Preckwinkle attends launch of 'Metal Hubs' in Crestwood
"Metal Hubs" is designed to develop new business opportunities.
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Former Crestwood mayor Louis Presta sentenced to 1 year in prison in red light camera bribery case
"The image of Crestwood is diminished when the mayor takes a bribe to jack up red light camera tickets on anyone driving through town," Judge Thomas Durkin said.
Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta Resigns From Office, Pleads Guilty To Federal Bribery Charges In Red Light Camera Case
Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta resigned from office on Tuesday, hours before pleading guilty to federal charges accusing him of taking bribes from a red light camera company that does business in the southwest suburban village.
Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta Scheduled To Plead Guilty Next Month In Red Light Camera Bribery Case
Presta, 70, was indicted last year on bribery, misconduct, and fraud charges, accusing him of accepting a $5,000 cash bribe from a red light camera company operating cameras in the village.
Crestwood Police Officer Charged With Beating Wife And Daughters
A Crestwood police officer is accused of choking and beating his wife until their children thought she had stopped breathing.
Man Dead After Shooting In Parking Lot Outside Crestwood Building
Shots rang out Thursday afternoon outside a condo building in southwest suburban Crestwood, leaving a man dead.
Fake Check Causes Very Real Problems For Man Searching For Roommate
"Nail him. Find out where it's going to and what account it's going to. I'm sure they have ways to find that out."
One Wounded In Crestwood Shooting, Victim Seeks Help At Hotel
One person was wounded in a shooting at a shopping center in southwest suburban Crestwood overnight.
Crestwood Store Owner Charged With Selling Fake Urine Kit
A suburban store owner is in trouble accused of selling kits to help people cheat on their drug tests.
Flint Water Crisis Dredges Up Bad Memories For Crestwood Woman
Before the debacle in Michigan there was the debacle in the south suburb. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
Suspect Injures Crestwood Cop Racing Away From Walmart
The driver of the white Impala got away. But minutes later, officers found the vehicle a driveway on West 150th in Midlothian.
Crestwood School Warned After 2 Children Diagnosed With Whooping Cough
Two children in the southwest suburbs have come down with the highly contagious illness pertussis, or whooping cough, and a school has warned other parents about it.
Application For Strip Club In Crestwood Withdrawn
Strong opposition appears to have torpedoed plans for a strip club in southwest suburban Crestwood, reports WBBM's John Waelti.
Man With Concealed Carry Permit Fires At Robber As Police Arrive
A man with a concealed carry permit got involved when he witnessed an armed robbery at a wireless store in southwest suburban Crestwood over the weekend.
4 Hurt When Car Lands Upside-Down In Crestwood Creek
Firefighters pulled four people – likely in their late teens and early 20s – out of the car, and placed them on stretchers.
Shepard Students Create Biodiesel Generator
Starting next week, Shepard High School science students will use solar power to turn cooking oil waste into clean biofuel
Feds Seek Prison Time For Contaminated Crestwood Water Case
The government is asking a federal judge to give the former Crestwood police chief and a former water department operator up to 21 and 27 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a scheme to use polluted well water in the village's water supply for more than two decades.
Phone Cord Tangled In Steering Wheel A Factor In Fatal Crestwood Wreck
His wife of 31 years was killed in a car accident involving unusual circumstances, but Robert Shattuck is not bitter or angry.
Crestwood Opens Soccer Club's Field To Public
Crestwood Soccer Club board member Rob McKay said the club refuses to open its books to the village, as required under the revised parks ordinance.
Woman Dies 5 Days After Crash In Crestwood
Linda Schattuck, 60, was hurt in the Aug. 8 traffic crash in the 13900 block of South Cicero Avenue
Stanley Cup Visits Crestwood As Chicago Aldermen Honor Blackhawks
The Stanley Cup drew a big crowd in southwest suburban Crestwood on Wednesday, as hundreds of Blackhawks fans waited in line – many of them for several hours – for a glimpse of the legendary trophy.
Ex-Crestwood Water Official Guilty Of Lying To Investigators
The former Crestwood water department head accused of lying to investigators about the village's use of tainted well water in its drinking supply has been found guilty of the federal charges.
Jury Deliberating In Tainted Crestwood Water Trial
A prosecutor told jurors before they began deliberations Friday that a one-time suburban Chicago water official lied about drawing village water from a well tainted with a cancer-causing chemical, while her attorney declared her a scapegoat of an inner circle of powerful men.
Jury Selection Underway In Trial Of Former Crestwood Water Official
Underway at this hour, jury selection in the case of contaminated water in far south suburban Crestwood, reports WBBM's John Cody.
Former Crestwood Official Pleads Guilty To Lying About Tainted Water
Crestwood's former certified water operator pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges that he lied to regulators about mixing water from a tainted well with the village water supply.
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Violence, chaos erupts throughout Chicago over Fourth of July weekend
Violence continues to be at the forefront over the holiday weekend.
Man accused of shooting Chicago Police officer 3 times in 'ambush' held on $2 million bond
He yelled "there go police right there," jumped in front of them, and fired multiple times, prosecutors said.
1 officer injured after crowd attack CPD squad cars in Portage Park
One officer had to be treated for minor injuries, police said.
Chicago July 4 Fireworks 2022: Where and when to watch shows around the area
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Mother begs for justice after no answers in shooting that killed her 5-month-old daughter
"That's my child. I felt every kick."
Chicago First Alert Weather: Hot and humid for 4th of July, with evening storms possible
Humidity will creep back up on Monday, and storm chances return to he forecast.
7 dead, 27 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago
At least eight people are dead, and 30 others are wounded following shootings across the city as of Sunday afternoon.
Activists call for more freedom for people who have completed their prison terms
"We know that people with criminal records tend to live a life as the second-class citizens, and we need to make sure that when people serve their time that they are able to reintegrate in society with their full rights."
Bulls reportedly sign veteran PG Goran Dragic to one-year deal
Dragic, 36, is clearly in the twilight of his career, but he still has a little bit left in the tank, as he showed with the Nets last season.
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Violence, chaos erupts throughout Chicago over Fourth of July weekend
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Man accused of shooting Chicago Police officer 3 times in 'ambush' held on $2 million bond
He yelled "there go police right there," jumped in front of them, and fired multiple times, prosecutors said.
1 officer injured after crowd attack CPD squad cars in Portage Park
One officer had to be treated for minor injuries, police said.
Chicago July 4 Fireworks 2022: Where and when to watch shows around the area
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Mother begs for justice after no answers in shooting that killed her 5-month-old daughter
"That's my child. I felt every kick."
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Chicago's Arab American community launches campaign to end racial profiling
Following a story we broke Thursday night on CBS 2, Chicago's Arab American community is demanding police end the use of suspicious activity reporting after a groundbreaking study found the reports were being used as tool for racial profiling.
Unfounded suspicious activity reports target Arabs, Muslims in routine activities, report shows
The report confirms what many have suspected for decades: being suspicious has less to do with what a person is doing, and more to do with what they look like.
Five years after her brother's murder, one Chicago woman learns justice will never come
Chicago Police have low arrest rates, but higher rates for cleared or closed cases. We dig into what's behind those numbers.
Dixmoor Treasurer Anthony McCaskill arrested after fireworks complaint in Harvey
A fireworks show in south suburban Harvey didn't go as planned – it ended with the Dixmoor village treasurer getting thrown in jail.
Woman without one document for foreign citizenship application, broken forklift blamed
Cutting through bureaucratic red tape can be frustrating – but red tape is not the reason for one west suburban woman's frustration.
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Indiana transgender girl athlete raises voice against school sports ban
Transgender girls in Indiana are now banned from playing on girls' teams at schools in that state.
Chicago's Arab American community launches campaign to end racial profiling
Following a story we broke Thursday night on CBS 2, Chicago's Arab American community is demanding police end the use of suspicious activity reporting after a groundbreaking study found the reports were being used as tool for racial profiling.
Supreme Court limits EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
The ruling delivers a significant blow to the Biden administration's efforts to fight climate change.
Supreme Court says Biden can end "Remain in Mexico" rule for asylum-seekers
In a 5-4 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the high court rejected arguments by Republican-led states seeking to force officials to keep the policy.
Biden says he'd support eliminating filibuster to codify Roe
The president blasted the Supreme Court's decision as "outrageous" and "destabilizing."
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Flight delays and cancellations are expected to be a disaster this holiday weekend
Buckle up for a weekend of travel chaos – starting Thursday, mass delays and cancellations are expected just to get worse heading into the holiday weekend.
After losing rental income, Chicago man gets stuck with long wait from state assistance program
Rental income was part of a Chicago man's retirement plan, but that hit a snag when his renters lost their jobs during the pandemic.
Kroger, Walgreens recall pain medications over faulty child-proofing
There's nothing wrong with the medication, but the bottles don't meet standards for child resistance.
Woman loses $17,000 in gift card scam perpetrated by Microsoft security impostor
Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg was the site of a post-Christmas shopping spree that Cynthia DeSimone still regrets months later – and it wasn't her idea at all.
Getting Hosed: D.C. has an app to warn customers of high water usage; could Chicago use the same?
What if there were a way to get warnings about high water usage before the bill arrived in the mail?
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New Indiana law aims to address state's nursing shortage
The Indiana Hospital Association said the state will still need about 5,000 more nurses by 2031.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois prepares for huge spike in demand for abortion services
Every state that borders Illinois has or could soon have restrictions on abortion in the wake of the striking down of Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which guaranteed a woman's right to abortion. The ruling sends the issue back to the states. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford reports.
Wisconsin doctors halt abortions after Roe v. Wade overturned
Wisconsin has an 1849 law that bans abortion, except to save the life of the mother, but whether that law is enforceable is expected to be challenged in court.
COVID-19 vaccines to be available for younger children soon, but many parents still hesitant
A Kaiser poll taken earlier this spring found fewer than one in five parents would get their children under 5 vaccinated right away.
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Employees go on strike at Starbucks on Ridge Avenue in Edgewater
The employees said Starbucks has cut their hours and has forced the staff to do more with fewer people.
Billionaire Ken Griffin moving Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel to Miami
In a note to employees at Citadel, Griffin announced he already has moved his family to Miami, and will soon be bringing the company with him, though some Citadel employees will remain in Chicago.
Chicago company using fungi from Yellowstone to grow vegan protein products
The edible fungi was discovered as part of a NASA-funded research mission about life in extreme environments.
Black-owned and operated craft coffee shop works to expand, and to inspire entrepreneurs
The coffee shop wants to support Black, Latinx, and women entrepreneurs get their own start.
Kellogg to split into three companies, with snack division headquarters in Chicago
The snack company – which accounts for 80% of Kellogg's current sales – will have dual campuses in Battle Creek and Chicago, with its headquarters in Chicago.
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Bulls reportedly sign veteran PG Goran Dragic to one-year deal
Dragic, 36, is clearly in the twilight of his career, but he still has a little bit left in the tank, as he showed with the Nets last season.
White Sox takes win over Giants 1-0 heading into Game 2 of series
Leury Garcia scores single RBI giving the White Sox the win over the Giants 1-0 in the series.
Morel homers in 3rd straight game, Cubs beat Red Sox
The Cubs took advantage of 10 walks by five pitchers and came back after falling behind 4-0.
Back home again, this time with Chicago Dogs, outfielder Charlie Tilson hoping to earn his way back to MLB
New Trier High School alum and former Chicago White Sox player Charlie Tilson saw his first shot in the major leagues derailed by injury.
Bulls reportedly sign All-Star Zach LaVine to max contract extension, at five years, $215 million
LaVine averaged 24.4 points and made his second straight All-Star team last year.
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Chicago July 4 Fireworks 2022: Where and when to watch shows around the area
Celebrate the Fourth of July with these fireworks shows around the Chicagoland area.
Rhapsody Theater celebrates grand opening in historic Rogers Park space
The official debut of the 200-seat space Tuesday evening featured magician Carisa Hendrix – better known by her stage name, Miss Lucy Darling.
Volunteer men's chorus The Jolly Boys celebrate 75 years performing
For the last three quarters of a century, the Jolly Boys have shared their song throughout Chicagoland.
Chicago's Jennifer Hudson is now part of exclusive EGOT club with Tony win for 'A Strange Loop'
Hudson produced the new musical "A Strange Loop" which won for Best Musical Sunday night.
Jury awards millions to Johnny Depp, less to Amber Heard in libel suits
The judge said state law caps punitive damages at $350,000, meaning Depp's award would total $10.35 million.
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Chosen Few Picnic and Festival returns to Jackson Park
A Fourth of July weekend tradition returned Saturday to Chicago's South Side.
Bodies, cremated remains found in Jeffersonville funeral home
Police in Indiana found over 30 bodies inside a funeral home in Jeffersonville.
Man arrested after spraying mace inside restaurant in the Loop
A man is in custody after spraying mace inside a restaurant in the Loop early Sunday morning.
Chicago First Alert Weather: Sunny, highs in the 80s
Low chance again for a shower later in the evening.
Officer injured after crowd attacks CPD squad cars in Portage Park
A rowdy group attacked Chicago police officers on the city's Northwest Side Sunday morning.
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