After Heated Debate, Zoning Committee OKs Jefferson Park Housing Plan
At a sometimes raucous hearing, the Zoning Committee advanced controversial plans for a mixed-income apartment building in Jefferson Park.
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At a sometimes raucous hearing, the Zoning Committee advanced controversial plans for a mixed-income apartment building in Jefferson Park.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday will outline his plan for filling the $129 million budget shortfall at the Chicago Public Schools.
Many of the city's garbage carts have proven no match for hungry squirrels, raccoons, and rats in search of an easy meal.
A new study shows the Chicago City Council is not marching in lock-step with Mayor Emanuel's wishes so much.
Several aldermen, activists, and others have pushed their own plan to bail out the cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools.
Roger Agpawa, who won last month's election for mayor in Markham, remains barred from taking office due to a prior felony conviction.
IG Joseph Ferguson said the Chicago Department of Transportation should have an overall plan to address the city's infrastructure needs
The program will make it easier for undocumented immigrants, the homeless, ex-inmates and others to get the IDs and some city services.
Chicago Aldermen approved a further crackdown on party buses, but further revisions may require state law changes.
Ald. Raymond Lopez has introduced a measure to fold the CDA security officer force into the Chicago Police Department's airport detail.
An ordinance to send surplus TIF money to CPS whenever the district is in financial distress remained bottled up in committee.
Pharmacist groups have told the Chicago City Council that a measure to resolve safety problems at some drug stores would do more harm.
Chicago aldermen on Monday grudgingly endorsed an ordinance that would ease restrictions on where shooting ranges can be located in the city
The City Council's Public Safety Committee renewed agreements that would create more police patrols on CTA lines on city park district land.
Preliminary approval has been given for a $160 million plan to convert most of the city's outdoor lights to LED technology.
The vice president of United's Chicago hub came to City Hall to offer an apology for the incident seen on social media.
Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th) said he and other African-American aldermen are willing to sit down with new FOP leadership.
Dr. Laura Kunard said she wants to help oversee reform of a Chicago police accountability system that's unfair and not trusted by the public
A City Council panel has given preliminary approval to changes in the regulations governing Airbnb and other vacation home-sharing websites, only eight months after aldermen passed the original ordinance.
Building contractors who do unauthorized or shoddy work would face progressive discipline — ranging from a freeze on permits to license suspension or revocation — under a mayoral crackdown to prevent a repeat of the tragedy that killed a 42-year-old Chicago firefighter.
Appointee Sophia King will find out, as voters encounter a crowded ballot later this month. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
President Donald Trump did not specify what he meant when he threatened to "send in the feds" if Chicago doesn't get violent crime under control, but city leaders and clergy said the last thing the city needs is National Guard troops on every street corner.
The lion's share, $4 million, goes to a man wrongly convicted during the Jon Burge torture era.
Chicago sold $1.16 billion in general obligation bonds Thursday, but paid a heavy price for a school financial crisis made worse by Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a bill promising $215 million in pension help.
There is a new written policy for Oak Forest City Council meetings: All questions from the public must be put in writing.
The first direct flight from Chicago to Cairo, Egypt, took off from O'Hare International Airport on Sunday.
A man on a CTA Red Line train was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street Sunday morning, according to Illinois State Police.
The Chicago Cubs' game against the Toronto Blue Jays that had been planned for Sunday was postponed due to the rain coming in.
Would-be burglars crashed their way into a Circle K store in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning.
Detectives from Lake County, Illinois, Sheriff's office rescued a girl under 14 from a grown man who had traveled from Georgia to meet her this weekend, authorities said Sunday.
The Altoids were a callback to a viral moment between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush.
A senior Justice Department official called a judge's demand for a declaration on the status of the "anti-weaponization" fund "unnecessary."
Trump has appeared during the Iran war to lose patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who may now find himself "stuck."
President Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni traded criticism on Saturday after Italy canceled its envoy's visit to the U.S.
The Justice Department says it's released "every document required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act," but CBS News has identified numerous gaps.
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.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a rise in alpha-gal syndrome cases, with residents living in southern Illinois at the highest risk, according to a 2025 study.
After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
The North Shore suburb of Wilmette this week became the latest Chicago-area municipality to discover mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
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 owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
In a full circle moment, actor Gary Cole returns to the very same local stage where he began his professional acting career.
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.
Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.
Major issues will be discussed, including the Strait of Hormuz, the Iran nuclear program, and fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Wendy Gillette reports.
Zooniverse said it is close to reaching 1 billion classifications. Joining Jackie Kostek is Laura Trouille, vice president of science engagement and visualization at the Adler and a lead for Zooniverse.
Jackie Kostek covered the Obama Presidential Center opening for several days and was stunned by the campus, and Carl Lam — an orchestral violinist himself — was more than impressed by a performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Elizabeth Elie, better known as Lizzie G, has been emceeing the fun on John Lewis Plaza at the Obama Center in Jackson Park since Friday. She joins Jackie Kostek.
This summer reading season, “The Summer Girlfriend” might be a pick for a romantic read on the beach. The book is by USAToday bestselling author of adult and teen books Kristina Forest, who joins Megan De Mar.
A man on a CTA Red Line train was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street Sunday morning.
A shooting that sent three people to the hospital after a large gathering on the city's West Side.
A 17-year-old boy was in police custody Sunday morning after a shooting that left another teen dead in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.
The first direct flight from Chicago to Cairo, Egypt, took off from O'Hare International Airport on Sunday.
The Chicago Cubs' game against the Toronto Blue Jays that had been planned for Sunday was postponed due to the rain coming in.
Newly released cell phone video of a police shooting in south suburban Country Club Hills appears to contradict what a federal agent claims happened during an undercover gun trafficking sting operation last week.
"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation.
Kindbody entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts, but not all patients received the email.
A Chicago woman says a life insurance policy she paid into for 25 years was cancelled over a $112 shortfall that she never knew existed, and now, at 82 years old, she's uninsurable.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
The Chicago Cubs' game against the Toronto Blue Jays that had been planned for Sunday was postponed due to the rain coming in.
Dallas chipped away and trailed 43-38 at halftime, but the Sky dominated the third quarter and led 71-57 before losing for the 10th time in 11 games.
Chicago's Jacob Webb (1-2) came on with two on in the eighth and gave up consecutive RBI singles to Alejandro Kirk and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to tie the game at 5-all.
Troy Melton allowed one hit in six innings and the Detroit Tigers' offense came alive late in a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Matt Vierling and Kerry Carpenter hit home runs to lift the Detroit Tigers past the Chicago White Sox 4-3.
A man on a CTA Red Line train was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street Sunday morning, according to Illinois State Police.
Would-be burglars crashed their way into a Circle K store in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning.
Detectives from Lake County, Illinois, Sheriff's office rescued a girl under 14 from a grown man who had traveled from Georgia to meet her this weekend, authorities said Sunday.
A man was robbed on a Chicago Transit Authority bus in Chicago's West Englewood community late Saturday night.
A 17-year-old boy was in police custody Sunday morning after a shooting that left another teen dead in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.
