Police Officer Hurt In Fatal Shooting On South Side
A Chicago Police officer shot a man dead after he began punching her in the face and trying to grab her gun after a police chase early Thursday on the South Side.
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A Chicago Police officer shot a man dead after he began punching her in the face and trying to grab her gun after a police chase early Thursday on the South Side.
A move to make platforms on the CTA 'L' system safer is running ahead of schedule.
A journalism professor at Loyola University says police detained him and erased the video he took of someone being arrested on CTA property this past weekend.
The CTA is reporting "major delays" on the Blue Line on the Near West Side after a person was struck by a train at the Medical Center stop.
A Lakeview man says he's done giving money to panhandlers, after he was attacked and knocked to the ground by a beggar who didn't think $2 was enough.
Police say a panhandler over the weekend followed a man off an 'L' train at the busy Belmont stop, then attacked the man and knocked him to the ground for giving him a mere $2.
Police have located a missing 14-year-old boy who disappeared from the South Side four days ago.
The Chicago Transit Authority board is expected to vote Tuesday to approve a budget that holds the line on fares and service for six months -- but cold pack a punch down the line.
The Chicago Transit Authority is looking to try a high-tech method to make paying for your commute a little easier, without exact change or disposable fare cards.
Chicago Police are using video that has just recently surfaced on the Internet to try to solve an assault at a near north side CTA station.
Late night Blue Line riders should allow extra travel time this weekend as maintenance work is expected to cause minor delays.
It's practically a well-kept secret, but Chicago's downtown has a pedestrian-friendly series of tunnels to keep you warm and dry during inclement weather. CBS 2's Kate Sullivan reports.
The CTA employee's union says management is skewing statistics when it comes to sick days that workers take. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
Twenty-six people were injured Friday afternoon when a CTA bus struck a pole on the South Side.
The crowd seeking to testify -- and protest -- was so big Thursday night at the last of three public hearings on the Chicago Transit Authority's 2012 budget that police had to turn people away from the Kennedy-King College auditorium.
Chicago Transit Authority bus and train riders have one final chance to weigh in on the new budget for the agency.
For the first time, the CTA has presented its highest award to a rider -- a man who helped a bus driver on the verge of collapse.
The Chicago Transit Board today approved three new leases for concession space on the Red Line.
The CTA is ready to move ahead with construction on its first experimental Bus Rapid Transit line, on Jeffrey Boulevard.
The CTA on Tuesday unveiled its new rail cars, which will debut on the Pink Line.
If you're wondering why the $1 billion plan to remake part of the CTA does not include Mayor Rahm Emanuel's desire to extend the Red Line five miles south, officials say $1 billion is hardly enough for that project.
Customers on the CTA's busiest rail line will soon have to put up with major construction, but the payoff will be a much faster and smoother ride.
A man says a CTA bus driver kicked him and his boyfriend off a bus for kissing, and they are considering filing a lawsuit.
A CTA worker was injured Monday morning when he fell into a manhole underneath the Red Line subway downtown.
A deer found its way onto the CTA rail tracks in the middle of the Kennedy Expressway early Wednesday, only to be struck and killed by a train.
The online ticket matched all five numbers for the July 27 midday drawing.
Two people were taken to the hospital after an Amtrak train collided with a flatbed tractor-trailer truck on Tuesday morning in downstate Illinois.
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 village of Hazel Crest has postponed this weekend's Hazelnut Festival due to damage from Monday's severe storms.
Authorities have identified the woman who was killed in a high-speed boat crash over the weekend on the Fox River in unincorporated McHenry County, Illinois
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation requiring public schools in Illinois to prohibit students from using cellphones or other mobile devices in classrooms.
In-person absentee voting began Tuesday in Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, the same day a judge was set to hear arguments on whether voters who already returned mail ballots should be allowed to cancel and recast them.
Candidates for Chicago mayor may start circulating petitions on Tuesday for the election in February 2027.
The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.
President Trump cracked jokes at the redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night, after an armed assailant upended April's dinner.
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 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.
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.
Actor William Shatner and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, recall how they helped each other as they fought Stage 4 cancer side by side.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
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.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has the extended forecast.
Anyone riding the Chicago Transit Authority system will see a new warning starting Tuesday.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that would require public schools in Illinois to prohibit students from using cellphones or other mobile devices in classrooms.
Mourners, lawmakers, and heads of state gathered at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to bid farewell to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, who died suddenly earlier this month.
Meet a young entrepreneur chasing her dreams live on CBS News Chicago.
Thousands of people are still in the dark after two rounds of storms swept through the area on Monday afternoon.
The search has resumed for a second contractor worker swept into a storm sewer Monday in Downer Grove during severe weather.
The online ticket matched all five numbers for the July 27 midday drawing.
Two people were taken to the hospital after an Amtrak train collided with a flatbed tractor-trailer truck on Tuesday morning in downstate Illinois.
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.
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.
Alex Bregman had a homer, two doubles and drove in two runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
The New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series between playoff contenders.
The son of Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy has been arrested and charged with a shooting that wounded his mother, Mia Bieniemy, according to authorities in Virginia.
Center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones and second baseman Jeff Kent were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Murakami hit a 385-foot, two-run homer in the bottom of the first that gave Chicago its first lead of the game. It was his first homer since May 27th.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted what was described as a "cornucopia" of unapproved medications in a shipment at O'Hare International Airport recently.
Police have finally identified the remains of a woman murdered nearly a century ago and buried beneath a building in Toronto.
The son of Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy has been arrested and charged with a shooting that wounded his mother, Mia Bieniemy, according to authorities in Virginia.
Chicago police issued an alert this past weekend about a string of ATM-related thefts on the city's South and Southwest sides.
Crash-and-grab burglars hit a Shell gas station on the cusp of Chicago's Lakeview and Lincoln Park communities early Monday morning.
