Some Lake Michigan, inland beaches in Northern Illinois closed due to E. coli
The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.
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The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.
Cook County and Chicago are under an Extreme Heat Warning starting Saturday morning, a Heat Advisory has been issued for the entire rest of the Chicago area, and an Extreme Heat Watch in parts of Northwest Indiana.
"Ava's body was yelling out to these clinicians, 'help me!', and they just ignored it," attorney Matthew Williams said.
CBS News Chicago Investigators has obtained a communication from a child protection judge responding to an ethics complaint for giving gifts to "abused and neglected" foster kids who appear before him.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office is on a mission to solve older cases of unidentified people, and in the process, the office helped two Ohio sisters find their missing brother.
Reanna Hammad, 21, was last seen Friday morning around 11 a.m. by her mother at her home.
He co-led the department's response to COVID-19 from 2020 to 2022.
Before the new role, he served as the interim COO for the department since January.
Your Cook County property tax bill could be delayed after a data error at the Cook County Assessor's Office is holding up a key step in the process.
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois) currently represents the district. Last week, Krishnamoorthi announced his run for the U.S. Senate seat soon to be vacated by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois).
It happened at Pleasant Run/Four Acres park around 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Police were called to the park after four kids became tired and sluggish after eating the candy.
A warrant has been issued for Richard Donta J. Cotton's arrest. The Cook County Sheriff's police and the Chicago Police Department are searching for him.
After a judge ordered police to arrest Richard Cotton, he asked if he could hand his personal items to a family member — and sprinted out of the courthouse.
A study from the Cook County Treasurer's Office found nearly $2 billion in property taxes shifted from county businesses to the lowest income homeowners over just three years.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's Office finds businesses shifted nearly two billion dollars in property taxes onto homeowners through appeals. Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas joined CBS News Chicago
Mental Health Court is a two-year program — open to people convicted of nonviolent crimes driven by mental illness.
The Chicago Department of Public Health is focusing increasing education about vaccines for children in pre-K settings.
One patient in suburban Cook County came to an ER with symptoms and was isolated, while the other was from Chicago and experienced symptoms after traveling internationally. Jermont Terry reports.
These measles cases are the first two such cases in Cook County this year.
One of the patients was from the suburbs, the other from Chicago.
Reilly, who represents parts of the Loop and River North, said "voters aren't happy with their local political leadership right now and are eager to see a change."
The program involves a new text and chat support line — aimed at helping younger people who prefer digital communication.
Latrecia Marshall-Parris, 48, of Harvey, Illinois, was charged with two counts of continuing a financial crime enterprise and two counts of theft.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County announced they are waiving additional collections costs for people paying overdue moving traffic violations this week.
In the wake of the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, many Muslim Chicagoans say they're not surprised and that conditions in the world right now are right for attacks like this to happen again.
Rickea Jackson's promising first season with the Chicago Sky is over after it barely began after suffering a torn ACL in Sunday's win against the Minnesota Lynx.
A Rockford man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after admitting to defrauding the federal government out of more than $85,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, and to engaging in tax fraud.
A potentially historic El Niño pattern is brewing 3,000 miles away from Chicago, with an increasing likelihood of bringing us a stormy summer and a much warmer winter.
Three unrelated house fires broke out in the west Chicago suburb of Cicero within a period of 24 hours Monday and Tuesday.
Survivors say they'd asked for more medical support before the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. soldiers at their command post in Kuwait in the war's first 24 hours.
An attorney for Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) on Monday called an ethics investigation into the alderman's conduct a malicious "travesty."
In a move aimed at curbing the growing problem of "teen takeovers," D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is threatening to bring charges against parents if their teens violate the local curfew.
State Rep. Josh Turek and State Sen. Zach Wahls squared off Thursday over which candidate can flip Iowa's open Republican-held Senate seat, as millions in outside spending reshapes the primary's final stretch.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
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.
Chatham residents say they're losing a vital resource as Walgreen's prepares to close its store near 86th and Cottage Grove.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
A person suspected of having hantavirus in Winnebago County, Illinois, turned out to be a false alarm, officials said Monday.
The DuPage County Health Department has confirmed its first positive tests for West Nile virus in pools of mosquitoes this year.
The Kane County Health Department was set Monday to offer a free mental health awareness webinar.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Engineers at Northwestern University have created a wireless polygraph to detect stress.
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.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
The Chicago Fire FC announced Wednesday morning that its new stadium in the South Loop will be named McDonald's Park.
The Chicago-born house music track, which began as a personal poem in 1982 and became a defining anthem of the city's house music scene, has been selected for permanent preservation by the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
The documents released Tuesday revealed that UPS switched planes hours before takeoff, after a preflight inspection found a fuel leak in the first plane loaded for the trip to Hawaii. The cargo was then moved onto a second plane, and the flight crew shared good-natured banter with the maintenance team during its inspection about “meeting again” so soon.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office recovered $1.5 million worth of laptops when they found a trailer that had been stolen last week.
In the wake of the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, many Muslim Chicagoans say they're not surprised and that conditions in the world right now are right for attacks like this to happen again.
A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Live Nation and the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in the southwest Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, claiming a lack of security at a concert led to the sexual assault of a minor.
A 17-year-old boy died after being pulled out of Lake Michigan on Monday evening in north suburban Waukegan.
A teenage boy has died after being pulled from Lake Michigan offshore from Waukegan, Illinois, on Monday.
In the wake of the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, many Muslim Chicagoans say they're not surprised and that conditions in the world right now are right for attacks like this to happen again.
A man is being held in custody on charges that he tricked two young women into believing he was an art student working on a photography project in Chicago's Northalsted district, and went on to sexually abuse one of them.
A Rockford man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after admitting to defrauding the federal government out of more than $85,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, and to engaging in tax fraud.
While his mother was released after a hearing Tuesday, a young soccer star who attends Stephen Tyng Mather High School remains in ICE custody.
Pothole complaints continue everywhere, but especially on one street in the Pullman neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
People in Lincoln Park and Lakeview have rallied against a plan to build a new industrial ComEd electrical substation in their neighborhoods, pushing local and state leaders to get involved.
Monday marks one year since Illinois enacted Karina's Law — legislation aimed at taking firearms out of the hands of people accused of domestic abuse.
Tenants at a South Shore apartment building said they've noticed their rent fluctuating by hundreds of dollars a month due to a change in how their utility billing system is set up.
A man from the Chicago suburbs lost $69,000 of his savings to a scam by a thief using an AI-generated U.S. Marshals badge to intimidate him.
Rickea Jackson's promising first season with the Chicago Sky is over after it barely began after suffering a torn ACL in Sunday's win against the Minnesota Lynx.
The battle over the Chicago Bears' next home is taking center stage on Tuesday.
Touted prospect Colt Emerson launched a three-run homer for his first major league hit, and the Seattle Mariners stopped a three-game slide with a 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Jake Bauers homered and drove in four runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-3 in the first meeting this season between the longtime NL Central rivals.
Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong says he regrets the words he used during a heated exchange with a fan.
A man was shot and killed in the north Chicago suburb of Skokie early Tuesday.
A man is being held in custody on charges that he tricked two young women into believing he was an art student working on a photography project in Chicago's Northalsted district, and went on to sexually abuse one of them.
A suspect was due in court Tuesday on charges that he shot and killed his ex-husband's new husband in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood.
A truck driver was sentenced to over 13 years in prison for smuggling $9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of Skims, Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand.
Police in Michigan City, Indiana, were searching Monday for the person they said shot and killed a 14-year-old boy.
