Lawsuit: Counselor Working At Archdiocese Molested Boy
A new sex abuse lawsuit has been filed against the Archdiocese of Chicago, but this one has a twist.
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A new sex abuse lawsuit has been filed against the Archdiocese of Chicago, but this one has a twist.
Nov. 1 has arrived, and no doubt, radiators and furnaces have been turned on for many residents. For low-income families, help available to pay for heating costs.
A 21-year old Vernon Hills woman was recently honored for her work on behalf of people like her, who suffer a painful and potentially embarrassing disease.
An unidentified man apparently trying to steal copper wire in a southwest suburban park was killed Wednesday night when a power line fell on him.
A year has passed since Notre Dame student Declan Sullivan was killed when a hydraulic lift fell over in the wind, and now, his father is talking publicly about his son's death.
It seems that more people like Italian cuisine, but more French restaurants – including one in Chicago – got the nod as the best in the USA in the latest survey by Zagat.
A move is afoot in Evanston to do away with the township form of government.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposed speed camera legislation is on the radar in Springfield, and passed one hurdle Monday.
A 38-year old man on Monday became the first man in Illinois to re-enlist in the military after being kicked out of the service because he's gay.
Members at a northwest suburban church got quite a shock on Sunday when they opened up a shopping bag that had been left on a car and found a newborn baby inside.
Four teenagers are in custody, accused in a string of armed robberies at a South Side Metra station.
Two people are in police custody this morning, and a third is facing charges, after being pulled over by a police officer whose identity they allegedly had stolen just two days earlier.
The Chicago Marathon is Sunday, and many first-time marathoners are among the thousands of runners participating to raise money for charities.
An Illinois state employee is being held on $70,000 bond, on charges that he solicited sex from the people he was supposed to be helping.
A longtime Chicago Public Schools program that encouraged corporate involvement in schools has been cancelled this year.
A Montana woman is getting public credit for her selfless and brave actions this summer, saving an Illinois boy from an attack by a grizzly bear.
It seems parents are in favor of an idea that will be proposed this week in the City Council, to make it safer for children to walk to their neighborhood schools.
Two people go are going on trial Monday in Will County, on charges they played a role in the death of a local daredevil.
Charges are pending against three men who were arrested following a police chase, in which a vehicle slammed into several parked cars on the city's South Side.
With Bank of America announcing it plans to charge customers $5 a month for using their debit cards, consumers of other banks wonder if it's only a matter of time before they're going to face charges too. But there are alternatives.
A locally-filmed horror thriller by a west suburban native opens Friday night at a theater in St. Charles, and it is raising some concerns that young people might try to go on their own to investigate the legend of Munger Road.
A Lincoln Park neighborhood drugstore owner described harrowing moments this week, as a woman tried to rob his business with a hand grenade.
A south suburban Chicago Heights man had a gun and used it on an intruder this week, and now the alleged home invader is dead.
Police say a woman used a fake hand grenade to hold up a pharmacy on Clark Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
For the first time in nearly three years, the Cook County Sheriff's Police will be getting 26 new officers, as the department figures a way around belt-tightening.
The Illinois Attorney General charged 11 former and current Ford Heights elected officials and municipal employees with misusing funds for personal gain.
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.
President Donald Trump confirmed he will attend the Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club in the Chicago suburbs this weekend in a social media post.
Multiple businesses were broken into on Friday morning, and burglars left cash registers and a safe.
Boleros De Noche, an acclaimed Los Angeles-based musical series, is back in Chicago for the second time and is being headlined by a Grammy-winning Chicana musician.
The Chicago City Council deferred a full vote on the sale of the city's parking meters from one private company to another to their next full council meeting as they face an end-of-month deadline.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens.
A special board meeting to replace the village manager in south suburban Hazel Crest came to an end before it could even begin on Thursday.
Big names continue to leave Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration, with his chief legal counsel announcing her retirement this week. Analysts said the wave of departures at City Hall is problematic.
The City Council Finance Committee backed a deal allowing Chicago's parking meters to be sold from one private company to another, as part of an agreement that would see the city start to net a share of future profits.
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.
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.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
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.
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.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
The American Cancer Society has obtained a $25 million gift from Kim Duchossois and her family to help develop the Hope Lodge Chicago, a facility where families can stay for free while loved ones receive cancer treatment.
Go behind the scenes of "Play On!" now playing at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
Travel editor Peter Greenberg joins CBS News Chicago.
Boleros De Noche, an acclaimed Los Angeles-based musical series, is back in Chicago for the second time and is being headlined by a Grammy-winning Chicana musician.
Gray skies will clear Friday, with highs in the upper 60s.
President Trump confirmed he will attend the Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club in the Chicago suburbs this weekend.
The Illinois Attorney General charged 11 former and current Ford Heights elected officials and municipal employees with misusing funds for personal gain.
The Shedd Aquarium released the first set of preliminary findings from necropsies performed on two beluga whales rescued from Marineland in Canada who died after their transfer to Chicago.
Two 20-year-olds have been arrested and charged with hazing and disorderly conduct in relation to the incident.
Three people were injured in a house fire in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on Friday morning.
Surging gas and diesel prices are putting the pinch on farmers with harvest season underway, and could drive grocery prices even further up.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
A Chicago nonprofit is suing its former president, accusing him of illegally diverting millions of dollars in charitable funds and jeopardizing the charity's future in fighting homelessness.
They're not regular donuts, they're quantum donuts. That's the pitch from a business hoping to get more dough as a massive new quantum computing campus continues construction in South Chicago.
Pete Crow-Armstrong joined the 40-40 club by stealing his 40th base to go along with his major league-leading 45 home runs, and the Chicago Cubs clinched their second straight postseason berth with a 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins.
The Chicago White Sox became the first team to follow consecutive 100-loss seasons by reaching the playoffs on Thursday, throttling the Kansas City Royals 9-1 to ensure no worse than one of the three AL wild-card spots for the postseason.
History was made during the regular-season finale at Wrigley Field Thursday, as Pete Crow-Armstrong became the first player in Cubs history to join the 40-40 Club.
The Cubs and White Sox will both play in the postseason for the first time since 2020, after clinching playoff spots within a matter of minutes of each other on Thursday afternoon.
Kyle Stowers homered and the Miami Marlins denied the Chicago Cubs a chance to clinch a playoff berth for the second straight night with a 3-2 victory Wednesday.
A Chicago violence interrupter is remembered for the difference he tried to make in his South Shore neighborhood. Courtney Harris worked to keep young people away from violence, but died in a shooting over the weekend.
Three men were wounded in a shooting on Thursday night outside a liquor store in the South Chicago neighborhood.
A sixth-grade teacher and basketball coach at a school in Island Lake, Illinois, was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
A Mundelein, Illinois, high school teacher and volleyball coach appeared in court Wednesday morning on charges of making an unauthorized video recording of a minor.
