Chicago area churches create caravan of compassion for migrants
"We are addressing the needs of folks that are officially classed by the U.S. government as asylum seekers."
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"We are addressing the needs of folks that are officially classed by the U.S. government as asylum seekers."
A family next door to the church was displaced as a result of the fire.
Today and Sunday the church will be marking its 115th anniversary.
If you can't make it in person this week, the church will be streaming the celebrations on its Facebook page.
The First Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana, is celebrating a major milestone. This week, the church will be marking its 115th anniversary.
An Englewood church was targeted by burglars and it wasn't the first time. Chicago police said Antioch Baptist Church was hit again late last month. Burglars busted out windows to get inside and steal items.
The sanctuary at New Hope Church Pilsen is full. The church is housing around 20 asylum seekers – offering them shelter, food, and clothing.
The Archdiocese lets the church in Lincoln Square hold mass twice a year while parishioners appeal the decision to close its doors.
The Grace and Peace Church in Austin is hosting an Easter 'egg-stravaganza' - featuring food, games, and a 10,000-egg hunt.
"We'll be raising funds until we cut the ribbon. It's like a blank canvas that gives us an opportunity to build something incredible."
There are new plans, and new funding, to rebuild an Englewood church destroyed by fire this time last year, on Good Friday. CBS 2's Noel Brennan shows us, what was lost will be restored.
All Easter services this weekend will be held at Ascension Church.
"When you come in here, you look at this, you're going to be able to see something that somebody from 1902 saw."
It was a Sunday filled with prayers and protest in Humboldt Park. There was a demonstration after a woman who is gay said a church pastor refused to baptize her after learning she was in a same-sex marriage. Church representatives told CBS 2 that's not exactly what happened. Lauren Victory stopped by the demonstration.
At age 42, Pastor Dates leads one of the largest African American churches on Chicago's Far South Side -- Salem Baptist.
Within a split second the explosion threw several Chicago firefighters to the ground.
Crews are on the scene after a fire breaks out inside a church Saturday morning in Englewood.
Police said a window was pried open and thousands of dollars were stolen from a safe and a donation bin.
Activist Marc Lamont Hill will lead Sunday's service followed by a special ceremony honoring state senator Jacqueline Collins.
"I would like a big enough space that we can host a shelter for 100 new arrivals. They have this goal to work and provide for themselves."
Under his leadership, Salem Baptist has been recognized as one of the nation's fastest-growing mega-churches.
Chicago police are investigating a burglary at a church in Lincoln Park.
It happened late Monday night at the St. Vincent DePaul Parish on Webster - just west of Halsted.
A closely-knit community in the western suburbs is still trying to make sense of a devastating fire that destroyed their church. It happened in Maywood where New Life in Christ Bible Church once stood, but now lies a burnt out, hollow frame and plenty of heartache.
Parishioners past and present, and even community members who heard about the fire stopped by to catch a glimpse of the aftermath.
Wrigley Field is now the first Major League Baseball Park to be considered a Certified Autism Center.
The recall affects certain 2020-2027 Aviator and 2020-2026 Explorer vehicles.
A man was shot and wounded early Tuesday in the Wentworth Gardens public housing development just south of Rate Field.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
An officer's weapon fired during an arrest attempt in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
Parents of students in the Chicago Public Schools system had a chance Monday to weigh in on the next budget.
Local leaders and housing advocates on Monday called on Chicago's City Hall to push back on a so-called FAIR Ordinance, which would scale back some of the plans in Mayor Brandon Johnson's Protect Renters Ordinance.
Homeland Security Investigations is an arm of ICE, meaning the immigration enforcement agency would effectively be investigating incidents involving its own agents.
This is the first time in more than 150 years that a vice president's family had a child while in office.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez ended her Democratic primary campaign for Wisconsin governor Friday, citing financial problems she said would distract from an election Democrats need to win.
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.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
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 north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
Environmental and community groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition challenging U.S. Steel Gary Works operating permit renewal.
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.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
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."
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
The 46th Taste of Chicago is cashless for the first time, accepting only credit cards, with a drone and fireworks show scheduled for approximately 9:15 p.m. Friday near Buckingham Fountain.
Lettuce from Taylor Farms is still the source of the cyclospora investigation, according to the FDA.
Residents were told to shelter in place during the search, but that order was lifted after about two hours. However, as Darius Johnson reports, police were still searching Tuesday morning for whoever was behind the shooting.
An officer's weapon fired during an arrest attempt in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
"Suffs" actress Ariana Burks shares an inside look at the musical now in Chicago.
The Highland Park Players presents "Beautiful: The Carol King Musical."
An officer's weapon fired during an arrest attempt in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
Wrigley Field is now the first Major League Baseball Park to be considered a Certified Autism Center.
The recall affects certain 2020-2027 Aviator and 2020-2026 Explorer vehicles.
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.
Chicago has been feeling the heat this week, with highs in the 90s the past five days, but officials are making moves to cool off some of the hottest parts of the city, specifically Chicago Park District fieldhouses where many turn to keep cool.
Gene Rush survived throat cancer, but he didn't survive a trip to the Porter County Jail over 4th of July weekend. His family said jail staff failed to provide lifesaving medical care.
Haze from Canadian wildfire smoke that has settled in Chicago on Thursday is directly connected to climate change, according to experts, who said days like this could be more problematic moving forward.
A pair of jewelry importers have been charged in federal court in Chicago with smuggling millions of dollars in gold jewelry into the U.S. to avoid taxes, schemes uncovered by a federal task force that has surpassed $1 billion in recoveries and penalties over the past year.
Chicago right-hander Jameson Taillon allowed four runs and five hits over 4 1/3 innings in his first big league start since June 7.
Benintendi was hitless in 10 at-bats against deGrom before hitting a two-out, 2-2 pitch to right field to give the AL Central-leading White Sox a 5-2 lead.
Spain topped Argentina in extra time, one-nil, after playing scoreless for 90 minutes at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Jordin Canada didn't score a point in the first half. With 0.3 seconds on the clock and the game tied at 91, she scored the biggest basket of the night.
Braden Montgomery had two hits and an RBI as the White Sox bounced back from Saturday's 1-0 loss to take two of three from the Blue Jays. Toronto scored five total runs in the series.
A man was shot and wounded early Tuesday in the Wentworth Gardens public housing development just south of Rate Field.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
A man was shot and killed in a fight in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood Sunday night.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
A Chicago police SWAT officer was shot in the stomach while responding to a hostage situation after a woman was shot and critically injured Monday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood.
