being held by its owner. COPA and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling agreed the officer should be fired. But more than two years later, that hasn't happened.
The White Sox made a remarkable turnaround this year to become the only team in Major League Baseball history to follow consecutive 100-loss seasons with a playoff berth.
Gordon Johncock, a two-time Indianapolis 500 champion and winner of 25 career IndyCar races, has died. He was 90. Johncock died from natural causes Monday at his home in South Branch, Michigan.
The Chicago Bears won big Monday night, as third-string quarterback Case Keenum filled in for Caleb Williams and led the Bears past Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles for a 27-7 win.
Stepping in for Caleb Williams, Keenum was 24 for 34 for 247 yards.
The Bears will look to rally from last week's ugly loss to the Vikings when they host the Eagles on Monday night at Soldier Field.
Flynn was found guilty of killing his wife, Ashley, in February and attempting to blame the murder on a break-in at their home.
Chicago police need help to find a group of thieves who have broken into at least 40 cars in the last few weeks on the Near South Side.
CBS News New York has exclusively obtained screenshots from a source presented as text messages between Jane Doe and one of the defendants in a lawsuit alleging rape at a fraternity house at Cornell University in 2024.
Chicago police put out an alert about dozens of car burglaries, including some in which the suspects pulled guns when confronted by the owners, on the Near South Side and South Commons neighborhoods in September.
A woman, identified only as Jane Doe, alleges she was gang-raped by seven fraternity members in 2024 and accuses Cornell University of failing to protect her.
