Officer Applicant Cries Foul At UIC Hiring Process
David Medina wants to be a cop, and the University of Illinois-Chicago Police Department seemed like the perfect fit. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.
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David Medina wants to be a cop, and the University of Illinois-Chicago Police Department seemed like the perfect fit. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.
Two Illinois lawmakers said Thursday they will seek legislative approval of gay marriage when the General Assembly reconvenes in three weeks, answering Gov. Pat Quinn's hope that he could sign same-sex marital rights into law as early as January.
A daylong memorial for the 6,600 Americans killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was scheduled for 9:11 a.m. Friday at the plaza outside the Thompson Center.
Eating in the loop isn't always friendly on the old wallet. Eating out everyday can add up quickly. Here are a few places in the loop to eat lunch for $5-$10.
A 21-year-old man already in jail for shooting two girls on the West Side earlier this week did so, according to authorities, because they were witnesses to his shooting of a motel clerk who would not let him and the girls check in.
Travel is expected to be up this holiday season, and one big reason is plummeting gas prices.
About 500 students at King College Prep High School in the North Kenwood neighborhood staged a sit-in on Thursday, demanding the new principal; and an end to new rules that limit their access to the school, its labs, tutors, and teachers after normal school hours.
Chicago's crackdown on violence at gang funerals took a different turn Thursday, as police took pre-emptive action to remove a potential gang target from a funeral site.
Time is growing short for people who want to play Santa under a program run by the U.S. Postal Service.
From now until Christmas, The McNeil and Spiegel Show will debut a series of holiday-themed parody songs for your enjoyment.
A leader in the NAACP is pushing back against a mindset that if you're black you vote for Democrats.
A string of tragedies in the Chicago area over the past year prompted a safety advocacy group to look at the number of children killed or injured by falling televisions.
A serial groper from Aurora has been convicted for a third time of touching a dozing woman on an airline flight.
A woman was killed and two firefighters and two police officers were injured in a blaze Thursday morning in Arlington Heights.
A person was killed and another person was ejected after a sports-utility vehicle crashed while traveling west on U.S. Route 30 toward northbound lanes on I-57 in south suburban Matteson Wednesday night, according to Illinois State Police.
