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An Elgin man who was accused of threatening police officers with a fake bomb Tuesday morning when they tried to conduct an eviction at his home was later found dead at the Kane County Adult Justice Center.
Temperatures should remain above normal for the next few days, but the coldest weather of the winter is coming next week.
Officials of a Christian college in suburban Chicago on Tuesday said they have begun efforts to fire a professor who was placed on leave after asserting that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
A former Bears defensive tackle, Perry was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Sunday after appearing at Soldier Field for the Bears' season finale.
Two teens and two men were killed and at least eight other people were wounded in South, West and Southwest Side shootings Tuesday, police said.
Four people were in need of shelter early Wednesday after a fire broke out at a South Chicago neighborhood building and spread to the apartment building next door.
Three robbers have repeatedly entered the convenience store in the 0-100 block of North Wells Street to steal products, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
Saladine A. McKinney, 23, faces one count of aggravated battery with a firearm, a Class X felony, two counts of aggravated unlawful discharge of a firearm, a Class 1 felony, and one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, a Class 3 felony, according to a statement from the Lake County sheriff's office.
A Round Lake man who was at the controls last March when he and his daughter were killed in a Florida plane crash had cocaine in his system, according to an NTSB report.
CBS 2's Audrina Bigos reports a new venue in Hyde Park hopes to bring imrpov comedy back south.
When one community leader proposed renaming South Shore High School for a civil rights icon, the school's alums took action to block the change. CBS 2's Jim Williams tells all about it in this original report.
CBS 2's Dave Savini investigates the city's handling of your money.
Two well-known figures in professional tennis were on Chicago's South Side Tuesday to give a boost to the dreams of the next generation of sports heroes.
Hard work paid off for Jose Barrera, a high school senior. He'll be among more than 100 students recognized for their academic success at a gala Tuesday night. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports on what makes him and the others so worthy.
CBS 2's Susanna Song met up with one of the victims who says this is a huge life lesson.
