Storms Rip Down Trees, Set House Ablaze, Cut Power To Thousands
Booming cracks of thunder awoke the Chicago area overnight, but many homeowners are finding more than just rain on the streets outside.
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Booming cracks of thunder awoke the Chicago area overnight, but many homeowners are finding more than just rain on the streets outside.
Three more batches of mosquitoes collected recently have tested positive for West Nile Virus, the Kane County health Department said Friday.
A 39-year-old man shot his 39-year-old girlfriend, then took his own life outside a friend's home less than a half hour later Friday night, police said.
CBS 2's Bill Kurtis reports how Tom Roeser, using good old capitalism, has been leading the charge to revitalize a struggling town.
One local franchise chain is just about ready to release this summer a unique collaborative taste-treat.
Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville was placed on lockdown Friday amid reports of a man with a gun.
A Carpentersville man is being held on $3 million bond on multiple heinous crimes – including beating a woman with a hammer, raping an 8-year-old girl, and stabbing a dog.
Community Unit School District 300 in northwest suburban Algonquin is reminding parents to talk to their children about "the dangers of stranger interaction" after the second reported attempted child abduction within the district in the last two weeks.
A police drug sting in the northwestern suburbs has riled up some parents of children who attend a school located near where the sting took place.
A police chase that started in northwest suburban Carpentersville on Tuesday ended more than 20 miles away in Itasca when police shot the suspect.
Two men are accused of robbing people of the items they are selling on Craigslist, then going back to the Web site to resell the items themselves. They were caught when one of their alleged victims turned the tables.
A northwest suburban school superintendent is trying to keep Sears headquarters in his district with a more evenhanded approach than hundreds of protestors who don't care if Sears stays or goes.
The Chicago Public Schools are not the only school system looking at a longer school day.
The crossing guards are gone in Carpentersville, and village officials are trying to figure out how to get children safely to and from school.
Mark Lingl of Carpentersville has a dangerous hobby -- chasing tornadoes. But he says he actually helps keep people safe. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports.
A suburban school district is getting ready to lay off hundreds of teachers at the end of term.
A drunken-driving and car-theft suspect was to appear in bond court Tuesday after he started a police chase over the weekend that went through three suburbs.
Transportation, maintenance and operations, secretarial jobs and more face cuts as suburban school District 300 looks to cut next year's budget.
Two northwest suburban man were arrested on drug charges after allegedly selling heroin to an undercover police early Wednesday near a Carpentersville elementary school.
State Sen. Michael Noland has given his side of a run-in between him and a Carpentersville police officer at a polling place on Election Day.
A man was ordered held on $1 million bond after being charged with allegedly sexually abusing a child multiple times over an eight-year span.
Training school would allow for weapons larger than handguns.
A Chicago man faces up to 30 yeras in prison after being convicted Wednesday of selling heroin near an elementary school in northwest suburban Carpentersville.
One of the devices exploded before authorities arrived.
