Illinois Residents Join Secession Petition Trend
At least seven states have filed petitions asking to secede from the union--enough to require a response from the White House, anyway.
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At least seven states have filed petitions asking to secede from the union--enough to require a response from the White House, anyway.
Controversial ads have appeared on 10 CTA buses -- and the transit agency says it could do nothing to prevent them from running.
The CTA is about to spend $185 million to renovate more than half of its bus fleet.
If looking to drink and hang out with friends or family members over the Thanksgiving holiday, then check out the best bars for Black Wednesday in Chicago.
A burned body was found inside a garage early Thursday in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
A female Chicago police officer suffered a graze wound to the leg and a man was killed in a police-involved shooting late Wednesday in the South Shore neighborhood.
A certain kind of pop-up hamper, framed with springy wire, can be hazardous to children, CBS 2's Pam Zekman reports.
CBS 2's Brad Edwards talks with the family of a fifth-grader who says an Antioch elementary teacher gripped her arm so hard there were bruises.
One of the jurors in the Anthony Abbate federal trial is explaining why the panel sided with the bartender the former cop assaulted in an infamous beating captured on surveillance video.
A ComEd spokesman said all of the crews have returned safely and that damage to the utility's vehicles was minimal, even though some of the crews were dispatched to points in Maryland and Pennsylvania ahead of the storms, expecting the worst.
Service on the South Shore commuter train line was temporarily suspended east of Hammond on Wednesday evening, due to damage to the overhead wires that power the trains.
A north suburban police officer was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to theft for ordering a DUI suspect to pay an unnecessary cash bond.
A day after Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. left his second stint at the Mayo Clinic, a source close to the Jackson family said the congressman was still in Rochester, Minn., in an effort to avoid the spotlight.
State Representative-elect Derrick Smith will have more than nine months in office before facing trial on federal charges of taking a $7,000 cash bribe.
Food truck owners have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the city's restrictions on where they are allowed to operate in Chicago.
