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A rifle with a high-powered scope and laser sight was found in Casteel's hotel room on the 12th floor, overlooking the crowded Ohio Street Beach.
Illinois State Police said they were investigating a shooting reported in the northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway between 95th and 91st street around 9:15 a.m.
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said the employee found the rifle and handgun "in a very suspicious position inside one of the rooms," along with five rifle magazines on a windowsill.
More than 90 people were shot in Chicago over the Independence Day weekend, including police officers and several children.
A Lincoln Park business has been closed until a court hearing following a fight and gunfire early Sunday morning.
A man was shot when bullets came flying into his house in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood Saturday night.
"Ex-offenders are returning in record numbers to our community, to join the other 85% that are unemployed. So, we need to have a real strategic plan."
So far this year there have been nearly 200 more shootings in Chicago than there were by summer of last year. But there was a small dip in crime over the Father's Day weekend.
Community groups are trying to drive crime out amidst uptick in Chicago crime.
"The police are the public, and the public are the police. And the only difference is the police are paid. And, in fact, you need a true partnership."
The victims were driving west on 79th Street near California Avenue when someone in another vehicle pulled up alongside them and started shooting, police said.
Kim Weibring was parked at a Wendy's in Aurora in January, when a group of carjackers pulled her out of her vehicle and shot her in the back.
A witness heard a gunshot around 6:15 a.m. near 45th and Wabash, and found a woman in the alley with a gunshot wound to the head.
Eight people were shot, 4 fatally, during a gathering in Englewood Tuesday morning.
At least 46 people have been shot in Chicago so far this weekend, three of them fatally.
A warning for drivers as carjackers use stolen vehicles to commit other crimes.
A man is in critical condition after being shot while standing outside in Chicago's Old Norwood Park neighborhood Sunday morning.
The man suffered a graze wound to the hand, and was treated at the scene. His dog also was struck by the gunfire, but police did not provide any further information about the dog.
Police released the arrest warrant for 30-year-old Qinxuan Pan, who is charged with murder in Jiang's death. Pan is being held on $20 million bail.
A man was fatally shot while sitting in a vehicle in Chicago's South Loop Saturday afternoon.
Police said the teen was standing on the sidewalk on the 6500 block of South Champlain Avenue around 6:45 p.m., when someone started shooting.
One woman was killed and nine others were wounded after a mass shooting on Chicago's South Side early Saturday morning.
A 26-year-old man has been charged with carjacking a driver early Friday morning in the South Loop.
After circling the block, the carjacker brought the 3-year-old back to her mother, then sped off again with her vehicle.
A town hall meeting on Monday night addressed the concerns of residents paying higher water bills after being forced to use a private utility company.
A Holocaust survivor is sharing her story for the first time in her life with a group of student journalists and filmmakers in Skokie which includes her great-granddaughter.
Holocaust survivor Erna Gorman endured a harrowing and horrifying journey to escape death at the hands of the Nazis. She lost her mother, her ability to talk and walk, and eventually her mental health, until a psychiatrist helped her see how sharing her memories could unlock her healing.
The co-owner and chef of acclaimed Chicago restaurant Warlord is charged with sharing sexually explicit images of a woman without her consent.
The ages, genders, and conditions were not released.
Outside of the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center on Tuesday, veterans, medical professionals, and many other Chicagoans built a memorial for Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man shot and killed by federal immigration agents last week.
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred federal immigration officials from deporting 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father.
More than half of House Democrats support impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Funding for federal immigration enforcement was one of the first topics the Democratic frontrunners for U.S. Senate in Illinois discussed at a debate Monday night.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is facing internal scrutiny after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, multiple sources told CBS News, but she is expected to keep her job.
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.
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.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
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.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
In a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal, Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, revealed that the right frontal lobe of his brain was injured in a car accident 25 years ago.
Sales of tickets to NHL games jumped more than 20% after the hit HBO show debuted in the fall, according to ticket vendor.
Among the names missing when the 98th Academy Award nominations were announced were Ariana Grande, George Clooney, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and anyone associated with "Wicked: For Good."
The nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and though "One Battle After Another," "Marty Supreme," "Frankenstein" and "Hamnet" were all nominated for plenty, it was "Sinners" that broke through with a record-smashing 16 nominations.
Prince Harry struck a combative tone as he testified in his lawsuit against the Daily Mail's publisher.
Top Democrats are telling President Trump to either fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, or they will impeach her.
A federal judge has blocked for now the possible deportation of a 5-year-old boy and his father who have been detained in Texas. Liam Ramos was taken away from his family's suburban Minneapolis driveway last week, after federal agents detained his father.
A Holocaust survivor is sharing her story for the first time in her life with a group of student journalists and filmmakers in Skokie which includes her great-granddaughter.
Water was the center focus of Monday night's town hall meeting, as part of the village said they saw their bills three times higher than their neighbors' after being forced to use the private utility company, Illinois American Water.
For a $15 donation to the zoo, you can name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after your ex. Participants will also receive a certificate for the naming.
The co-owner and chef of acclaimed Chicago restaurant Warlord is charged with sharing sexually explicit images of a woman without her consent.
Downers Grove police said they have launched a homicide investigation after a pregnant woman died in an apartment fire Monday.
The ages, genders, and conditions were not released.
A town hall meeting on Monday night addressed the concerns of residents paying higher water bills after being forced to use a private utility company.
A Holocaust survivor is sharing her story for the first time in her life with a group of student journalists and filmmakers in Skokie which includes her great-granddaughter.
A town hall meeting on Monday night addressed the concerns of residents paying higher water bills after being forced to use a private utility company.
As temperatures fell below zero in Chicago on Friday, tenants of a public housing complex in the East Garfield Park neighborhood said they were freezing inside their own homes due to insufficient heat.
Chicago is marking 30 years since it started its first citywide recycling program, which began with a problematic kickoff, and continues to lag behind other major cities in terms of performance.
More than a year before identical twin brothers stopped teaching at the Thornton Fractional School District, administrators were aware of allegations that one of them had been sexually assaulting a student.
Chicago relies on the CTA to get around, but there's some resistance to that reliance with safety concerns continuing to plague the mass transit system.
Tuesday marks 40 years since throngs of Chicagoans braved subzero wind chills to welcome home the Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears.
The Bulls closed the first half with a 7-0 spurt, trimming the Lakers' lead to 69-56.
Jay Vine was knocked from his bike when two large kangaroos bounced onto the road on a high speed section.
The teams generated only a handful of chances through the first and second periods, and neither pressured with a territorial edge.
Coby White scored 22 points and hit five of Chicago's 21 3s, helping the Bulls win their fourth straight.
A Chicago man was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week for invading a home in Naperville while on probation.
The burglaries occurred between Jan 12 and 24 during the morning hours across eight neighborhoods, including Brighton Park and Uptown.
Chicago police issued a warning over the weekend about burglars targeting homes on Chicago's South Side.
A woman was charged with attempted murder this past weekend, nearly a year after investigators said she shot another woman on Chicago's Northwest Side.
Two men were hospitalized early Monday after they were shot while driving in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
