Homicide Rate Not Hurting City Tourism
Tourism officials are keeping an eye on the headlines but say the city's homicide rate doesn't seem to be keeping visitors away.
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Tourism officials are keeping an eye on the headlines but say the city's homicide rate doesn't seem to be keeping visitors away.
The San Francisco 49ers have a chance to win their sixth Super Bowl on Sunday. At the center of attention, quarterback Colin Kaepernick, a dazzling athlete who has achieved remarkable success against all odds.
The fire was on the 7th floor of a 27-story high rise at 230 E. Ontario St., according to the Fire Department.
Brian Cooper, of Plainfield, Ill., is accused of strangling Alisha Bromfield at a Door County resort last summer. The couple was on the peninsula for a wedding.
This is not the type of cause that Bishop Larry Trotter takes on, he readily concedes.
The Harbaugh Bowl is just a few days away. The Ravens and 49ers are set to meet on the biggest stage in all of sports. The Ravens will need to contain Colin Kaepernick if they are to win on Sunday, but the 49ers will need to do the same with Joe Flacco.
The first batch of Chicago cops being pulled off desk duty are slated to hit the streets this weekend. That can't come soon enough for Police Supt. Garry McCarthy, who said in an interview on the CBS 2 Morning News that it's "very, very frustrating" that improvements in violent crime in Chicago are frequently followed by backsliding.
Going forward, Cook County taxpayers won't have to pay for work of a special prosecutor investigating why Chicago Police and Cook County prosecutors did not charge a nephew of former Mayor Richard Daley in the death of David Koschman.
Police serving a warrant to a resident of the 3300 block of Sunnybrook Street found four adults smoking marijuana in the living room while a 3-year-old was locked in a bathroom down the hall.
Chicago, which has about a third of the population of New York City, recorded three times more homicides than the Big Apple in the month of January.
Hurricane Sandy proved to us that there is no way of knowing what will come as it tore through areas that had no idea how to confront it. Take the time now to find your local resources in case your area is hit by an unexpected natural occurrence.
Hold on to your wallets: we are in the middle of a gas price spike, and experts say it will only get worse.
Police are investigating a murder on a major expressway ramp right by Chicago's convention center on Friday morning.
Some Chicago police officers accused of misconduct have been stripped of their powers and placed on paid desk duty. CBS 2's Pam Zekman reports.
