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Stocks closed sharply higher Wednesday, all three of the major indices gained one percent of more for the session, after the Federal Reserve indicated the possibility of a December interest rate hike.
Through they claim it was just a hoax, two southwest suburban high school students are facing charges after they posted a threat on social media about shootings at their school.
Nine people were injured after a smoke bomb went off on a CTA bus on the Northwest Side Wednesday afternoon, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
A Pilsen artist has been spending the day sculpting pumpkins in the lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel on Michigan Avenue.
The three were walking on the sidewalk in the 4700 block of South Calumet Avenue about 3:10 p.m. when they were shot by someone in a passing vehicle, police said.
When expectations aren't being met, there's very little that a general manager of an NHL team can do to right the ship other than firing their head coach.
The Cook County Board has approved appointing a gun violence coordinator who will be expected to "live, eat, breathe and sleep gun violence," reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
Ballots are going out to some residents of Oak Park whose homes stand in the shadow of the Eisenhower Expressway expansion project reports WBBM's Regine Schlesinger.
Franny, who had lived at the west suburban zoo since 1992, was euthanized after age-related degenerative arthritis "began to severely impact her daily comfort and quality of life," a statement on the zoo's website said.
Filmmaker George Lucas' lakefront museum plan won final approval on Wednesday, as aldermen signed off on zoning changes needed to build the 300,000-square-foot project.
When President Obama awoke in his Kenwood home on the South Side this morning, he set an American record.
Top off the pre-game meal with this key lime pie in a cone recipe from NYC's comfort food palace Root & Bone.
The City Council has approved the largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history, with the vast majority of the new revenue going to shore up police and fire pension funds.
The New England Patriots are still undefeated, but they've got a big game coming up against the surging Miami Dolphins. CBS Sports' Tracy Wolfson talks three big AFC contests happening in Week 8.
