Aurora woman's sister found 50 years after being kidnapped
The story of how Melissa Highsmith disappeared has haunted her family for 51 years.
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The story of how Melissa Highsmith disappeared has haunted her family for 51 years.
It's a reunion one family called an early Christmas miracle. A woman who disappeared over 50 years ago was found in Forth Worth, Texas. While most of her family is with her now, one of her siblings lives in Illinois.
Aurora police said entrances were being intermittently reopened as shoppers leave the mall.
Guests can tune their car radios to a special station to enjoy some holiday favorites as they drive through the display.
Guests can tune their car radios to a special station to enjoy some holiday favorites as they drive through the display.
Video posted to Facebook showed officers sending rope lines out into the pond, while other officers dove in to make the rescue.
The boy went onto an icy patch of the pond to retrieve his football and fell through.
Video posted to Facebook showed officers sending rope lines out into the pond, while other officers dove in to make the rescue.
The city launched its Operation Senior Shovel program again.
Police said this was believed to be an isolated incident, and the student did not have any specific plans for violence against the school.
Police said this was believed to be an isolated incident.
More than 40 service providers and partners will have all sorts of information on housing, transportation, behavioral health, and more.
The City of Aurora will host the 2022 Disabilities Family Resource Fair from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The City of Aurora will host the 2022 Disabilities Family Resource Fair from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Dozens of new apartments will be available in two revitalized buildings in downtown Aurora starting Thursday.
Dozens of new apartments will be available in two revitalized buildings in downtown Aurora starting Thursday.
James Robert Elliott faces a maximum of eight years in prison when he is sentenced in February.
James Robert Elliott faces a maximum of eight years in prison when he is sentenced in February.
Now people can actually call the Fox Valley Mall home.
Now people can actually call the fox valley mall home.
Halloween is starting early in downtown Aurora.
Children and families are invited to dress up and grab goodies from more than 40 businesses between Benton and New York Street.
A pit bull was found unconscious in the home and revived by paramedics at the scene. Another dog in the house has not been found.
The Aurora Fire Department responded to the fire in the 500 block of West Park Avenue around noon, according to the department. Fire crews could see a large column of smoke in the distance as they approached the two-story single-family home.
Bond is set for an Aurora man who beat an elderly man to death and took his property earlier this month.
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.
Residents say the Obama Presidential Center, which opened this year in neighboring Woodlawn, and the Quantum Computing Center, slated to begin a phased-in opening later this year in South Chicago, will bring not only new investments but also new rent increases in their community.
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.
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 Doe, alleges she was gang-raped by seven fraternity members in 2024 and accuses Cornell University of failing to protect her.
