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The South Side neighborhood has seen some changes -- some good, some bad. But those that live there now are proud of where they call home, CBS 2's Kate Sullivan reports.
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The South Side neighborhood has seen some changes -- some good, some bad. But those that live there now are proud of where they call home, CBS 2's Kate Sullivan reports.
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A 16-year-old boy died Monday after allegedly pointing a gun and firing at police officers, one of whom shot him Sunday night in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.
Now people living in the community must travel 11 miles north to the south loop, seven miles west to Ford City, or 13 miles south to South Suburban Lansing.
A man was fatally shot in the head at his Chatham home Thursday afternoon on the South Side.
A Chicago Police officer was in stable condition Thursday morning, after he was run over by a hit-and-run driver.
At least 11 people were wounded -- two fatally -- in gun violence in the city since Friday night.
Fighting crime is not so simple, and that's something CBS 2 cameras saw first-hand on Monday, when visiting the scene of one of this past weekend's shootings.
A sexual assault in the Chatham neighborhood put a woman in the hospital early Thursday.
Four people were injured – one of them critically – when an extra-alarm fire broke out Tuesday morning in the Chatham neighborhood.
A rash of shootings around Chicago left one man dead and six others injured Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.
A suspect was wounded during a police-involved shooting early Saturday in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.
A woman and her 1-year-old baby were grazed by gunfire Sunday afternoon in the Chatham neighborhood.
A man is dead and 16 people were wounded throughout the city during apparently separate shootings Friday night and Saturday morning.
Conditions were pleasant overnight, but violence spilled onto the streets of Chicago in many areas – leaving three people dead and at least five others wounded from 4 p.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Tuesday.
Nicko Grayson was accused of killing three people Nov. 5, including a young mother who had just returned to a car with a cake for her 2-year-old daughter's birthday.
Three people were killed, and four others were injured, in separate fires in Chicago and Northwest Indiana over the weekend.
A worker is dead after an accident at a demolition site in the Chatham neighborhood Wednesday morning.
Bond has been denied for a 17-year-old boy, who is charged with the murder of three people outside a bakery at 87th Street and King Drive in the Chatham neighborhood.
Four Chicago Police officers were hospitalized Monday morning after a crash involving two police vehicles in the Chatham neighborhood.
Police continue to search for a motive in a shooting that killed three people near a Chatham neighborhood bakery over the weekend, as they question a person of interest in the case.
It was a simple trip by three acquaintances to pick up a cake at a South Side bakery, but minutes after doing so, all three people were shot dead inside a car in the parking lot.
Eight people were hospitalized, including a Chicago Police officer, after a multi-vehicle crash in the South Side Chatham neighborhood which reportedly began as a police chase.
Police are searching for suspects after a man was found shot to death early Sunday in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
A convenience store owner was in serious condition Thursday morning, after being shot during an attempted holdup in the Chatham neighborhood.
Homewood-Flossmoor High School is on hard lockdown Friday afternoon after a gun was brought to the school, officials said.
An Ohio grand jury formally indicted a Chicago man for the murder of his ex-wife and her new husband in their Columbus home in December.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is warning residents after an uptick in DMV text scams claiming to enforce a January 17 deadline.
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Illinois is giving residents an opportunity to clear their criminal records.
The number of ICE detainees exceeded 70,000 for the first time in the deportation agency's 23-year history, according to internal DHS data obtained by CBS News.
The Justice Department says it also added about 80 more attorneys this week to help review the Epstein files to be released.
The ICE agent involved in the fatal shooting could try to invoke immunity under the Constitution's Supremacy Clause to try to end state criminal prosecution.
President Trump threatened Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell anti-ICE protests in Minnesota. He previously threatened to do so in Chicago, but never followed through.
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Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.
A new report shines a light on electricity shortages that Illinois could face in less than 10 years.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
January is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
Severe flu season is sending many people to hospital emergency rooms across the country, including in the Chicago area.
Unionized health care workers this week took aim at Northwestern Medicine, saying the health care system needs to hire more people before expanding the emergency room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that its recommendations for childhood vaccines will not be affected by a change in federal guidelines.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
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The Piggery, a popular barbecue restaurant and bar in the northwest corner of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, announced Thursday that it is going out of business.
The Lincolnwood Town Center mall in the north Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood has been sold to a developer, the village announced Wednesday.
Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died at the age of 68, his first ex-wife revealed on Tuesday.
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It will help an estimated 2.2 million Illinois residents get their records automatically sealed. Illinois becomes the 13th state to create an automatic records relief process for individuals with non-violent criminal convictions.
Cold with scattered snow showers Friday, with lows in the mid-30s.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris was in Chicago Friday where she gave a keynote speech at a breakfast honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Arlington Heights mayor, state leaders and local officials are calling on Illinois lawmakers to approve a "mega project bill" that would support large-scale developments, like a new Chicago Bears stadium.
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Homewood-Flossmoor High School is on hard lockdown Friday afternoon after a gun was brought to the school, officials said.
There is a new push in northwest suburban Arlington Heights to keep the Chicago Bears in the state and get their new stadium built on the property they purchased in 2023.
An Ohio grand jury formally indicted a Chicago man for the murder of his ex-wife and her new husband in their Columbus home in December.
The ex-husband of Caitlin Tracey, a Chicago woman found dead at the bottom of a Chicago condo building stairwell, has been ordered to be detained until his trial for murder.
The Will County Coroner's Office has identified the driver who was killed when a car and school bus crashed near Manhattan, Illinois, Thursday morning.
Lead-based paint was banned for serious health reasons in 1978, but most homes built before then remain covered in it.
Fire department officials in Chicago's western suburbs said drone technology has been helping keep firefighters safe and make a major impact on public safety.
With the stores becoming a common target for thieves, some of the stores in the Chicago area are taking new steps to fight back.
As thousands of people are expected downtown for New Year's Eve celebrations, Mayor Johnson, the Chicago police, and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications are trying to get out ahead of any safety concerns.
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There is a new push in northwest suburban Arlington Heights to keep the Chicago Bears in the state and get their new stadium built on the property they purchased in 2023.
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The Bears will welcome the Rams to Soldier Field on Sunday with temperatures in the teens and wind chills in the single digits.
After signing the third-richest contract in Chicago Cubs history and changing his jersey number to No. 3, third baseman Alex Bregman said his biggest priorities are his family and winning a third World Series championship.
The Bears will have backups in a couple of key spots on both sides of the ball on Sunday when they take on the Rams on Sunday, but other than that, it's a relatively clean playoff injury report.
Chicago police have issued a community alert on a string of burglaries this week targeting businesses from the north lakefront to the Southwest Side.
Burglars broke into a bar in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood early Thursday morning.
A teen stood charged Thursday with shooting a young woman in the mouth in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood earlier this week.
A man is dead, and two others were injured after a shooting in Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood.
Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they have charged a registered nurse to giving counterfeit Ozempic to patients in Chicago.
