1st annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival takes place in Bridgeport
"It highlights the diversity of what it means to be Asian American, using the arts to highlight the far ranging perspective we have as a community."
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"It highlights the diversity of what it means to be Asian American, using the arts to highlight the far ranging perspective we have as a community."
It'll be held at the Zhou B Art Center. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray got a sneak preview of what you can expect this weekend.
The three armored trucks were robbed at gunpoint - each a few hours apart in broad daylight – in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood and the south suburbs Wednesday. CBS 2's Sara Machi reports.
Two Brinks armored trucks were robbed just hours apart on Wednesday in Chicago and Calumet City.
At least part of the building's roof collapsed as firefighters extinguished the flames.
Chicago firefighters are responding to an extra-alarm fire in the Bridgeport neighborhood, which has left the roof unstable.
Police said a 76-year-old man got into an argument with a man in his late 40s or his 50s around 9:40 a.m. in the 3100 block of South May Street.
Police said a 76-year-old man got into an argument with a man in his late 40s or his 50s around 9:40 a.m. in the 3100 block of South May Street.
We are told the café had a good turnout for its reopening.
We are told the café had a good turnout for its reopening.
A man from Peoria is charged with stabbing another man to death in Bridgeport last month.
Owner Sydney Blakely just fully opened Cook It Mama four months ago.
Cook It Mama Cafe owner Sydney Blakely arrived Wednesday morning to see the letters “B-L-D-M” – which stands for “Black lives don’t matter” – covering up part of a mural on the building.
The body of 40-year-old Bilian Fang was discovered near the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in Cicero last month.
Several franchise stores were hit Sunday morning -- all in less than an hour.
The Chicago Thanksgiving Parade will kick off bright and early Thursday at 8 a.m.
People throughout the city and suburbs spent the holiday eve cooking, shopping, and giving back. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Police said a 60-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man were both transported to the University of Chicago Hospital after exiting the fire.
Chicago police is asking for the public's help in locating a missing woman last seen in Bridgeport earlier this month.
Back in February, CBS 2 stopped by the shop after it was burglarized the first time.
Police did not specify how the burglar got into the homes.
We've pretty much all experienced it - a flash of red when there's a bit of orange on your car from a parking ticket. The fines especially frustrated a group of Bridgeport residents recently.
"It was a mistake they made that they refuse to admit, and now we are the ones holding the bag for $40,000," Steve Balser said.
The girl also is accused of stealing a running car with a 7-year-old girl inside in Bridgeport.
Bullets flew this past weekend in the middle of a street in the Bridgeport community, while a man was taking his dog out only feet away.
