Over 200 snow vehicles deployed to clear residential areas
Salt spreaders have been working since Thursday to make sure the main roads are safe and passable.
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Salt spreaders have been working since Thursday to make sure the main roads are safe and passable.
Edward Bowersox's family says he was pinned along a fence in the alley by his coworker – who was driving a garbage truck and making a turn.
Edward Bowersox's family says he was pinned along a fence in the alley by his coworker – who was driving a garbage truck and making a turn. CBS 2's Marybel González reports.
CBS 2's Tara Molina talked to some residents of West Town who have tried everything.
The pest control company Orkin has called out Chicago yet again as being the worst place for rats in the United States, and some West Town residents say they've tried everything to bring the rats under control. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Public records reveal numerous claims of harassment and discrimination within one City of Chicago department.
Mayor Lightfoot campaigned on a promise to make city government "much more transparent," but for more than a year has fought public records requests about racism and discrimination among city workers.
The Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation has dispatched snow plows onto major city roads as a with a winter storm bearing down on the Chicago area Thursday night.
for more than a year, CBS 2 has been asking for basic information from the City of Chicago. The Illinois Attorney General even said the city should provide that information. Yet the city continues to refuse - using taxpayer resources to fight the request from CBS 2's Tim McNicholas.
The Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation has placed 287 salt spreaders on the roads throughout the night and into Sunday morning.
CBS 2 has learned the son of Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) was recently suspended from the city job she got for him -- and not for the first time.
Marcus Jones sits on the front stoop of his Auburn Gresham home. On a city pole across from him, there is a bright yellow sign with a large letter "F". It's a warning to drivers - Friday is street cleaning day so don't park there or you will get a ticket. Marcus Jones would give the letter F to the City of Chicago for how it is posting these signs and issuing street cleaning tickets in his neighborhood.
The year 2020 was a big year for rat complaints in Chicago – the worst in some time. But the latest public data from the city show this year is shaping up to be even worse.
In a fitting tribute, a street was named Wednesday in honor of a man who spent 25 years keeping Chicago's streets clean and clear before he died tragically.
Chicago's issues with rats are no secret to anyone, but just how bad is the city's rodent problem? CBS 2's Tara Molina dug into the numbers Wednesday, focusing on the community area we found has more rat complaints than any other – West Town.
The city posts orange "no parking" signs along street sweeping routes two business days in advance. Drivers who don't move their cars risk getting a $60 ticket.
If you want to keep the lawn furniture, ironing board, or whatever else you used to save your parking spot last month, it's time to bring it inside if you don't want it hauled off to the dump.
Starting Tuesday, Streets and Sanitation crews will begin picking up any unclaimed "Dibs" markers along their daily garbage collection routes.
"I'm actually kind of ashamed of it, but after spending half an hour shoveling and hurting my back and seeing no other spots available I just felt like there was no other option."
The Chicago Department of Transportation on Sunday dispatched 211 snow plows as more snow returned to the Chicago area.
Department of Streets and Sanitation snow plows moved to the side streets Tuesday evening, but many Chicagoans were still dealing with a struggle.
Not only are some Chicagoans buried under a foot or more of snow, but they also are stuck with what is in some cases weeks' worth of garbage.
A spokesperson for Chicago's Department of Streets and Sanitation said they hope city plows can get off the main roads and onto the side streets sometime Tuesday evening.
A super-sized snowstorm pounding the Chicago area Monday has left many side streets impassable.
One Chicago woman is so over watching neighbors having to dig out their cars that she has created a petition to ask the city for a fix.
