Feds retrieve nearly $400,000 in unpaid wages for Aurora store employees
Wage theft is the biggest type of theft adding up to $50 billion nationwide and tens of millions of dollars a year in Illinois.
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Wage theft is the biggest type of theft adding up to $50 billion nationwide and tens of millions of dollars a year in Illinois.
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin said Rodgers built and award-winning, nationally recognized youth department that impacted the lives of tens of thousands of children.
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin said Rodgers built and award-winning, nationally recognized youth department that impacted the lives of tens of thousands of children.
Staff and security guards will be on-site at all times to make sure everyone stays safe.
With frigid weather on the way, the City of Aurora is opening its temporary warming center for one week starting today.
The center will be open each night from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. starting Sunday through the morning of Sunday, Feb. 5.
The suit claimed the vagueness of the Aurora Special Events Ordinance allowed the city to interfere.
The suspects have struck nine times in the last month, around Aurora's Hometown subdivision and the Fox Pointe Apartments.
Kane County prosecutors called it a "heinous, violent and unprovoked attack."
Holiday celebrations continue in Cook County and northeastern Illinois.
It's a commemoration of the biblical story of the day when three kings went to visit the baby Jesus.
The Aurora and Daley Plaza markets wrapped up early last week ahead of the winter storm.
A man is dead after colliding with another car and then hitting a tree in Aurora Wednesday afternoon.
The frigid weather did little to keep shoppers away from some of the malls in the Chicago area looking for those post-Christmas deals. Even the Chicago Premium Outlet in Aurora, which is outdoors, saw waves of shoppers strike early as stores opened for the day. CBS 2's Andrew Ramos joined the crowds on Monday.
Some newly released data showed a jump in both in-person and online sales which comes as a surprise to many.
The frigid weather did little to keep shoppers away from some of the malls in the Chicago area looking for those post-Christmas deals. Even the Chicago Premium Outlet in Aurora, which is outdoors, saw waves of shoppers strike early as stores opened for the day. CBS 2's Andrew Ramos joined the crowds on Monday.
Donations collected from drivers will support youth mentoring and mental health programs.
The drive-thru light show was closed earlier this due to high winds and drifting snow.
This weekend is your last chance to see dazzling light displays and meet holiday characters - including Santa Claus.
Tyshaun LaFlore was trying to retrieve his football from the pond at the Fox Pointe apartment complex on the day before Thanksgiving, when he fell through the ice.
An award ceremony was held Tuesday at Aurora City Hall.
It's the last weekend before Christmas, and downtown Aurora is wrapping up the holidays with a bang.
You can take a ride on the holiday trolley for free Saturday from noon until 3:30 p.m.
They include a sports store, a custom rug maker, a couple of boutiques, and three spots for desserts.
On Thursday, they held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for eight new businesses.
Chicago's South Shore is a historic neighborhood that's also historically plagued by disinvestment. Now two new major projects are bringing hope for investment and growth, and fear that longtime residents will be priced and pushed out.
Unlike other communities that used third parties to deploy the bait, program leaders in Albany Park want to get neighbors involved.
Parents of special education students say their kids are learning in stairwell landings and storage areas converted into makeshift classrooms.
Both were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in unknown condition, but were stabilized.
Chicago police are searching for the two gunmen who shot and killed a 26-year-old man on Friday, Sept. 25 on the city's South Side.
Chicago aldermen on Tuesday voted to require at least 30 members of the City Council to approve any future plans to borrow money, seeking to make it tougher to add to the city's mountain of debt, but Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled he might veto the measure.
The City Council on Tuesday approved a deal allowing Chicago's privatized parking meters to be sold to a new company, with the city receiving a share of the profits going forward.
A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.
In the race for the seat currently held by retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, Democratic Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is facing off against former Illinois Republican Party chairman Don Tracy and independent candidate Whitfield Harrington.
Gov. JB Pritzker is seeking to become the first Democrat ever elected to a third term in Illinois, and is facing a rematch with Republican Darren Bailey. There's also an independent candidate on the ballot, Collin Corbett.
Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
Nearly 40 brides say they are seeking answers from Sip of Eden after reporting canceled services, difficulty obtaining refunds and concerns that the company would not show up for their weddings.
Chuck E. Cheese announced Tuesday that it is bringing a new indoor playground concept, called Adventure World, to Chicago's south suburbs.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
Survivor, Koko Taylor, The Plain White T's and REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin were among those honored Sunday night at the Harris Theater. The ceremony is the hall's largest fundraiser.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
The new video shows the bus still rolling as students were trying to get off at their stops. The students realized something was wrong and worked together to stop the bus.
A former student is suing Cornell, alleging she was gang-raped at a campus fraternity. A New York district attorney is now seeking a grand jury review after reopening the case.
Three of the four candidates answered a range of questions from those in attendance, as well as pre-submitted questions.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon is tracking the latest in First Alert Weather.
As more communities are turning to rat birth control, community leaders on the Northwest Side are trying something new — getting neighbors involved.
Chicago's South Shore is a historic neighborhood that's also historically plagued by disinvestment. Now two new major projects are bringing hope for investment and growth, and fear that longtime residents will be priced and pushed out.
A Chicago woman who hid her mother's body in her freezer for two years is now facing additional federal charges of Social Security and SNAP fraud.
Unlike other communities that used third parties to deploy the bait, program leaders in Albany Park want to get neighbors involved.
Parents of special education students say their kids are learning in stairwell landings and storage areas converted into makeshift classrooms.
The woman killed in a wrong-way crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive late Sunday night has been identified as a 35-year-old mother and nursing assistant.
Chicago's South Shore is a historic neighborhood that's also historically plagued by disinvestment. Now two new major projects are bringing hope for investment and growth, and fear that longtime residents will be priced and pushed out.
The new federal eligibility changes mean immigrants seeking asylum and those who entered the country through humanitarian parole will also lose health coverage.
Chicago elected officials and other representatives from Illinois are pushing back on Peoples Gas' proposed $144 million rate hike.
A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side late Sunday night.
In 2024, an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a dog that was being held by its owner. COPA and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling agreed the officer should be fired. But more than two years later, that hasn't happened.
The White Sox made a remarkable turnaround this year to become the only team in Major League Baseball history to follow consecutive 100-loss seasons with a playoff berth.
Gordon Johncock, a two-time Indianapolis 500 champion and winner of 25 career IndyCar races, has died. He was 90. Johncock died from natural causes Monday at his home in South Branch, Michigan.
The Chicago Bears won big Monday night, as third-string quarterback Case Keenum filled in for Caleb Williams and led the Bears past Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles for a 27-7 win.
Stepping in for Caleb Williams, Keenum was 24 for 34 for 247 yards.
The Bears will look to rally from last week's ugly loss to the Vikings when they host the Eagles on Monday night at Soldier Field.
Flynn was found guilty of killing his wife, Ashley, in February and attempting to blame the murder on a break-in at their home.
Chicago police need help to find a group of thieves who have broken into at least 40 cars in the last few weeks on the Near South Side.
CBS News New York has exclusively obtained screenshots from a source presented as text messages between Jane Doe and one of the defendants in a lawsuit alleging rape at a fraternity house at Cornell University in 2024.
Chicago police put out an alert about dozens of car burglaries, including some in which the suspects pulled guns when confronted by the owners, on the Near South Side and South Commons neighborhoods in September.
A woman, identified only as Jane Doel, alleges she was gang-raped by seven fraternity members in 2024 and accuses Cornell University of failing to protect her.
