Cops Warn Holiday Shoppers About Pickpockets
With the holiday season upon us, and larger crowds out on the streets, in the stores, and riding trains and buses, police were warning to be on guard against pickpockets and cell phone thieves.
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With the holiday season upon us, and larger crowds out on the streets, in the stores, and riding trains and buses, police were warning to be on guard against pickpockets and cell phone thieves.
Three Chicago police officers were seriously injured in an accident on the South Side on Wednesday.
Chicago Police Officer Joe Deferville had just pulled a guy over for driving backward down Division Street on Monday evening when another motorist drove by and said, "Officer, the building back there's on fire."
The teen was shot in the back and was taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
Chicago's police superintendent says his department is making a significant dent in the city's crime rate.
Sunday night, we told you about hundreds of stolen items on display at a Northwest Side police station. On Thursday, there was a happy ending to report.
A Chicago police officer and a resident of an Uptown apartment building were hospitalized Thursday from a fire in the building,
A 10th Chicago police officer has been indicted in the FBI's ongoing investigation of a scheme in which tow truck operators were paying bribes to cops who steered them work.
With drive and ambition, and help from the 100 Club of Chicago, the daughter of slain Chicago police officer Michael Flisk is attending DePaul University. On Thursday, she said thank you to the advocacy organization, CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports.
An 18-year-old woman has been issued a handful of traffic citations after she and two Chicago Police officers were injured in an accident in the South Side Grand Boulevard neighborhood early Saturday when she ran a red light.
A suspected drunk driver is in custody and an 87-year-old man is in critical condition after the man was struck in the Uptown neighborhood Friday morning, according to police.
A man's body was found "crushed" inside a recycling bin at a facility in the Far South Side Pullman neighborhood.
An off-duty police officer shot and killed a pit bull in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood yesterday.
A bus load of Chicago police officers and supporters is headed to Springfield this morning to try to make sure a convicted cop killer remains behind bars.
Two Chicago police officers are being investigated by the FBI and the Independent Police Review Authority, after beating two brothers at a South Shore storefront. Surveillance footage obtained by our CBS 2 Investigators is at the center of that investigation.
About 5,500 gang members have been denied release from custody based on their own recognizance due to a police initiative launched in July aimed at reducing gang violence.
One teenager has turned himself in and another was arrested - and police say both boys broke into the mounted unit's stable in South Shore six weeks ago and injured horses.
The Chicago Police Department is giving gunshot detection technology another try.
For seven years, Shemaraya Mannie was a victim of domestic violence.
As City Council budget hearings continued Wednesday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel was trying to deflect aldermanic calls for more police officers than already planned.
A civil trial began Monday in federal court over that infamous beating of a bartender by a drunken off-duty Chicago police officer.
Chicago police said Anthony White, 36, was arrested Thursday after an informant told authorities he was the armed robber responsible for the death of Lynn Ward, 54.
A Chicago Police officer is recovering in a hospital after a serious car accident on the city's South Side.
CBS 2 has learned a Chicago police officer is being investigated for allegedly supplying a group of minors with marijuana while he was off-duty.
CBS 2's Mai Martinez went on patrol Friday night to see just what officers are up against and how they're fighting it.
The White Sox are 22-4 in their last 26 home games.
Buffalo Sabres defenseman Bowen Byram and forward Jordan Greenway are heading to the Blackhawks in a trade deal for defenseman Louis Crevier, as well as their No. 4 and second-round No. 45 overall picks.
A well-known Chicago businessman who goes by Mr. Finance is being sued by more than two dozen people who say he is running a Ponzi scheme.
The Illinois Secretary of State's office announced Tuesday that it is awarding $27 million in grants to more than 600 libraries statewide.
A woman was shot and wounded early Tuesday morning in Chicago's West Ridge community.
The Senate approved a House-passed resolution aimed at reining in President Trump on Iran, marking the first time such a measure has made it through both chambers.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson weighed in Tuesday on a proposal to create a Department of Gun Violence Prevention for the city.
Tuesday marked the first Chicago Public Schools budget hearing of the summer, as the district faces a $ $733 million shortfall.
The Supreme Court rejected a former Louisiana inmate's effort to sue state prison officials after they shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.
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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.
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The Chicago Department of Public Health issued a warning Tuesday about a possible measles exposure at O'Hare International Airport.
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After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
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Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
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.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
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.
The driver says he's been driving for six years and has never had a situation like this happen, but he is concerned about getting back on the app.
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A well-known Chicago businessman who goes by Mr. Finance is being sued by more than two dozen people who say he is running a Ponzi scheme.
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Family and friends said while Deputy Jon Samuelson has a long battle ahead after he was shot in the line of duty, they are encouraged by his positive outlook and the strides he's made so far. Charlie De Mar talked with the retired sheriff's captain who hired Deputy Samuelson.
Some people living in Chicago's Lakeview community have launched a very public push to keep two men off the street, after they have repeatedly attacked victims on the street.
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The Illinois Secretary of State's office announced Tuesday that it is awarding $27 million in grants to more than 600 libraries statewide.
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"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.
The White Sox are 22-4 in their last 26 home games.
Buffalo Sabres defenseman Bowen Byram and forward Jordan Greenway are heading to the Blackhawks in a trade deal for defenseman Louis Crevier, as well as their No. 4 and second-round No. 45 overall picks.
Wilson was selected as the No. 4 overall pick, followed by Swain at No. 15. Other Chicago-area players were also selected in the draft Tuesday night.
Athletic director Jamie Pollard said rising costs and financial uncertainty facing athletic departments nationwide drove the decision to add alcohol sales at Iowa State venues.
Chicago (40-37) snapped a three-game losing streak and pulled into a first-place tie with Cleveland (41-38) in the AL Central.
A woman was shot and wounded early Tuesday morning in Chicago's West Ridge community.
A man who was shot and killed while riding a bicycle in Grant Park in downtown Chicago last week was targeted by a shooter he'd never met, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Some people living in Chicago's Lakeview community have launched a very public push to keep two men off the street, after they have repeatedly attacked victims on the street.
Forty years ago this week, the battered body of Tony "The Ant" Spilotro — the Chicago mob's man in Las Vegas — was found buried in a shallow grave in an Indiana cornfield, along with that of his brother, Michael.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson weighed in Tuesday on a proposal to create a Department of Gun Violence Prevention for the city.
