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Chicago police said a 52-year-old man left his Toyota Camry running with a 6-year-old boy inside at a gas station in the 6600 block of South Wentworth Avenue, just before 8 a.m.
A car was stolen with a child inside in the Englewood neighborhood Thursday morning. Chicago police said a 52-year-old man left his Toyota Camry running with a 6-year-old inside at a gas station in the 6600 block of South Wentworth Avenue, just before 8 a.m.
Robbers smashed and ransacked a display case at a Jewelry store in Arlington Heights. The thieves hit Wednesday afternoon at Persin and Robbin Jewelry Store on South Dunton Avenue.
There are questions about security at a busy Chicago parking lot used by thousands of drivers. A viewer reached out to CBS 2 after his truck was one of 25 vehicles that were damaged in the economy lot at Midway International Airport in one day.
Police in central Illinois are getting closer to finding the person who set a Planned Parenthood facility on fire.
An off-duty Chicago police officer shot a suspect who attempted to rob someone in the Brainerd neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
Police in southwest suburban Oak Lawn are investigating an attempted carjacking.
A South Holland woman was charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $440,000 in federal pandemic aid.
Chicago police are searching for the suspect wanted in connection to a homicide on the city's South Side back in November.
Police in southwest suburban Oak Lawn responded to a scene where sources said an attempted robbery or carjacking ended with a shooting Wednesday afternoon. It happened at 89th Place and Nashville.
An off-duty Chicago police officer shot a suspect who attempted to rob her in the Brainerd neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. CBS 2's Andrew Ramos had the story.
On Tuesday night, a nearly-full room of residents was upset that the business – which they describe as a nuisance – has not been shut down using a legal process formally known as summary closure. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
The victim was transported to a trauma center in critical condition.
The judge also decided to keep a gag order in place to keep attorneys from publicly discussing the case.
Chicago police are hoping the public can help solve a year-old murder. Images from a year ago show the suspect running from a shooting in the Near West Side, near Adams and Leavitt.
A suspected catalytic converter thief who escaped police custody and fled on a golf course back in September has been captured.
An early morning shootout sent two people to the hospital in far north suburban Beach Park. It happened Sunday just after 6:30 p.m. at a gas station near Lewis Avenue and Wadsworth.
In each of about eight incidents, the victims parked their car and discovered it missing or damaged the same or following day.
If someone comes to your door wanting to check your water, check their ID before letting them inside.
If someone comes to your door wanting to check your water, check their ID before letting them inside. That's the latest warning from police in Woodridge after a series of "ruse burglaries."
Police are investigating after a woman was found dead inside a vehicle in Joliet Sunday morning. A 2-year-old girl was also discovered unharmed in the backseat. Around 12:21 a.m., officers responded to a parking complaint in an alley west of the 1200 block of Clement Street.
Authorities in Idaho released new details from the investigation leading up to the arrest of Bryan Kohberger in Pennsylvania.
Two men in a tow truck were shot in the middle of the night on the city's North Side. Neighbors ran for cover. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey went to the scene in the Villa neighborhood and learned the tow truck shouldn't have been on the road in the first place.
The teen was shot in the ear and eye and told police he heard multiple shots.
The man charged in the shooting of a 1-year-old girl inside an apartment on Chicago's Southwest Side was due in court on Monday.
The Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted a new class of honorees Sunday night, covering a variety of styles and generations.
There was a scramble in the skies Sunday tied to President Trump's visit to the Chicago area.
A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side late Sunday night.
Officer French was shot and killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop in August of 2021.
Sheri Mecklenburg resigned from the Department of Justice this week, penning a scathing letter in which she said U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros "personally directed" the Broadview 6 prosecution that she says ended her career.
The Chicago City Council deferred a full vote on the sale of the city's parking meters from one private company to another to their next full council meeting as they face an end-of-month deadline.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is demanding the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration reject President Trump's call to convert plans for a massive triumphal arch into a "top grade Military Complex."
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
The Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted a new class of honorees Sunday night, covering a variety of styles and generations.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
The Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted a new class of honorees Sunday night, covering a variety of styles and generations.
There was a scramble in the skies Sunday tied to President Trump’s visit to the Chicago area.
A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago’s South Side late Sunday night.
Fifty scholarships were presented to kids of Chicago officers and those who are enrolled in CPD programs.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller is tracking when those showers will arrive this week in First Alert Weather.
There was a scramble in the skies Sunday tied to President Trump's visit to the Chicago area.
A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side late Sunday night.
Williams suffered the injury during the fourth quarter of the Bears' home opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
The man charged in the shooting of a 1-year-old girl inside an apartment on Chicago's Southwest Side was due in court on Monday.
The Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted a new class of honorees Sunday night, covering a variety of styles and generations.
In 2024, an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a dog that was being held by its owner. COPA and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling agreed the officer should be fired. But more than two years later, that hasn't happened.
Surging gas and diesel prices are putting the pinch on farmers with harvest season underway, and could drive grocery prices even further up.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
A Chicago nonprofit is suing its former president, accusing him of illegally diverting millions of dollars in charitable funds and jeopardizing the charity's future in fighting homelessness.
The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Sunday in a regular-season finale that was relocated to Tropicana Field.
President Trump's presence in the Chicagoland area brought crowds of supporters and protesters.
The White Sox open their best-of-three AL Wild Card series at either Houston or Texas on Tuesday.
Williams suffered the injury during the fourth quarter of the Bears' home opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
Illinois kept it competitive despite Smith's monster game.
The man charged in the shooting of a 1-year-old girl inside an apartment on Chicago's Southwest Side was due in court on Monday.
A Chicago violence interrupter is remembered for the difference he tried to make in his South Shore neighborhood. Courtney Harris worked to keep young people away from violence, but died in a shooting over the weekend.
Three men were wounded in a shooting on Thursday night outside a liquor store in the South Chicago neighborhood.
A sixth-grade teacher and basketball coach at a school in Island Lake, Illinois, was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
