Bears now officially own Arlington International Racecourse property
This takes the Bears a step closer to moving to Arlington Heights, but there are still hurdles and asks involved. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
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This takes the Bears a step closer to moving to Arlington Heights, but there are still hurdles and asks involved. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
The Chicago Bears announced Wednesday that they have closed on the former Arlington International Racecourse property.
Sports apparel store Lids is out with its top-selling jerseys by state and there are some surprises.
"This afternoon we lost a friend of more than 40 years to our family and the Bears," Bears chairman George H. McCaskey said in a news release.
CBS 2's Marshall Harris caught up with Dave Hunt from Hunt Auctions.
CBS 2's Marshall Harris caught up with Dave Hunt from Hunt Auctions.
The Bears legend discussed the state of the Bears, including what he thinks about what's happened at the linebacker position.
New Bears President Kevin Warren says Poles has complete control of football operations – but there will be collaboration.
Warren said the team is not considering any options to stay at Soldier Field.
Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren will become the next president and CEO of the Chicago Bears. Warren will replace Ted Phillips, who is retiring next month after nearly 40 years with the team. Warren will begin his new position in the spring.
Warren will replace Ted Phillips, who is retiring after nearly 40 years with the team.
The Bears finished with a 3-14 record and the first overall pick in the NFL draft.
CBS 2's Jackie Kostek checked in with the team a day after finishing the 2022 season with a league-worst 3-14 record and the top pick in the draft.
For the first time since 1947, the Chicago Bears have the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft.
Chicago will pick No. 1 for the first time since 1947 after it lost 29-13 to the Minnesota Vikings in its season finale on Sunday.
Bears fans Sunday showed their support for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field Monday night. They said they are wishing Hamlin and his family the best, and it does not matter which team he is on. We also spotted some Vikings and Packers fans who expressed the very same thoughts.
It's unclear how much this would cost taxpayers because there was no financial plan behind this Hail Mary from the city.
It's unclear how much this would cost taxpayers because there was no financial plan behind this hail Mary from the city.
The Bears (3-14), who held out star Justin Fields, set a franchise record with their 14th loss and extended one by dropping their 10th game in a row.
Mrs. McCaskey is the eldest child of "Papa Bear" George Halas Sr., who founded the Bears.
Bears season comes to a close and they could be in a win-win situation depending on what happens Sunday at Soldier Field less than three hours away in Indianapolis. The Bears host the 12-4 Vikings for their regular season finale. CBS 2's Marshall Harris has three things to watch.
Bears season comes to a close and they could be in a win-win situation depending on what happens Sunday at Soldier Field less than three hours away in Indianapolis.
The Chicago Bears are ready to put a wrap on the season after one last home game with the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. CBS 2’s Matt Zahn caught up with the team.
Nathan Peterman will make his first start since 2018 as Fields is out with a hip strain.
It was an emotional day inside Halas Hall, with the Chicago Bears coaches and players still coming to grips with what they saw happen on the field Monday night, to a fellow player, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is improving but remains in critical condition in a Cincinnati hospital.
The WNBA celebrated its 30th season by holding its first All-Star Game in Chicago since 2022.
Jeremy Peña finished with three of Houston's six hits and scored twice.
The victim suffered multiple injuries to the body and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he died, Chicago police said.
Pete Crow-Armstrong was 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs as the Chicago Cubs cruised past the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0.
Till would have turned 85 years old on Saturday.
President Trump cracked jokes at the redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night, after an armed assailant upended April's dinner.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased commercial spyware that can covertly take control of phones, collect messages, photos and location information.
A new lawsuit argues that Wisconsin's elections commission is wrongly blocking absentee voters from canceling their ballots and requesting new ones, with nearly 91,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
The Illinois Legislative Ethics Commission voted on Thursday to publish a report outlining details of the investigation that led to state Rep. Harry Benton (D-Chicago) to resign his post earlier this month.
Voters in Chicago will have a chance to decide in November if the city should go after the federal government for money spent dealing with the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown and Operation Midway Blitz.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
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.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
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.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Iowa announced a fall exhibition game against Kansas at the Field of Dreams ballpark, where major and minor league games have been played since 2021.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
The actor's agent said he was providing more information following news reports "which contain inaccuracies and outright falsehoods."
Firefighters in the woodlands in southeast Texas say they get several calls each summer from residents hearing what they believe are barking dogs trapped in neighborhood storm drains.
Rescue crews saved about 10 horses from an adjacent barn who stood in their stalls, frozen in fear. Unfortunately, 17 horses died in the fire.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the latest on the return of the extreme heat, along with a storm risk for Sunday and Monday in First Alert Weather.
Officials believe the affected iceberg lettuce came from a Taylor Farms facility in central Mexico. The supplier says it has suspended production of all its products in that region.
Crews spent hours responding to a boating incident that occurred around 3 p.m. on the river near Riverside Drive south of the McHenry Dam.
Initial reports say the crash involved two boats and at least one of them may have flipped over.
A 5-year-old boy and a man were injured during a drive-by shooting on Chicago's Near West Side overnight.
The victim suffered multiple injuries to the body and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he died, Chicago police said.
Till would have turned 85 years old on Saturday.
After the parade, the community resource fair provided an opportunity for job seekers.
While Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn't announced if he will run for re-election next year, he's boasting about lower vacancy rates for Mag Mile buildings and taking credit for the positive changes.
A Lockport foster parent said he lost his kids, job and home for months after a mix-up that landed his name on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.
Record heat and major air quality issues created by wildfire smoke were key topics as some of the top climate leaders from around the world gathered in Chicago this week for the Aspen Institute's annual climate summit.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
The WNBA celebrated its 30th season by holding its first All-Star Game in Chicago since 2022.
Jeremy Peña finished with three of Houston's six hits and scored twice.
Pete Crow-Armstrong was 4 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs as the Chicago Cubs cruised past the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0.
Christian Walker hit a three-run double, Cam Smith added a two-run homer in Houston's eight-run sixth inning and the Astros overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Chicago White Sox 8-5 on Friday night.
WNBA All-Star weekend festivities continue. Chicago is the center of the women's basketball universe and fan interest has grown for this event.
Madison, Wisconsin remains one of the only cities of its size without a police body camera program, leaving key moments of a fatal officer-involved shooting unrecorded.
A man was killed and a teenage boy was wounded in a shooting on Thursday evening in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago.
A man and a woman were found shot and killed inside a car on Thursday evening on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Madison's chief of police says an officer in Wisconsin's capital city shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest.
Three men have been convicted of a string of violent robberies targeting liquor stores, convenience stores, and bars in Chicago in 2023 and 2024.
