Democrat Eileen O'Neill Burke projected winner in open Cook County State's Attorney seat
O'Neill Burke won with 64.8% of the vote, compared with 30.8% for Republican Bob Fioretti, a civil rights attorney and former Chicago alderman.
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O'Neill Burke won with 64.8% of the vote, compared with 30.8% for Republican Bob Fioretti, a civil rights attorney and former Chicago alderman.
As of Sunday, more than 424,000 ballots, both from early in-person voting and vote-by-mail, have been cast in Chicago.
Sheriff Tom Dart said this implementation of law enforcement makes his deputies proactive instead of reactive.
The accused killer has a decade-long documented history of attacking law enforcement, inmates, and mental health staff. He was even issued a jail ID card alerting staff of his security threat.
Beavers died early Saturday morning from natural complications surrounded by his family.
As the Cook County probational correctional officer made his safety rounds Sunday night, he was suddenly sucker-punched by an inmate who then began to stomp on the officer's head.
The CBS News Chicago Investigators have been exposing Jackson's case for nearly a year.
Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, made a surprise announcement on Saturday endorsing Bob Fioretti, the Republican candidate for Cook County State's Attorney in next month's general election.
Two survivors spoke out at a news conference Tuesday.
At a news conference Tuesday, lawyers said the men and women were sexually abused as children in youth facilities run by the State of Illinois and Cook County. Shardaa Gray reports.
The complaints are 410 pages long altogether—and the details of what 272 men and women say happened to them in juvenile custody are unsettling. Shardaa Gray reports.
It's part of a collaboration with Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart to bring art, music, and inspiration to those in custody.
It's part of a collaboration with Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart to bring art, music, and inspiration to those in custody.
According to the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control, the bats were both found Monday.
According to the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control, the bats were both found Monday.
The formula inside flu and COVID shots changes every year, which is why another shot is needed.
Lauren Victory reports Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and a slew of other leaders are begging people to get their flu and COVID-19 vaccines after some disappointing stats from last year.
It was devised by Cook County Commissioner Bill Lowry, a prostate cancer survivor.
The initiative allows any Cook County resident to get screened for free at any county hospital or clinic within 30 days of their birthday.
They are also signing people up to be election judges.
CBS News Chicago is giving you the most accurate, up-to-date data on gun violence incidents from the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
Next week marks one year since Illinois outlawed cash bail, and advocates and critics of the change have been waiting patiently to see it if has been successful — or as some predicted, a disaster.
Nearly one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, but only two-thirds between the ages of 55 and 69 are not being screened for the disease. Prostate cancer survivor Bill Lowry shares his story.
Gargiulo, the so-called "Hollywood Ripper," already is facing a death sentence in California for the murders of two women and the attempted murder of a third.
The Water Affordability Program will provide $11.5 million in assistance for past due bills and leak repairs for homeowners.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
Some polls opened up for early voting on Thursday, with less than six weeks to go until primary day in Illinois.
President Trump said he is directing all federal law enforcement to be at the "complete disposal" of Savannah Guthrie's family as the search continues for her mother, Nancy Guthrie.
A man was critically injured in a shooting that led to a crash in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday night.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
Some polls opened up for early voting on Thursday, with less than six weeks to go until primary day in Illinois.
President Trump said he is directing all federal law enforcement to be at the "complete disposal" of Savannah Guthrie's family as the search continues for her mother, Nancy Guthrie.
President Trump told NBC News the call to remove 700 immigration officers from Minneapolis came from him.
With U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky retiring at the end of her term, voters in Illinois' 9th Congressional District face a crowded field of candidates to fill the seat with a new representative for the first time since 1998.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
The 2026 Grammy Awards recognized the best of the best in music from last year, with big wins for Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Here's the full list of winners and nominees.
Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said. It's not yet clear how extensive the changes to the building might be.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
A man was critically injured in a shooting that led to a crash in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday night.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the extended forecast.
A woman was killed, and a man was wounded when they were shot Wednesday afternoon while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood
The wishlist for what Galewood residents want to see the old Mars Wrigley factory is long, but there's one idea they don't want to see become reality — housing.
A man was critically injured in a shooting that led to a crash in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday night.
The Illinois primary for the 2026 midterm election will be held on March 17, 2026. The general midterm will be held on Nov. 3, 2026. Here's what you need to know to make sure you're ready to vote in Illinois.
A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Auburn Gresham, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
Six players made 3s for Illinois, which shot 17 of 38 from behind the arc and had just two turnovers.
Spencer Knight made 16 saves for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five of six.
The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White to the Charlotte Hornets, reports said Wednesday.
Chicago cut Milwaukee's lead to 90-84 late in the third quarter, but couldn't get any closer.
The Chicago Bulls are sending center Nikola Vučević to the Boston Celtics in exchange for guard Anfernee Simons, and the teams will also swap second-round draft picks as part of the deal.
A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot Wednesday afternoon while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
A man who was arrested on child sexual abuse charges in Illinois is facing additional charges in the San Francisco Bay Area in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a child, police said.
Ryan Routh, the man convicted in a 2024 assassination attempt of President Trump at his Florida golf course, has been sentenced to life in prison.
The shooters remained at large Wednesday in two attacks that happened less than a mile apart on Chicago's Near West Side a day earlier.
The disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, is being investigated as a crime.
