Oswego Couple Remembers Son Who Died When Plane Hit WTC
The village of Oswego commemorated the 9/11 anniversary on Sunday with a special contribution from two parents who feel the loss of the attacks every day.
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The village of Oswego commemorated the 9/11 anniversary on Sunday with a special contribution from two parents who feel the loss of the attacks every day.
A hip clothing store, Topshop, has taken the place of the defunct Borders book store at a prime retail location. But one critic says the type of service-industry jobs it brings won't save the U.S. economy. CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports.
A day before the President Barack Obama's big jobs speech, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced 400 new jobs for Chicago.
The start of schools citywide also heralded the resumption of full-scale efforts to keep kids safe on the way to and from school under the Safe Passage Program.
Labor Day is a day to honor the American worker, but at a time when the national unemployment rate is over 9 percent, this year's holiday has a bit of a different feel.
While the overall employment rate hovers around 9 percent, for post-Sept. 11 veterans, it's higher, dramatically higher: 12.4 per cent. CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports.
Big banks in Chicago are being urged to be more careful with vacant buildings they take back in foreclosure suits. As Chicago Public Schools get ready to open next week, a local group called Action Now wants to make sure vacant homes near schools are cleaned up and safe.
The Martin Luther King memorial dedication set for Sunday in Washington, D.C.. has been cancelled because of Hurricane Irene, disappointing dozens of Chicagoans who had hoped to honor the civil-rights icon.
One of China's most important exports isn't steel, clothing, or electronics – it's students. Chinese students are flooding United States graduate schools.
Nearly two dozen dead geese have been found at two Chicago parks this week and officials were trying to figure out what killed them.
CBS 2's Derrick Blakley talks with a psychologist about how to cope with the recent volatility of the financial markets.
It was a disappointing day in court for more than 70 laid-off City of Chicago traffic aides.
It's the one part of Lollapalooza that few people saw until now -- hundreds of young people rushing a fence and knocking it down, then running right past security.
An autopsy was planned for Wednesday afternoon for 2-year-old Abigail Holland, whose body was found floating in an above-ground pool Tuesday at an in-home day care operation in Aurora.
A convicted killer who would have been paroled in about 14 months has been charged in a rape and murder in DuPage County from 1976.
The Illinois Republican congressman who accused President Barack Obama of lying about the risks of not raising debt ceiling, is now accused of owing a six-figure sum in child support.
A Cook County jury awarded $40 million to the family of Rhoni Reuter on Wednesday, in a lawsuit they filed against the woman convicted of killing Reuter and her unborn child in 2007.
The stifling heat blanketing the Chicago area can really vary from place to place, so CBS 2 wanted to go across the city to check out the temperatures for ourselves.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy are putting another 92 officers of the street – 53 of them are rookies, new graduates from the police academy.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged Tuesday that former Mayor Richard M. Daley's security detail is not being reduced for now, but he indicated it would be soon.
A three-day music festival headlined by Dave Matthews Band will showcase a south lakefront area ripe for redevelopment. But neighbors wonder if the area can handle parking, traffic and crowds.
This year's Taste of Chicago wrapped up Sunday evening and the Chicago Park District, which was running the scaled-down festival for the first time, described this year as a big success.
A warning if you drive a Honda Fit: thieves are targeting your wheels. Not your car, necessarily, just your wheels.
A verdict has been reached on all but two counts in the re-trial of deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
A community-wide effort is underway to catch the sex attacker who assaulted a 7-year-old girl over the weekend.
