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About 6:30 p.m. a man in his 20s armed with a handgun tried to rob a cell phone store in the 1700 block of East 87th Street. The store's owner, armed with a handgun himself, shot an killed the would-be robber.
Felicia Davis replaces attorney Michael Merchant, who was promoted to the job of Chicago Housing Authority CEO after Charles Woodyard was forced out.
A part-time Blue Island firefighter is suing the city, contending that it withdrew an offer to him for a full-time job without justification.
About 4:40 p.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired discovered the 30-year-old with a gunshot wound to his head in the 11200 block of South Ada Street.
The snow might be over, after dumping up to 3 inches of flakes on the Chicago area early Wednesday, but residents are still bracing for the second blast of subzero temperatures in three days.
The inherent beauty of train travel is that it's often more about the journey (and the spectacular scenery along the way) than the actual destination. When your fare includes butler service, gourmet meals, and access to elegant bar cars, rest assured these six train trips are worth dropping a month's salary on.
Mediterranean food is right in sync with modern palates and Chicago has no shortage of spots serving this healthful cuisine.
From toddlers to teens, these books from Simon & Schuster have you covered for all of your gift-giving needs this year.
Downtown shoppers got the surprise of a lifetime when out of nowhere a pop-up concert was set up and performed. CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports this wasn't just any concert as the star performer was Yo-Yo Ma.
We've heard the advice before, drink eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy, and for many that means drinking water from a sport bottle. But as CBS 2's Mary Kay Kleist reports, all that drinking could cause premature aging.
No one was hurt when Skokie firefighters battled a blaze at a facility for developmentally disabled adults Tuesday night, amid bitingly cold conditions.
One man was killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
The Wilmette village board is expected Tuesday night to set up an ad-hoc committee to study ways to continue providing rental, mortgage and property tax assistance to low-income residents of the North Shore suburb.
A former gynecologist was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday for raping his pregnant patient while performing an exam on her in his South Side office.
A man was shot to death in the Far South Side Morgan Park neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, police said.
