Residents of Chicago's South Loop tell police they're fed up with vagrancy and crime
On Wednesday morning on Calumet Avenue, neighbors said, vehicles were vandalized for far from the first time.
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On Wednesday morning on Calumet Avenue, neighbors said, vehicles were vandalized for far from the first time.
The problems with which residents are taking issue include loitering and street harassment, but residents told police they have also seen neighbors get mugged and have had their homes broken into. Jermont Terry reports.
Authorities say two suspected extremists believed to be tied to ISIS appeared to be planning an attack on an event in the Vienna area.
A food delivery driver was recovering after he was carjacked on the job in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood last week. When he tried to stop the thieves, they used his own car as a weapon. The victim and his wife spoke exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Two more shootings were reported in north suburban Evanston on Tuesday, a day after two people were injured in another shooting.
Police said Jermaine Allen, 24, has been charged with three felony counts of attempted murder among charges of aggravated battery.
Two more shootings were reported in north suburban Evanston on Tuesday, a day after two people were injured in another shooting.
The ages of the victims range from 15 to 75.
The Sangamon County sheriff called the former deputy charged with murder in the shooting death of a Black woman in her home a "rogue" officer who acted outside of the scope of his authority.
A 3-month-old baby who was shot in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood over the weekend will have a long road to recovery, his family said. The infant, Jeremiah Carlos, is in the fight of his life after being shot in the chest over the weekend in Little Village in a targeted shooting.
The son of infamous Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was in federal court in Chicago where he pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges on Tuesday.
An off-duty Cook County Sheriff's deputy died after a shootout during a robbery attempt at a gas station in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood.
Sean Grayson, the now-fired Illinois sheriff's deputy charged with killing 36-year-old Sonya Massey in her own home, had a disciplinary file that included accusations of bullying and abuse of power, records obtained by CBS News show.
The business owner said her neighbor in a strip mall has repeatedly used a racial slur against her and her daughter, incidents she's captured on video.
A River Forest business owner said she's been taunted for more than a year by the owner of a neighboring shop. Glenda Harris, the business owner, said he's called her and her daughter a racial slur numerous times. An incident this week that was caught on camera led to the man being taken away in handcuffs.
A teenager was killed and a man was gravely wounded in a shooting Friday morning in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
A teenager was killed and a man was gravely wounded in a shooting Friday morning in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
A man falsely accused of a 1988 murder is seeking to have his conviction, tied to disgraced Chicago police Det. Reynaldo Guevara, overturned, which would be the 45th such reversal.
A 15-year-old girl was killed after she was hit by a stray bullet while inside a home in north suburban Round Lake Beach Wednesday night.
The burglary was reported and items were taken from Cook County State's Attorney's Office located at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago.
On Tuesday, a break-in was reported, and computers were stolen from the Cook County State's Attorney's offices located at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago.
An off-duty Chicago police officer, who an alderman said may have been the target of an attempted carjacking, was involved in a shootout Tuesday morning in the Morgan Park neighborhood.
Ulyesee W. Burns, of Calumet Park, was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.
A postal worker was shot and killed in the West Pullman neighborhood on Friday. Police said the shooting happened around 11:40 a.m. in the 12100 block of South Harvard Avenue.
Nearly two weeks after two women and a child were fatally shot and two other children were critically hurt in a mass shooting on Chicago's South Side on the Fourth of July, their family is demanding justice.
