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It's almost back-to-school time, and the Chicago Public School system is asking for your help in providing supplies to kids who need them.
Alcohol is being blamed in a weekend crash that killed a 23-year-old woman on the Kennedy Expressway.
Five people were shot to death between Thursday night and early Friday morning in the city of Chicago, including two men whose bodies were found outside a South Deering neighborhood car wash.
A western suburb with a sizable Mexican-American population has been forced to cancel its Mexican Independence Day celebration this September.
The Chicago Crime Commission is on the receiving end of a lawsuit claiming the commission has the wrong guy.
A mother has become the second victim of a gang shooting in a Jeffery Manor neighborhood park, which also killed a 17-year-old boy and wounded two others.
A 23-year old man is set to appear for a bond hearing in DuPage County Wednesday morning, accused of murder and arson.
The emerald ash borer and the drought this summer are teaming up to give a one-two punch to ash trees in the area.
This week's heavy rain is long gone, but in the next few days we should be seeing more reminders of it – of the buzzing and biting variety.
A former Buddhist priest from the southwest suburbs has been brought back to the Chicago area to face charges he sexually assaulted a teenage girl.
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has started taking it to the streets in an appeal for peace in Chicago's neighborhoods.
Wheaton College on Wednesday joined Catholic University of America in filing a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's requirement that employers, except for churches, provide insurance that covers birth control services.
A 19-year old Batavia man cooling his heels in the Kane County Jail, because of two weekend parties at his house and an attempt to escape from police custody on top of it.
When you go on a social networking site to tell your friends where you're eating or playing, don't think perfect strangers aren't seeing that as well.
Hot weather combined with little rain is not only scorching your lawn, it is also making it tough for farmers in northern Illinois.
Chicago Crime Scene Clean Up is a 5-year old company that specializes in cleaning up murder and death scenes, hoarder situations and meth labs that have been discovered by police.
The city is set to unveil a plan Monday for making Chicago an even greater cultural destination.
Illinois State Police are teaming up with Skokie and Lincolnwood police to try to catch "rogue riders" – people who recklessly drive racing motorcycles on the Edens Expressway.
A Brookfield man stands accused of neglecting the medical needs of his bedridden wife for years, refusing to even purchase a proper bed or basic first aid products while spending his wife's disability checks.
Hundreds of people lined up outside the United Center Thursday, and they all had one thing in common – they wanted to be the next American Idol.
The city of Chicago isn't the only place where young people have to worry about the possibility of being shot. One teenage girl from Joliet found that out twice in the last month.
Officials believe careless use of smoking materials is what caused a fire that killed a mother and son in south suburban Park Forest Tuesday.
The Chicago Public Schools system wants to give you a chance to play budget wizard, and determine how spending choices you would like would affect the school system's allotted $5 billion.
Sales of Taste of Chicago concert tickets continue to be lackluster.
Chicago Police are looking for two suspects who used a not-so-ordinary weapon during a hold-up overnight on the South Side.
Chicago's first documented professional team was founded back in 1870. The white stockings, who eventually became the Chicago Cubs, not the White Sox.
CPD says the suspect used his bare hand to sexually abuse the child after pretending to fall and bracing his fall by grabbing the girl.
Multiple shootings have occurred across the city following a mass shooting on the South Side that left 13 wounded on Friday night.
Dillon Dingler homered and drove in the tying run in the ninth, Matt Vierling's bloop single finished off Detroit's comeback as the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 in 10 innings on Sunday.
Serena Williams recently returned to competition in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.
President Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism.
The Altoids were a callback to a viral moment between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush.
A senior Justice Department official called a judge's demand for a declaration on the status of the "anti-weaponization" fund "unnecessary."
Trump has appeared during the Iran war to lose patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who may now find himself "stuck."
President Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni traded criticism on Saturday after Italy canceled its envoy's visit to the U.S.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a rise in alpha-gal syndrome cases, with residents living in southern Illinois at the highest risk, according to a 2025 study.
After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
The North Shore suburb of Wilmette this week became the latest Chicago-area municipality to discover mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
In a full circle moment, actor Gary Cole returns to the very same local stage where he began his professional acting career.
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.
Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.
His comments come amid speculation that the UK leader could set out a timeline for his departure by Monday.
Since 1985, the local chapter of the foundation has granted 19,000 wishes across the state.
Three people were hospitalized, and six others were treated on-site. Nearly 1,700 tourists had to be evacuated from the resort.
Northeasterly winds on Monday will continue to churn choppy Lake Michigan waters, with wave heights between 4 and 7 feet. Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the latest in First Alert Weather.
Chicago police said that at 8:49 a.m., the 46-year-old man was on a Red Line train when gunfire came from a vehicle headed north on the Dan Ryan Expressway, and the train's glass window was hit.
Multiple shootings have occurred across the city following a mass shooting on the South Side that left 13 wounded on Friday night.
A man on a CTA Red Line train was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street Sunday morning.
CPD says the suspect used his bare hand to sexually abuse the child after pretending to fall and bracing his fall by grabbing the girl.
The main building of a once mid-century Chicago retail icon will close forever on Monday—something shoppers say they are not looking forward to.
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 70, according to Chicago police.
Newly released cell phone video of a police shooting in south suburban Country Club Hills appears to contradict what a federal agent claims happened during an undercover gun trafficking sting operation last week.
"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation.
Kindbody entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts, but not all patients received the email.
A Chicago woman says a life insurance policy she paid into for 25 years was cancelled over a $112 shortfall that she never knew existed, and now, at 82 years old, she's uninsurable.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
Chicago's first documented professional team was founded back in 1870. The white stockings, who eventually became the Chicago Cubs, not the White Sox.
Dillon Dingler homered and drove in the tying run in the ninth, Matt Vierling's bloop single finished off Detroit's comeback as the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 in 10 innings on Sunday.
Serena Williams recently returned to competition in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.
The Chicago Cubs' game against the Toronto Blue Jays that had been planned for Sunday was postponed due to the rain coming in.
Dallas chipped away and trailed 43-38 at halftime, but the Sky dominated the third quarter and led 71-57 before losing for the 10th time in 11 games.
A CTA Red Line train operator was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street on Sunday morning.
Would-be burglars crashed their way into a Circle K store in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning.
Detectives from Lake County, Illinois, Sheriff's office rescued a girl under 14 from a grown man who had traveled from Georgia to meet her this weekend, authorities said Sunday.
A man was robbed on a Chicago Transit Authority bus in Chicago's West Englewood community late Saturday night.
A 17-year-old boy was in police custody Sunday morning after a shooting that left another teen dead in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.
