Residents Of West Side Building Go Ahead With Rent Strike
Residents of a foreclosed apartment building in the South Austin neighborhood have a new receiver, and he is being greeted with a rent strike.
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Residents of a foreclosed apartment building in the South Austin neighborhood have a new receiver, and he is being greeted with a rent strike.
A large barn fire destroyed a horse barn Wednesday evening in McHenry County, killing several horses.
Commonwealth Edison will outline Wednesday how it hopes to improve its response to storm outages.
A full jury has been selected in the trial of William Balfour, the man charged with killing three members of Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's family.
Now that spring is here, the Occupy Chicago protesters are back. Several hundred people participated in a Saturday march through downtown streets that ended in Grant Park, adjacent to Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkway.
Tenants of an apartment building that's in foreclosure in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side say they're fed up and are threatening a rent strike.
More than 200 friends gathered Friday at the park in Oak Lawn where Michele Peters played softball.
Police in west suburban Hinsdale are warning owners of small pets about an airborne predator.
Bond was set Thursday at $1 million for a 35-year-old Cicero soccer and Tae Kwon Do instructor accused of sexual misconduct with two boys.
The Grayslake Village Board met in closed session Thursday night, presumably to discuss the drunk driving arrest of Police Chief Matt McCutcheon.
The restaurant that employs the mother of two children killed in an auto crash on the south side last month is trying to give the family a helping hand.
At a forum hosted by the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn agreed the ticking time bomb of underfunded public employee pensions is threatening to explode – or implode, as the governor put it.
It has been four months since Pace buses began roaring up and down the shoulders of Interstate 55, and the program is proving so successful that Pace is adding buses and extending one of the lines.
About 50 immigration rights activists are staging a 48-hour walk from Chicago's Little Village neighborhood to far south suburban Crete.
The World Wildlife Fund and environmentalists in dozens of nations are urging you to turn out your lights for an hour Saturday night, for the sixth annual Earth Hour.
The mother and family members of the two children killed Saturday night in a high-speed crash on the southwest side returned to the scene of the accident for three hours Wednesday night – in search of the donations needed to bury them.
Road and mass transit construction projects nationwide could begin grinding to a halt next week unless a deadlock over funding is broken in Congress, and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is getting impatient.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Saturday that it was time for Michael Hogan to resign as president of the University of Illinois, but his resignation won't cure the university's problems.
The shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin last month in Florida, at the hands of a member of the local neighborhood watch, has been sparking outrage across the nation, including Chicago, where protesters and public officials spoke out about the shooting over the weekend.
Premier Bank has become the third Illinois bank to fail this year, and the second this month. State regulators worked with the bank for months in an attempt to save it.
Some 200 protestors carrying candles and signs showed up Thursday evening to vent their concerns about the club's effect on the neighborhood, as well as a Catholic convent nearby, CBS2's Mike Parker reports.
Stories about political signs that get people upset are nothing unusual, especially in an election year. But in this case, it's where the signs were placed that has people upset, not the message.
A judge has denied bond for a 20-year-old man charged with shooting and trying to kill a Chicago Police officer earlier this week in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Voters in more than 50 Cook County suburbs Tuesday gave the green light to municipal officials to negotiate with other suppliers to obtain cheaper power rates than ComEd charges its residential customers.
Shortly before the polls closed Tuesday, State Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago) filed a challenge to the results in the 21st District Illinois House race, alleging fraud by election judges.
The mayor of Bolingbrook is sounding the alarm over Illinois American Water asking the Illinois Commerce Commission to approve a $134 million rate increase, which would be its fourth rate hike in the past 10 years.
An emotional groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday for Chicago's Torture Justice Memorial.
On Tuesday evening, CBS News Chicago reported on wild weeds taking over a property in the South Side's Washington Heights neighborhood, and neighbors who said they spent months trying to get help.
The city of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has ordered a homeowner to take down his year-round giant skeleton display or face fines, but the homeowner is standing firm and refusing.
State Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) has been charged with orchestrating an alleged scheme to receive illegal cash kickbacks from her own campaign account and from local nonprofits for which she helped secure state grant funding.
State Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) has been charged with orchestrating an alleged scheme to receive illegal cash kickbacks from her own campaign account and from local nonprofits for which she helped secure state grant funding.
Chicago Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) announced Wednesday that he will not be running for reelection.
The damages were awarded to Carroll, a writer, by a 2023 jury in a civil sexual abuse and defamation case.
A former Wisconsin judge will soon learn her sentence for felony obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers.
A key Chicago City Council committee has joined the growing chorus calling for U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to resign.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
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.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
Environmental and community groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition challenging U.S. Steel Gary Works operating permit renewal.
In the four years since Roe v. Wade was overturned and Illinois became a destination for abortion care, Illinois providers and advocates have rebuilt the state's infrastructure to support the tens of thousands of people who travel to the state for abortion services every year.
June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, raising awareness of a disorder that affects a person's ability to speak, write, and understand both spoken and written language.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
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 nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
Nikki Glaser, Michelle Wolf, Ali Siddiq and Bert Kreischer are among the comedians coming to the city to perform from Nov. 5 to Nov. 15.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married as they celebrated their wedding with hundreds of guests Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Renowned singer-songwriter and Chicago-area native John Prine will be honored with a mural at the Old Town School of Folk Music in the Lincoln Square community.
Victor Willis, lead singer of the disco group Village People, whose hit "Y.M.C.A." became a fixture at rallies for President Trump, has died at the age of 74, his wife and the band said.
Increasingly cloudy overnight Wednesday. Lows in the low 70s.
Neighbors said they got some relief on Wednesday from what the foul smell near the reservoir, but it something they’ve had to deal with for days and worry will ramp up again when it rains next. Marissa Perlman reports.
The mayor of Bolingbrook is sounding the alarm over Illinois American Water asking the Illinois Commerce Commission to approve a $142 million rate increase, which would be its fourth rate hike in the past 10 years, watchdog groups say.
An emotional groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday for Chicago’s Torture Justice Memorial.
A former Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in December will not serve any time behind bars.
A 2.9 magnitude earthquake has been recorded in Lake Michigan off the coast of Chicago's northern suburbs Wednesday afternoon.
An animal hospital in Lowell, Indiana, was searched by DEA agents, shutting it down for hours Wednesday.
Two of the three children who died when a boat capsized on Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, during a sudden severe storm have been identified.
One person was killed, and another was injured after two shootings less than a mile apart on Tuesday night.
The mayor of Bolingbrook is sounding the alarm over Illinois American Water asking the Illinois Commerce Commission to approve a $134 million rate increase, which would be its fourth rate hike in the past 10 years.
On Tuesday evening, CBS News Chicago reported on wild weeds taking over a property in the South Side's Washington Heights neighborhood, and neighbors who said they spent months trying to get help.
Kevin Jackson was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 22 years in prison before he was freed. Now he has realized his dream by starting a landscaping business. But his quest to be declared innocent continues.
The weeds keep growing, and the complaints keep piling up, but neighbors on one street in the Washington Heights community on Chicago's South Side say nothing is changing.
City officials unveil underground stormwater storage units to reduce flooding on the West Side
Crown Point Mayor Peter Land says that flooding has been an issue for years and that the construction plan has been in the works for almost 10 years.
New Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Ian Cole called the team an up-and-coming group.
Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard will be out for four months after undergoing shoulder surgery, the team announced Wednesday.
Sam Antonacci had three of Chicago's four hits.
Matthew Boyd pitched six shutout innings, Alex Bregman drove in two runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Tuesday night.
The digital billboard teases Bears football games and other advertisements.
The men accused in a crime spree that involved an attack on a CBS News Chicago crew last week were back in court Wednesday morning.
A former Wisconsin judge will soon learn her sentence for felony obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers.
One person was killed, and another was injured after two shootings less than a mile apart on Tuesday night.
Two people were shot, and one of them died, in an apartment in the north Chicago suburb of Mundelein on Tuesday morning.
Mexico said it is investigating whether its sovereignty was violated by the United States in the 2024 capture of drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
