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Southbound lanes of I-55 near Cicero were closed while crews responded to the fatal crash.
This time it was a Boeing 737-800 plane that suffered a malfunction.
Millions of people will be looking up to the sky to witness the event on Monday.
Yarbrough was 73 years old.
Sunday marked the 32nd annual Loyola candle-lighting ceremony.
The victim was struck in the body and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized, police said.
According to Chicago police, the driver, a 59-year-old man, was inside his car with an unidentified male who pulled out a firearm and demanded his belongings.
Chicago police say around 11:18 p.m., a black sedan was traveling eastbound in the 7900 block of South Pulaski Road when it made a left turn and struck a Dodge SUV.
Cloudy skies today with rain at times, especially midday through the afternoon.
A 59-year-old man was rescued from the building and was taken to Stroger Hospital with burns to the body in good condition.
Michael Wacha threw seven innings of two-hit ball and MJ Melendez launched a two-run homer as the Kansas City Royals beat the slumping Chicago White Sox 3-0 on Saturday night.
Connor Bedard, Andreas Athanasiou and Seth Jones scored in the second period, and the Chicago Blackhawks stopped Dallas' franchise-record win streak at eight games with a 3-2 victory over the Stars on Saturday.
There was a standing-room-only crowd to see the Cubs play Ohtani and the Dodgers on a cool, sunny, late afternoon game.
Police say a woman lost control of her car and hit one woman on the sidewalk and a man outside a gas station.
Aftershocks in the New York City area could continue for a week after one of the East Coast's strongest earthquakes in 100 years.
CBS News Chicago’s own Marissa Sulek ran her fourth marathon on Sunday.
Rapid response volunteers were organizing outside St. Jerome Catholic Church in Rogers Park hours after an ICE sighting caused morning parishioners to stay inside.
The remaining 20 Israeli hostages in Gaza are expected to be released in just a couple of hours in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
Scattered clouds remain tonight along with the possibility of patchy fog, especially in Northwest Indiana. Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the latest.
Milan Petrovic, 38, born in Serbia, has been blind since the age of 11, but that hasn't stopped him from competing as a high-level endurance athlete.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson headed to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to speak at the National Press Club luncheon.
Rep. Ilhan Omar was calling for the abolishment of ICE and for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign when a man sitting in the front row rushed up and sprayed her. He was arrested and Omar was not injured, police said.
Outside of the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center on Tuesday, veterans, medical professionals, and many other Chicagoans built a memorial for Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man shot and killed by federal immigration agents last week.
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred federal immigration officials from deporting 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father.
More than half of House Democrats support impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
In a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal, Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, revealed that the right frontal lobe of his brain was injured in a car accident 25 years ago.
Sales of tickets to NHL games jumped more than 20% after the hit HBO show debuted in the fall, according to ticket vendor.
Among the names missing when the 98th Academy Award nominations were announced were Ariana Grande, George Clooney, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and anyone associated with "Wicked: For Good."
The nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and though "One Battle After Another," "Marty Supreme," "Frankenstein" and "Hamnet" were all nominated for plenty, it was "Sinners" that broke through with a record-smashing 16 nominations.
Prince Harry struck a combative tone as he testified in his lawsuit against the Daily Mail's publisher.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will sign off on May 21st.
Chicago’s largest and longest‑running annual boating event, Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show, is back in Rosemont.
Seasonal depression, or seasonal affective disorder, affects about 5% of adults in the U.S. Northwestern Medicine psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Sit joins Audrina Sinclair to talk about the condition, how it can be treated, and how you can manage it on your own.
The mayor plans to talk about the challenges of leading Chicago this past year, and what city officials learned about resisting federal overreach and responding to federal immigration raids in the city.
The sprayed substance hit the congresswoman’s shirt, but she was not hurt. Lauren Victory reports.
Nedas Revuckas is charged with murder after a pregnant mother was found stabbed in her Downer's Grove apartment after a fire.
The Illinois Attorney General's office has charged a Chicago police officer with bribery and misconduct.
Some TikTok users are raising questions about the app's new terms and conditions after the social media platform's split from its China-based parent.
An investigation is underway after a woman was found dead in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood.
The American Red Cross has declared a severe shortage after the blood supply dropped 35% in the past month.
The crash on June 7, 2024, killed 76-year-old Bernice Pawilan. The driver had a history of traffic offenses, and, in fact, wasn't supposed to be on the road at all.
A town hall meeting on Monday night addressed the concerns of residents paying higher water bills after being forced to use a private utility company.
As temperatures fell below zero in Chicago on Friday, tenants of a public housing complex in the East Garfield Park neighborhood said they were freezing inside their own homes due to insufficient heat.
Chicago is marking 30 years since it started its first citywide recycling program, which began with a problematic kickoff, and continues to lag behind other major cities in terms of performance.
More than a year before identical twin brothers stopped teaching at the Thornton Fractional School District, administrators were aware of allegations that one of them had been sexually assaulting a student.
Kirill Kaprizov scored the shootout winner as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3.
The Blue Demons are experiencing a turnaround, especially at home, in Chris Holtmann's second season at the helm.
Tuesday marks 40 years since throngs of Chicagoans braved subzero wind chills to welcome home the Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears.
The Bulls closed the first half with a 7-0 spurt, trimming the Lakers' lead to 69-56.
Jay Vine was knocked from his bike when two large kangaroos bounced onto the road on a high speed section.
A food and liquor store in a strip mall in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood was targeted in a crash-and-grab burglary early Wednesday.
The Illinois Attorney General's office has charged a Chicago police officer with bribery and misconduct.
A Chicago man was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week for invading a home in Naperville while on probation.
The burglaries occurred between Jan 12 and 24 during the morning hours across eight neighborhoods, including Brighton Park and Uptown.
Chicago police issued a warning over the weekend about burglars targeting homes on Chicago's South Side.
