Interim Police Supt. Eddie Johnson Moves Closer To Getting Job Permanently
As CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports, the City Council is essentially allowing the mayor to sidestep the current police board selection process.
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As CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports, the City Council is essentially allowing the mayor to sidestep the current police board selection process.
Judge Nicholas Ford sentenced Alvis Holley, a member of the Black Souls gang, for the July 18, 2011 shooting in a West Garfield Park alley, according to a statement from the state's attorney's office.
Chicago police said they were notified Madison Pruitt passed away Sunday, four days after she got a visit from interim Supt. Eddie Johnson and dozens of officers.
The Chicago Police Department is expanding their police body camera program and new Interim Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is leading the charge.
Seeking to set a tone for his leadership of the Chicago Police Department, interim Supt. Eddie Johnson told the latest class of police recruits Friday the public wants officers they can trust.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is shrugging off reports that Interim Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson's fianceé is named in an investigation of alleged cheating on the last lieutenant's exam, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Some Chicago aldermen say skyrocketing overtime for police officers means it's time to hire more cops on the street, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
The new Chicago interim police superintendent is under investigation for allegedly helping his fiancée and others pass the test to become a lieutenant.
A South Side alderman and others said overhauling the city's existing police oversight agency won't work, so they want to replace the Independent Police Review Authority with a completely different panel to investigate alleged police misconduct.
Chicago police received some assistance from their counterparts from the state, county, suburbs, and northwest Indiana as they launched an all-day sweep for criminals in the South Chicago District.
CBS 2's Brad Edwards caught up with the superintendent Saturday.
Interim Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he's going to be on a listening tour in the coming weeks, working to rebuild the trust that disadvantaged communities should be able to have in the Police Department.
The Chicago Police officer charged with killing Laquan McDonald reportedly has a new job. Sources tell CBS 2 Officer Jason Van Dyke has been hired by his own union, the Fraternal Order of Police.
Interim Superintendent Eddie Johnson sat down with CBS 2's Derrick Blakley to talk about his plan for reducing crime, police misconduct and the surprise call from City Hall that put him in charge.
One former Chicago Police officer knows all too well the dangers of the job. He spoke with CBS 2's Mike Parker in this Original Report.
CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker talks with residents.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel formally appointed Eddie Johnson to serve as interim superintendent of the Chicago Police Department at a news conference Monday afternoon.
Hours before Mayor Rahm Emanuel formally announced his selection of Chicago Police Chief of Patrol Eddie Johnson as the new interim superintendent, the leaders of the City Council's Black and Latino caucuses threw their full support behind the decision.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked Eddie Johnson, the Chicago Police Department's African-American chief of patrol, to become the city's next superintendent.
A group of black aldermen on Thursday threatened to withhold their votes on Chicago's next police superintendent if Mayor Rahm Emanuel does not allow the City Council to question all three finalists for the job.
The family of a 24-year-old man who died last year in police custody has filed a lawsuit against the city to get his arrest video released.
Chicago police officials vented their frustration at what they see as too-lenient sentencing laws for gun crimes, after a convicted felon on parole was charged with shooting an off-duty police officer.
Racial slurs were heard again on a Chicago Police radio Tuesday afternoon.
For the third time in 10 days, racial slurs were uttered over the Chicago police radio band, and the city again said it was not an officer making the comments.
Chicago police have increased security at airports, and train and bus stations in the city, in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Belgium.
A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely at Midway International Airport on Monday morning despite the nose-gear tires blowing out.
Thieves stole an ATM from a gas station in Chicago's Roseland community early Monday.
Ahead of the MLB trade deadline on Monday, the Chicago White Sox have reportedly added right-handed reliever Huascar Brazobán in a trade with the New York Mets.
Buffalo Grove, Illinois, native Till Bartkovjaks, 12, is a master of judo — and he's currently getting ready to represent Team USA for the second time, in Mexico in November.
Two young men and a teenage boy were shot and wounded early Monday in Chicago's Park Manor community.
Chicago's Mamdani moment might come in the form of a more socialist City Council. The Chicago DSA is working to oust aldermen and advance taxing the rich.
A new court ruling will keep Illinois from having to turn over its full list of voter information to the federal government.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias officially announced his campaign for mayor of Chicago on Sunday. He said, "Chicago should never become a city reserved only for the wealthy,"
Investigators are probing whether Iranian hackers are behind this week's malicious cyber activity against water systems in Minnesota. If they are found to be the culprits, it would not be the first time.
The U.S. and Israel plan to hit Iran's energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend, although no final decision has been made, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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.
Stella's Diner in Chicago's East Lakeview community has gone out of business.
A Wisconsin appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that had declared Act 10 unconstitutional, keeping the 2011 law limiting public workers' collective bargaining rights in place as unions prepare to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
The changing developments at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. represent a microcosm of 40 years of changing development priorities on the Clybourn Corridor as a whole, and in Chicago and beyond.
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.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Actor William Shatner and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, recall how they helped each other as they fought Stage 4 cancer side by side.
A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely at Midway International Airport on Monday morning despite the nose-gear tires blowing out.
Thieves stole an ATM from a gas station in Chicago's Roseland community early Monday.
It's already August, and thousands of Chicago and suburban kids who have an early start to the school year were headed back to class Monday.
Two young men and a teenage boy were shot and wounded early Monday in Chicago’s Park Manor community.
A man was stabbed late Sunday night in a fight with a woman on Chicago’s West Side, police said.
Relief is on the way for families of kids going back to school, with a sales tax holiday.
Three Chicago police officers, as well as a man and a child, were injured overnight in a crash in the Washington Park neighborhood.
Lollapalooza 2027 came to an end in Chicago's Grant Park Sunday night, as crowds emptied out and headed home.
A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely at Midway International Airport on Monday morning despite the nose-gear tires blowing out.
Thieves stole an ATM from a gas station in Chicago's Roseland community early Monday.
A clean energy initiative on the South Side of Chicago is increasing access to solar energy and electric vehicle charging stations, and community members say it's making a difference.
A glitch in the Illinois Tollway system earlier this month left about 100,000 drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls, some dating back about a year.
Chicago's Office of Emergency Management, which oversees roughly 200 traffic aides, says two were seriously injured by drivers this summer — leaving many uneasy on the job as Lollapalooza brings heavy traffic downtown.
Shavonne Worthy said she visited her mother's grave at Oakridge-Glen Oaks Cemetery in Hillside and found an empty hole where the headstone had stood for nearly 10 years — and the cemetery's new owner told her it was removed intentionally.
Earlier this month, charges were dropped in one case against Weinstein, but he still faces charges in New York and California.
Ahead of the MLB trade deadline on Monday, the Chicago White Sox have reportedly added right-handed reliever Huascar Brazobán in a trade with the New York Mets.
Buffalo Grove, Illinois, native Till Bartkovjaks, 12, is a master of judo — and he's currently getting ready to represent Team USA for the second time, in Mexico in November.
The Major League Baseball trade deadline is coming up at 5 p.m. Monday, and the Chicago Cubs have already made a pair of deals with the Toronto Blue Jays.
José Caballero lined a two-run homer, Gerrit Cole pitched into the sixth inning and the New York Yankees hung on to top the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Sunday.
The Chicago Bears were off on Sunday, having wrapped up their first week of training camp.
Thieves stole an ATM from a gas station in Chicago's Roseland community early Monday.
Two young men and a teenage boy were shot and wounded early Monday in Chicago's Park Manor community.
A man was stabbed late Sunday night in a fight with a woman on Chicago's West Side, police said.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family have been "in agony and despair ever since" her mother Nancy's disappearance in February.
A popular Little Italy neighborhood bar was the target of an early morning break-in this week. While the owners said they are upset, they are responding with some levity.
