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More than 100 students and several faculty members were taken to hospitals for precautionary reasons Thursday morning, after a carbon monoxide leak at a South Chicago neighborhood elementary school.
A day after calling Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's call for a Justice Department investigation of the Chicago Police Department's use of force "misguided," Mayor Rahm Emanuel reversed course, saying he is open to a federal probe of systemic issues at CPD.
Two gold coins have been donated to the Salvation Army in the Chicago area this week, the first of the Christmas season.
Doctors with a northwest suburban health service have barred children who don't have up-do-date vaccinations from coming into their offices, except on an emergency basis.
Authorities have named the two shooters who killed 14 people and wounded more than a dozen others in a gun massacre in San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday, and one of the pair was born in Illinois.
When firefighters arrived at the former Tower Plastics warehouse, flames were burning through the roof. Crews used several tower ladder trucks to douse the flames, and the Arlington Heights Fire Department raised a second alarm to bring in extra crews. The entire roof and part of one wall collapsed in the blaze.
Working for the Boys & Girls Club of America gives McFarland the chance to pay troops back for their sacrifices.
Celebrate the season with family by creating some meaningful holiday traditions this year.
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It was a "cold and callous murder that was stifling and stunning," Cook County Judge Charles Burns said Wednesday before sentencing Raymond Harris to life in prison without parole.
Noah Feldman was last seen about 4 p.m. Wednesday leaving his home in the 2100 block of Wesley Avenue, according to a statement from Evanston police. He indicated he wanted to harm himself before he left, police said. A guardian was in the process of taking him to an inpatient treatment facility when he ran away.
Edwin Tollinchi-Rodriguez, of East Chicago, Ind., pleaded guilty to transporting a minor across state lines with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana.
The driver, a 54-year-old man, was delivering food from a Chicago restaurant to a home in the 1700 block of Darrow Avenue in Evanston about 6 p.m., according to a statement from Evanston police.
CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot spoke with an expert who says there are several reasons why acts of violence like this take place.
A former ATF special agent talked to CBS 2 why the mass shooting in San Bernardino which has left 14 people dead is so different from those we've seen this year.
