American Red Cross Distributing Cleanup Kits For Flood Victims
The American Red Cross has opened 12 sites in eight counties to distribute 5,000 cleanup kits to people with water damage from the recent flooding.
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The American Red Cross has opened 12 sites in eight counties to distribute 5,000 cleanup kits to people with water damage from the recent flooding.
A bill to increase the speed limit on interstates and the tollway system is moving through the Illinois legislature.
A Cook County corrections officer who claimed to be so prolific at faking injury that he nicknamed himself the "Duty Injury King" has been suspended without pay.
Stephen Curry had 30 points and 13 assists and the Golden State Warriors handed the Denver Nuggets their first loss at home in more than three months.
A 26-year-old Joliet man was fatally shot in the head in Aurora Tuesday night.
Five people were shot to death on Wednesday morning in the small downstate town of Manchester, and the suspect in the shooting later died at the hospital after a shootout with police.
Warm-weather food events make sense when one can sample an array of Midwestern masterpieces all in one fell swoop.
A runaway horse named Geraldo snarled busy traffic along Interstate 80 in northwest Indiana during rush hour and escaped unscathed.
Fast-food and retail workers are taking to the streets in Chicago on Wednesday to protest poor wages.
Last week's deluge, combined with Tuesday's rainfall make this April the wettest on record.
The Tinley Park mayor says officials have called every home in the village to let them know not to worry if they hear loud bangs around the property of the Tinley Park Mental Health Center.
They are supposed to be taking a mandatory state test today, but about 100 CPS high school students instead were boycotting the test and protesting outside Wednesday's school board meeting.
The crowd cheered when Village President Richard Grenvich and Fire Department Shift Commander John Kaiser said no one in Forest View died. No one was seriously hurt and 258 people were rescued, some minutes from drowning. Power and water never shut down.
A woman who survived a horrifying attack was honored Tuesday night for fighting to protect other would-be victims, reports CBS 2's Pamela Jones.
