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Major retailers are gearing up for holiday hiring and that's good news in Illinois where the unemployment rate is 9.2 percent and 602,000 people are looking for work. With those numbers, you'll want to get an early start on the job search. Roseanne Tellez has more on who's hiring, and when.
A spokeswoman says Gov. Pat Quinn has met with Archer Daniels Midland executives over the agribusiness giant's decision to move their headquarters from Decatur.
The trickery has been brewing since Redbox, based in Oakbrook Terrace, introduced game rentals in 2011.
Infomercial host Kevin Trudeau will be getting his freedom this afternoon - after spending the night behind bars, where he was questioned about his financial assets.
Arab and Muslim employees of Rizza Cadillac were subjected to harassment and offensive slurs, such as "terrorist," the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday in filing a lawsuit against the Tinley Park dealership.
A team of Aussies traveled some 8,000 miles from the tiny town of Tecoma to Oak Brook to be heard. CBS 2's Derrick Blakley shows us why they don't want big macs down under.
Judge Robert Gettleman told Trudeau, 50, of Oak Brook, "This is not an infomercial — you can't talk your way out of this" after the TV pitchman made an impassioned plea for his freedom.
Millionaire businessman Ty Warner, the creator of Beanie Babies, has agreed to plead guilty to tax evasion charges, federal prosecutors said.
According to the U.S. Census, there were 784,000 Hispanics in Chicago, which is nearly 29 percent of the population here. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker found out more and more are going into business for themselves.
Standard & Poor's cited Chicago's $19.4 billion pension crisis, the city's mountain of debt, and its historic "reluctance to adjust taxes" despite its sweeping home-rule powers and diverse economy.
From major spans over the Mississippi River to overpasses on traffic-choked arteries skirting Chicago, some 200 bridges throughout Illinois are in need of replacement or repair because of their outdated, insufficient design and their advanced deterioration.
United has since fixed the mistake, but not before many customers took advantage of the free fares.
Summer's not officially over, but on the 6th floor of Macy's on State Street, it's already Christmastime.
About a third of the jobs are going away because of the transition to the Ventra card system, which takes CTA out of the fare-collection business. Some will get the chance to reapply for 30 new jobs.
The nearly 800,000 customers who switched electric companies have been seeing a savings of about $10 a month.
