Firm That Designed Collapsed FIU Bridge Also Building East Chicago Span
The FIGG Bridge Group designed the Florida pedestrian bridge that collapsed, and is building the upcoming Cline Avenue bridge replacement in East Chicago, Indiana.
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The FIGG Bridge Group designed the Florida pedestrian bridge that collapsed, and is building the upcoming Cline Avenue bridge replacement in East Chicago, Indiana.
A casino giant hopes to snuff out a proposed smoking ban in Gary Indiana.
A pregnant postal worker was injured when that bomb exploded at the East Chicago post office on Sept. 6.
Federal authorities have made an arrest in the case of a pipe bomb that exploded at a post office in East Chicago on September 6th.
Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott says the pipe bomb that exploded at the East Chicago post office last month, injuring a worker, was meant for an attorney working for the city.
The FBI confirmed the blast was the result of a single pipe bomb that went off shortly after 6:30 p.m., injuring a postal employee.
Sources said the explosive device was possibly a pipe bomb.
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson met Monday with Northwest Indiana residents forced from their homes by lead contamination.
The Lake County Coroner's office said 4-year-old Garrion Glover was pronounced dead shortly after 3 a.m. at St. Catherine Hospital.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has approved a plan to continue providing emergency aid to East Chicago as it seeks to clean up lead contamination
Protestors demonstrated as Administrator Scott Pruitt met with local and state officials about the continuing cleanup of toxic soil.
Mayor Anthony Copeland accused the EPA of rushing him into making rapid decisions about the future use of land contaminated with lead.
Some places East Chicago, Indiana resident Akeeshia Daniels refuses to go – like Chicago's Altgeld Gardens housing complex. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday plans to remove lead and arsenic from the East Chicago USS Lead Superfund site.
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb toured the lead contaminated West Calumet Housing Complex and listened to resident concerns.
Gov. Eric Holcomb has declared a state of emergency for the East Chicago Superfund site after lead contamination was found in the area.
The EPA has found that 18 out of 43 homes it recently tested had lead in the water. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
More than 400 homes in East Chicago, Indiana were tested, and more than 200 families learned their homes were contaminated with lead.
Monday is the first day of classes for hundreds of students in East Chicago, Indiana, but they won't be going to their school, due to lead contamination on their campus.
Saturday, hundreds of residents of the West Calumet Housing Complex showed up to a meeting to find out what happens next.
Hundreds of East Chicago, Ind. students have been forced to attend a new school because of lead contaminated soil at their old school.
Two-year-old Samira Allen's mom was notified in July of the dangerously high amount of lead in her blood more than a year after being tested at a state clinic, CBS2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
Safety concerns at Carrie Gosch Elementary School over lead poisoning has shut the school down and left 430 students to be shuttled elsewhere.
Lots of promises for help with health and housing for residents of a lead contaminated housing complex.
Investigators have begun examining tiny particles of dust at a northwest Indiana apartment complex contaminated with lead, to determine how widespread the problem is.
President Donald Trump's former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.
A new vision for passenger rail is on track in southeastern Wisconsin. The MARK Passenger Rail Commission held its inaugural meeting on December 5, 2025, at Racine City Hall.
Scientists have long believed that the Moon was formed by a massive object crashing into the Earth. But what was that thing that hit the Earth 4.5 billion years ago?
Families in the Little Village neighborhood bundled up Tuesday morning for the community's annual Our Lady of Guadalupe procession on the West Side of Chicago.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a slate of legislation Tuesday morning to protect immigrants from "unjust" federal immigration enforcement actions.
President Donald Trump's former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.
An Indiana State Senate committee advanced a proposed new congressional map after hearings Monday, after months of contentious debate and pressure from the Trump administration.
The Justice Department can release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge ruled.
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
The mercury isn't the only thing registering as chilly this December. Relations between Mayor Bandon Johnson and a majority of the City Council are frigid as the two sides remain deadlocked on the budget.
A condo owner in Country Club Hills says he's forced to sell his home after his condo association failed to reimburse him for repairs to his leaking roof. Edward Hadnott's condo has sat empty since a major roof leak in 2022.
The U.S. stopped minting pennies this week, and some groups have issued a warning about the headaches that can create for some businesses and consumers.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning about additional cookware brands that could be leaching lead into your food.
Walgreens said it will close its office space in Chicago's Old Post Office building.
The newest measles vaccination numbers released by Chicago Public Schools shows immunizations are finally moving in the right direction.
Two pregnant Black women recently faced alarming neglect at hospitals in Indiana and Texas, highlighting racial disparities in maternal care.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill aimed at protecting vaccine access in Illinois.
Roseland Community Hospital on Monday celebrated the opening of a new sickle cell treatment clinic.
Consumers with the imported pans should throw them away due to the severe health risks posed by lead, the agency warns.
A new vision for passenger rail is on track in southeastern Wisconsin. The MARK Passenger Rail Commission held its inaugural meeting on December 5, 2025, at Racine City Hall.
U.S. Steel says it'll resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois amid strengthening demand.
Traffic at O'Hare International Airport is growing faster than expected, and this has Chicago city leaders wanting to make big changes to future construction plans at the airport.
Small Business Saturday was disrupted by the winter storm for many business owners in Chicago, but in the Rogers Park neighborhood, a group of business owners came together to draw customers.
Three different times over the past year, popular and longstanding Chicago stage theater spaces have made headlines for their demise. But it's not all bad news by any stretch.
Paramount Skydance's $30 per share offer comes just days after Netflix agreed to buy parts of Warner Bros. in a deal valued at nearly $83 billion.
The nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes have been announced. Here are the nominees.
Landon Wallace, better known as Power 92 radio and Chicago Bulls mixer DJ Commando, died last week.
Thirty-five years after throngs headed to a theater near them to see "Home Alone," you can have a lovely cheese pizza, just for you, like Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister character did.
Frank Gehry was known for designing the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
The new law puts several preventative measures in place, including banning immigration arrests at courthouses.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has your 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.
Flight deck audio and police video are providing a new look into the night when off-duty airline pilot Joseph Emerson tried to turn off the engines of an Alaska Airlines regional jet while allegedly feeling the effects of so-called "magic mushrooms" he'd eaten two days earlier.
In December of last year, Michael Virgil, 35, was on a cruise to Mexico with his fiancée and 7-year-old son. A lawsuit says while waiting for the family’s room to be ready, Virgil was served 33 drinks within hours, got lost, and ended up being tackled and sedated by security. He died hours later.
President Trump is suggesting he’s open to expanding U.S. military operations beyond Venezuela to Mexico and Colombia, as fallout grows over the administration’s operation targeting alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela.
Gov. Pritzker signed a slate of legislation Tuesday morning to protect immigrants from "unjust" federal immigration enforcement actions.
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
An 84-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital from a fire in a condo building in the north Chicago suburb of Skokie.
Viktoriya Petriv and her mom, Roxanne Kovalchuk, cannot get out of their heads the events of that day.
President Donald Trump's former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.
A Chicago woman battling ALS said she's been struggling just to get a disabled parking space in front of her Bridgeport home.
Days after new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, Sheriff Tom Dart said this crisis isn't new, and that he's been warning lawmakers of problems for years.
Charles Beach was sworn in on Monday as Cook County's first new chief judge in 24 years, and takes over amid a political firestorm over what appears to be systemic issues with how accused criminals are being monitored before trial.
Some Chicagoans found out the hard way on Monday that the overnight winter parking ban is in effect.
The electronic monitoring system in Cook County has come under increased scrutiny, after a woman was set on fire in a horrific arson attack on the Blue Line, with critics demanding answers as to why the suspect wasn't already behind bars.
Despite Sunday's loss and losing the top spot in the NFC North, fans said they're confident the Bears will bounce back.
Leo Carlsson scored two goals and rookie Beckett Sennecke had a goal and an assist in the Anaheim Ducks' 7-1 victory over the road-weary Chicago Blackhawks.
The Bulls have lost seven in a row, their most since an eight-game skid in the 2019-20 season.
Chicago faced third-and-1 from the 14 when Kingsley Enagbare stuffed Kyle Monangai for no gain. That set up the game-sealing interception.
The ninth-ranked Fighting Irish responded to getting dropped in the CFP rankings for the second consecutive week by turning down an invitation to play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
A man stood charged with attempted murder Tuesday in a shooting involving a Chicago police officer in the Morgan Park neighborhood this past weekend.
A man died after being with multiple gunshot wounds in an alley in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
A man has been charged with setting a fire in the apartment building where he lived to cover up the shooting death of his roommate last month in Cicero, Illinois.
A man was charged with impersonating a police officer and other counts after a chain of events that led to gunfire from real police officers in Aurora, Illinois.
