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A victim reported the theft of his 1995 Regal Valanti boat, stolen from a business in the 26900 block of West Grass Lake Road in Unincorporated Antioch.
Carmelo Aviles, 40, was arrested and charged with one felony count of first-degree murder and four felony counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm.
Police said a male pedestrian was struck while walking on the street by a possible Nissan Maxima that continued northbound on South Homan Avenue.
Chicago police said the victim, a 24-year-old man, was in a fight with another person who pulled out a gun and shot in his direction.
The Naperville students' goal is to help kids and teens explore their creativity.
Only people who had contact with a bat have reason to be concerned. A bat flying overhead cannot give anyone rabies.
Police in Lyons were interviewing late Friday everyone to figure out what happened.
In the left turn lane, the driver is seen getting out of the car with a long gun raised. The driver fires at officers, and the officers fire back as the driver falls to the ground.
On July 9, 2023, prime suspect James Lewis was found dead in his Cambridge, Massachusetts residence.
Northwestern Medicine researchers hope their discovery will lead to a potential treatment for those with pulmonary issues.
Billionaire Elon Musk also appeared with Trump on stage, calling the November election "the most important of our lifetime."
This comes as a big shake-up as all seven current members of the board saying they'll resign at the end of the month.
The CBS News Chicago Investigators have been reporting for months on the allegations of sexual and physical abuse to children in DCFS custody at Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center.
The two suspects wanted in connection with the burglaries led Chicago police on a chase along the Dan Ryan Expressway.
The Jasper County, Indiana Sheriff's office has not specified what the defendants are accused of doing, or their relationship to the children.
Vice President JD Vance arrived in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad early Saturday for high-stakes talks amid a fragile two-week
Cacio is looking for a family who can keep up with him! He plays well with other dogs and is ready to be adopted at PAWS Chicago.
A teen and two men were injured after police said shots were fired into a crowd in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on Friday night.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has the extended forecast.
A death investigation is underway after a man was found dead on a CTA Blue Line train in The Loop.
A new court ruling will keep Illinois from having to turn over its full list of voter information to the federal government.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias officially announced his campaign for mayor of Chicago on Sunday. He said, "Chicago should never become a city reserved only for the wealthy,"
Investigators are probing whether Iranian hackers are behind this week's malicious cyber activity against water systems in Minnesota. If they are found to be the culprits, it would not be the first time.
The U.S. and Israel plan to hit Iran's energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend, although no final decision has been made, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping regulations Friday aimed at social media companies and cracking down on "addictive algorithms" that keep kids glued to their screens.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
Stella's Diner in Chicago's East Lakeview community has gone out of business.
A Wisconsin appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that had declared Act 10 unconstitutional, keeping the 2011 law limiting public workers' collective bargaining rights in place as unions prepare to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
The changing developments at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. represent a microcosm of 40 years of changing development priorities on the Clybourn Corridor as a whole, and in Chicago and beyond.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Actor William Shatner and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, recall how they helped each other as they fought Stage 4 cancer side by side.
A new Illinois program launched this weekend, providing food benefits to people who lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits because of federal changes.
Sunday marked the annual Royal Court Coronation for the Bud Billiken Parade, in a 77-year-long tradition.
Lollapalooza festivalgoers had no rain to worry about on Sunday, as the gates opened for the last day of the festival in Chicago’s Grant Park.
After a lot of speculation, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Sunday that he is running for Chicago mayor. Marissa Sulek reports.
The Illinois Institute of Technology has laid off around 160 faculty and staff members just before the start of the fall semester, according to published reports.
In announcing his campaign, Giannoulias said, "Chicago should never become a city reserved only for the wealthy."
Stella's Diner in Chicago's East Lakeview community has gone out of business.
Several people were killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon at an In-N-Out restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho, local authorities said.
Sunday marked the annual Royal Court Coronation for the Bud Billiken Parade, in a 77-year-long tradition.
Slow-roasted beef was piled high in Chicago's Jefferson Memorial Park on Sunday afternoon.
A clean energy initiative on the South Side of Chicago is increasing access to solar energy and electric vehicle charging stations, and community members say it's making a difference.
A glitch in the Illinois Tollway system earlier this month left about 100,000 drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls, some dating back about a year.
Chicago's Office of Emergency Management, which oversees roughly 200 traffic aides, says two were seriously injured by drivers this summer — leaving many uneasy on the job as Lollapalooza brings heavy traffic downtown.
Shavonne Worthy said she visited her mother's grave at Oakridge-Glen Oaks Cemetery in Hillside and found an empty hole where the headstone had stood for nearly 10 years — and the cemetery's new owner told her it was removed intentionally.
Earlier this month, charges were dropped in one case against Weinstein, but he still faces charges in New York and California.
The Chicago Bears were off on Sunday, having wrapped up their first week of training camp.
The Chicago White Sox beat the AL-leading Tampa Bay Rays 9-1 on Sunday.
Lewandowski, who made the move from FC Barcelona in a two-year deal with Chicago, equalized in the 20th minute off a screamer from outside the box that tied the game at 1.
The Chicago Cubs evened their series with the New York Yankees with a 5-2 win on Saturday night.
Only two baserunners advanced past first base for Chicago, which had its three-game winning streak halted.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family have been "in agony and despair ever since" her mother Nancy's disappearance in February.
A popular Little Italy neighborhood bar was the target of an early morning break-in this week. While the owners said they are upset, they are responding with some levity.
Three men accused of attacking a CBS News Chicago crew during a crime spree last month pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board ruled Friday that Sean Grayson, convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey, will remain in prison despite a medical release application citing advanced colon cancer.
Two Mundelein-area men are facing charges connected to the murder of a man who disappeared last November.