Wife Faces Charges In Decade-Old Murder Case
A 61-year-old interior designer in Northwest Indiana is facing extradition back to Arizona - where she is accused of killing her husband a decade ago.
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A 61-year-old interior designer in Northwest Indiana is facing extradition back to Arizona - where she is accused of killing her husband a decade ago.
An Indiana family was asking for help Tuesday in locating a missing woman, who was last seen at the airport in Dallas last month.
Lake Superior Court Judge Thomas Stefaniak Jr. said he was reluctant to accept a plea agreement calling for probation for a retired firefighter who shot his ex-wife in the head.
A northwest Indiana man faces a maximum 40-year sentence after he admitted that he killed his 2-month-old daughter because she wouldn't stop crying when he wanted to smoke synthetic marijuana.
The warden at the Lake County Jail in Northwest Indiana has stepped down, amid allegations that he was drunk when he showed up to the scene of a fatal hit-and-run crash that left one of his correctional officers dead.
Police in Crown Point, Ind., made a disturbing discovery Wednesday inside a home where neighbors had complained they'd been attacked by animals. CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports that pet after pet was carted out of the house and police said no one should have been living in the conditions they had found inside.
A guilty plea had been expected Wednesday morning, but no agreement was ultimately reached, in a hit-and-run crash that left a correctional officer dead last week in Crown Point, Ind.
Loved ones gathered Monday to remember a 25-year-old Lake County, Ind., correctional officer, who was killed instantly when a vehicle slammed into her last week.
A 42-year-old Crown Point, Ind. man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run incident earlier this week that left a correctional officer dead and three of her colleagues injured.
Police in northwest Indiana are focusing their search on a dark blue GMC pickup truck or SUV in their investigation into the hit-and-run crash that killed a Lake County Sheriff's correctional officer and seriously injured three others. Authorities also said the driver apparently accelerated shortly before hitting the officers as they were jogging.
A northwest Indiana corrections officer was killed and three others were injured Tuesday night when a hit-and-run driver struck them as they were jogging in Crown Point.
Police say a 26-year-old man was fatally stabbed during a fight on a northwestern Indiana city's courthouse square.
The dust is settling from the elections Tuesday in Northwest Indiana, and while incumbents prevailed overall, there will also be some new faces.
A man acquitted of murder in his mother's death has been charged with seven felony counts for allegedly burglarizing his grandmother's home, stealing checks, forging and cashing them.
A 21-year-old woman was killed overnight in a crash on Interstate 65 in Northwest Indiana.
Two people have been charged in Lake Superior Court with attempted dealing in methamphetamine and three related charges after they were arrested in northwestern Indiana's Cedar Lake.
Hugo E. Gil was working as a nursing assistant when he stole a 91-year-old hospital patient's credit card from his wallet.
Two more northwest Indiana school buses were struck by shots from a BB gun Friday morning, Crown Point Assistant Police Chief James Janda said.
A former high school principal, placed on probation for 10 years for dealing in cocaine, has been charged with two counts of theft.
Police in Northwest Indiana are on the lookout for a shooter, responsible for shattering five vehicle windows, including two school buses.
Police in Northwest Indiana are on the lookout for a shooter, responsible for shattering five vehicle windows, including two buses.
An elderly Northwest Indiana couple was shot and killed, and their bodies were dumped in a forest preserve. Their sons came face to face with one of the killers in court Tuesday. Gregory Brooks Jr. will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Ten people were treated for minor injuries after a Friday morning crash involving two buses in Crown Point, Ind.
A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely at Midway International Airport on Monday morning despite the nose-gear tires blowing out.
Thieves stole an ATM from a gas station in Chicago's Roseland community early Monday.
Ahead of the MLB trade deadline on Monday, the Chicago White Sox have reportedly added right-handed reliever Huascar Brazobán in a trade with the New York Mets.
Buffalo Grove, Illinois, native Till Bartkovjaks, 12, is a master of judo — and he's currently getting ready to represent Team USA for the second time, in Mexico in November.
Two young men and a teenage boy were shot and wounded early Monday in Chicago's Park Manor community.
Chicago's Mamdani moment might come in the form of a more socialist City Council. The Chicago DSA is working to oust aldermen and advance taxing the rich.
A new court ruling will keep Illinois from having to turn over its full list of voter information to the federal government.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias officially announced his campaign for mayor of Chicago on Sunday. He said, "Chicago should never become a city reserved only for the wealthy,"
Investigators are probing whether Iranian hackers are behind this week's malicious cyber activity against water systems in Minnesota. If they are found to be the culprits, it would not be the first time.
The U.S. and Israel plan to hit Iran's energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend, although no final decision has been made, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
Stella's Diner in Chicago's East Lakeview community has gone out of business.
A Wisconsin appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that had declared Act 10 unconstitutional, keeping the 2011 law limiting public workers' collective bargaining rights in place as unions prepare to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
The changing developments at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. represent a microcosm of 40 years of changing development priorities on the Clybourn Corridor as a whole, and in Chicago and beyond.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Actor William Shatner and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, recall how they helped each other as they fought Stage 4 cancer side by side.
A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely at Midway International Airport on Monday morning despite the nose-gear tires blowing out.
Thieves stole an ATM from a gas station in Chicago's Roseland community early Monday.
It's already August, and thousands of Chicago and suburban kids who have an early start to the school year were headed back to class Monday.
Two young men and a teenage boy were shot and wounded early Monday in Chicago’s Park Manor community.
A man was stabbed late Sunday night in a fight with a woman on Chicago’s West Side, police said.
Relief is on the way for families of kids going back to school, with a sales tax holiday.
Three Chicago police officers, as well as a man and a child, were injured overnight in a crash in the Washington Park neighborhood.
Lollapalooza 2027 came to an end in Chicago's Grant Park Sunday night, as crowds emptied out and headed home.
A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely at Midway International Airport on Monday morning despite the nose-gear tires blowing out.
Thieves stole an ATM from a gas station in Chicago's Roseland community early Monday.
A clean energy initiative on the South Side of Chicago is increasing access to solar energy and electric vehicle charging stations, and community members say it's making a difference.
A glitch in the Illinois Tollway system earlier this month left about 100,000 drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls, some dating back about a year.
Chicago's Office of Emergency Management, which oversees roughly 200 traffic aides, says two were seriously injured by drivers this summer — leaving many uneasy on the job as Lollapalooza brings heavy traffic downtown.
Shavonne Worthy said she visited her mother's grave at Oakridge-Glen Oaks Cemetery in Hillside and found an empty hole where the headstone had stood for nearly 10 years — and the cemetery's new owner told her it was removed intentionally.
Earlier this month, charges were dropped in one case against Weinstein, but he still faces charges in New York and California.
Ahead of the MLB trade deadline on Monday, the Chicago White Sox have reportedly added right-handed reliever Huascar Brazobán in a trade with the New York Mets.
Buffalo Grove, Illinois, native Till Bartkovjaks, 12, is a master of judo — and he's currently getting ready to represent Team USA for the second time, in Mexico in November.
The Major League Baseball trade deadline is coming up at 5 p.m. Monday, and the Chicago Cubs have already made a pair of deals with the Toronto Blue Jays.
José Caballero lined a two-run homer, Gerrit Cole pitched into the sixth inning and the New York Yankees hung on to top the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Sunday.
The Chicago Bears were off on Sunday, having wrapped up their first week of training camp.
Thieves stole an ATM from a gas station in Chicago's Roseland community early Monday.
Two young men and a teenage boy were shot and wounded early Monday in Chicago's Park Manor community.
A man was stabbed late Sunday night in a fight with a woman on Chicago's West Side, police said.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family have been "in agony and despair ever since" her mother Nancy's disappearance in February.
A popular Little Italy neighborhood bar was the target of an early morning break-in this week. While the owners said they are upset, they are responding with some levity.
