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Officers found two 17-year-old boys who had been shot and numerous spent shell casings at the scene.
CBS 2's Jackie Kostek pressed the CTA for an interview Wednesday. The CTA declined, but did say its system is still very safe. But some recent crime victims to not agree.
Police said the man punched the victim and later found multiple weapons in his vehicle.
The suspect attempted to flee from police but was later found in Dolton.
A CBS 2 crew was at the station when another attack happened on Tuesday.
The FBI responded to the bank robbery at the Bank of America, located in the 2300 block of West Indian Trail, around 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
He was transported to Christ Hospital initially reported in critical condition and was later pronounced dead.
In both cases, proceeds were found outside, near the drive-thru.
The unknown male subject requested a cigarette and subsequently grabbed the woman and "sexually abused her," police said.
"We can't live like this. The city has become – I won't even say, Gotham City is a little bit better, because you have Batman," said Uzma Sharif.
Crime, safety, and lack of police patrols have all been held up as reasons some small business owners in Chicago say they have had enough and are getting ready to move out. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
At least three incidents have been reported in the last week.
The CTA's issue with crime continues.
Two men were fatally shot Saturday afternoon in broad daylight.
The shooting happened as police continue to say they're beefing up security.
A man, who was not the target, was just sitting inside the Curramba Restaurant off Division Friday night when a shooter fired through the window.
"It's very sad and kind of frightening," said a woman who lives nearby and wanted to remain anonymous.
The man was in front of a residence when he was struck in the chest by gunfire.
While the garage she parked in offered little security, one expert provides ideas for worried drivers.
The male suspect allegedly knocked on her door posing as housekeeping, police said.
For more than four years, Ashanti Chimurenga has been haunted by one question: Who would want to murder her mother?
The man allegedly caused the officer to fall and knocked a taser from the hands of the officer, prosecutors said.
Police said the suspects took the victim's belongings and struck him to the point he needed stiches for face injuries.
A jury has convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 after a jury failed to reach a verdict in an earlier trial of the two men.
History will be made at Soldier Field on Monday night when Grammy-nominated band Mariachi Herencia de México will become the first mariachi band to perform the National Anthem at the stadium.
The child had been missing for more than four hours when the deputy and his K9, Loki, picked up a scent in thick brush.
A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.
The restaurant has been closed since March after a fire that sent smoke billowing through the pedway.
Chicago police put out an alert about dozens of car burglaries, including some in which the suspects pulled guns when confronted by the owners, on the Near South Side and South Commons neighborhoods in September.
A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.
In the race for the seat currently held by retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, Democratic Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is facing off against former Illinois Republican Party chairman Don Tracy and independent candidate Whitfield Harrington.
Gov. JB Pritzker is seeking to become the first Democrat ever elected to a third term in Illinois, and is facing a rematch with Republican Darren Bailey. There's also an independent candidate on the ballot, Collin Corbett.
President Trump on Monday announced that the company Mesabi Metallics will build a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa over the coming years.
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.
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.
Survivor, Koko Taylor, The Plain White T's and REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin were among those honored Sunday night at the Harris Theater. The ceremony is the hall's largest fundraiser.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
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.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest, including the return of showers this week, in First Alert Weather.
A missing 12-year-old is safe after a Lake County sheriff's K9, Loki, helped deputies find him in a wooded area in unincorporated Zion on Monday night.
The agency, known as Marta, says a station cleaner was mistakenly paid that amount in April, but they didn't notice the clerical error until July. The agency says the money still has not been returned.
Wrestling fans are mourning the death of Benjamin Satterley, the All Elite Wrestling star known as “Pac,” who died after a match in Chicago over the weekend.
History will be made at Soldier Field on Monday night when Grammy-nominated band Mariachi Herencia de México will become the first mariachi band to perform the National Anthem at the stadium.
Oak Park village officials confirmed that Fenwick High School is being evacuated because of a fire at their parking garage.
There was a scramble in the skies Sunday tied to President Trump's visit to the Chicago area.
A body was found on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Monday morning, authorities said.
History will be made at Soldier Field on Monday night when Grammy-nominated band Mariachi Herencia de México will become the first mariachi band to perform the National Anthem at the stadium.
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.
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.
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.
The Bears will look to rally from last week's ugly loss to the Vikings when they host the Eagles on Monday night at Soldier Field.
Benjamin Satterley, an English-born wrestler known for high-flying moves that delighted fans worldwide, was known as "Pac."
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.
Chicago police put out an alert about dozens of car burglaries, including some in which the suspects pulled guns when confronted by the owners, on the Near South Side and South Commons neighborhoods in September.
The investigation into an alleged rape at Cornell University in 2024 will be reopened, authorities said Monday.
The man charged in the shooting of an 18-month-old girl inside an apartment on Chicago's Southwest Side was ordered held until trial 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.
