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To kick off the reveal of a temporary mural along the 606 – also known as the Bloomingdale Trail – free dog portraits were created by local artists with Project Onward, a nonprofit studio and gallery for artists with mental and developmental disabilities.
Illinois State Police said a 2004 Dodge Stratus driving the wrong way in the northbound lanes of Interstate 55 crashed head-on into 1998 Acura coupe just south of the Veterans Memorial Tollway (Interstate 355) interchange around 3 a.m.
According to the Fire Department, the fire started around 12:40 p.m. at 2301 S. Laflin St., which is a recycling plant. Two men were taken to hospitals from the scene.
A couple on their way to work Friday stopped to help a man sitting in the middle of busy Cicero Avenue, but little did they know, they had already him.
Alexandria "Alex" Hart was last seen in the 6300 block of South Elizabeth Street, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.
A 50-year-old man has been charged with raping a woman who answered his Craigslist ad for a room for rent in the northwest suburbs.
Shanda Ross said her 2-year-old son placed his hands on the screen of an open window on Oct. 3, 2014, and the screen gave way, causing her son to fall 17 feet to the sidewalk below, on the 3300 block of West Warren Boulevard.
The theme of this year's parade is "Education: It's An Order," a salute to Col. Eugene Scott, the president of Chicago Defender Charities, which organizes the parade. Scott is retiring, after nearly 20 years leading the nation's oldest and largest African American parade.
About 11 p.m., the teen and a 20-year-old man were in the 6400 block of South Justine Street when a male got out of a passing white Cadillac and shot them, police said. The model of the vehicle was not immediately known.
The Fire Department said a 19-year-old woman jumped into the Chicago River near Cermak Road and Canal Street around 4 a.m. Rescue crews were dispatched to the scene, but a battalion chief who responded to the scene didn't wait for divers, and jumped into the water.
Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane has hired an attorney and called off what was to have been a public display of the Stanley Cup on Saturday because he is under police investigation over something that may have happened at his home last weekend.
About 11 p.m., the two were in the 6400 block of South Justine Street when a male got out of a passing white Cadillac and shot them, police said. The model of the vehicle was not immediately known.
The next time you want to get mentally unhinged and spiritually balanced simultaneously, try a round of the exacting club and ball sport at one of these fine Chicago area courses.
What's a Yugo, you ask? WBBM Newsradio's Steve Miller takes us back to a simpler time.
Maurice Hood worked on jackets for this weekend's crop of NFL Hall of Fame inductees. CBS 2's Harry Porterfield reports.
