Woman identified after being found by CPD on Northwest Side
Police said the woman was found in the area of Cicero Avenue and Diversey Avenue on Thursday morning and taken to Community First Hospital.
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Police said the woman was found in the area of Cicero Avenue and Diversey Avenue on Thursday morning and taken to Community First Hospital.
Police said just before 7 p.m., a man grabbed the woman in the area of West Pierce and Central Park Avenue while she was searching for an item in her car.
"It has torn me apart. My grandmother doesn't deserve this!"
Area 5 Detectives are investigating.
An elderly woman was brutally attacked in a parking garage near the Magnificent Mile Tuesday, all for her purse.
Officers say three male offenders entered her home, took out a knife, and restrained the woman with duct tape.
"She has Alzheimer's disease and she also has diabetes. She's been without medication for two weeks."
An elderly woman found wandering early Tuesday in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side has been identified and reunited with her family.
The elderly man said he had just cashed the $5,000 check at Grand Victoria Casino, 250 S. Grove Ave., and was playing the slots when 34-year-old Sean Sheppard walked up to him and struck up a conversation, according to Elgin police.
The victim and her 45-year-old son noticed a series of unauthorized withdrawals from the woman's bank account over several months, police said.
A parolee is wanted for allegedly breaking into an elderly woman's home Sunday in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows during a ruse burglary and battering the resident, police said.
The incident happened at 12:45 a.m. near 75th Street and the curve at Route 34. The woman was traveling westbound in her Cadillac sedan when it hit a median, crossed over eastbound lanes and rolled over into a ditch.
Ethel Baskins, of the 900 block of West 51st Street, crashed a vehicle into a tree in the 1300 block of North Harlem Avenue about 8:15 a.m.
A woman who apparently was in the wrong place at the wrong moment is in the hospital, with a gunshot wound to the back suffered while driving in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
The woman was reported in the water near the Orleans Street bridge just before 1 a.m., fire officials said. Crews arrived at the scene in about two minutes. The water temperature was about 50 degrees.
McHenry County Sheriff's police said they were notified at about 7:15 a.m. that a driver had spotted a body in the snow along the 11500 block of Hemmer Road in unincorporated McHenry County near Huntley.
The elderly victim told police she was walking to the Church of the Nazarene at 1501 S. Linneman Road in Mount Prospect about 6 a.m. Sunday when the attack occurred.
A fire at a senior citizen high-rise in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood left an elderly woman critically injured Friday afternoon.
The purported victim, a 68-year-old woman from Homewood, told authorities she was accosted by about a dozen African American men while walking in the 700 block of North Michigan around noon Wednesday in front of Saks Fifth Avenue.
An elderly woman reported missing Saturday was found dead Monday at the bottom of a trash chute in the Near North Side high-rise building where she lived.
An elderly woman was hospitalized Monday after she was attacked by a man who stole her car in the parking lot of a southwest suburban Walgreens.
An 88-year-old woman sustained injuries after struggling with a masked man who broke into her South Side Bronzeville neighborhood Friday night and put a knife to her throat and robbed her.
A senior citizen is refusing to leave her South Side home, even though it's literally crumbling around her.
A judge in Chicago has set bond at $350,000 for a robbery suspect accused of dragging an 80-year-old woman for a block in his car after she refused to let go of her purse.
This weekend is the last to see some incredible costumes from movies and Broadway musicals, all created by award-winning fashion and costume designer Paul Tazewell.
A car with a dead body inside was found on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Sunday morning.
An effort led by University of Chicago researchers has led to the development of the sharpest and clearest map ever of mass in the universe.
The Chicago City Council is set to consider an ordinance that could establish bird-friendly requirements for new construction and major renovations.
Johnson says he is addressing his future and the future of Chicago on Sunday, Sept. 13.
The Chicago City Council is set to consider an ordinance that could establish bird-friendly requirements for new construction and major renovations.
Johnson says he is addressing his future and the future of Chicago on Sunday, Sept. 13.
A federal judge extended her block on the U.S. Postal Service's new requirements for mail voting, as states prepare to begin sending mail ballots to voters for the November midterm elections.
The Supreme Court left in place guidance from the Federal Communications Commission that allows political parties and committees access to cheaper rates for political ads.
The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act set aside $140 million to give controllers a 3.8% pay raise, but they have so far only received the 1% raise given to all government employees.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
A law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against NIPSCO, alleging the utility's failure to manage trees and vegetation has left thousands of Northwest Indiana residents without power for up to two weeks.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
An effort led by University of Chicago researchers has provided the sharpest and clearest ever map of mass in the universe.
For the first time, British researchers are using radar from space to watch penguin colonies waddle across the sea ice, even when regular satellite images can't spot them.
Darius Johnson noticed a dramatic sight of clouds quickly rolling in near Buckingham Fountain while reporting this week, while Shane Hinton took notice of the Children's Fountain in front of The Richard M. and Shirlee H. Jaffee History Trail.
The Chicago mayoral election is less than six months away, with over a dozen candidates in the race. The real question on everyone's mind is: will Mayor Brandon Johnson run for reelection? Speaking here with Political Reporter Chris Tye, Johnson offers a strong hint about his plans.
This month, the Chicago City Council is set to consider an ordinance that could establish bird-friendly requirements for new construction and major renovations. Annette Prince, director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, talked with Suzanne Le Mignot.
A pickup truck was seen doing doughnuts in the road during a street takeover in Pilsen early Sunday morning.
Three people were shot and wounded in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood Sunday morning.
Johnson says he is addressing his future and the future of Chicago on Sunday, Sept. 13.
This weekend is the last to see some incredible costumes from movies and Broadway musicals, all created by award-winning fashion and costume designer Paul Tazewell.
A car with a dead body inside was found on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Sunday morning.
Several lawsuits are challenging Illinois' medical aid in dying law that is set to take effect on Sept. 12, including one in federal court arguing the law discriminates against people with disabilities.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
The Twins pulled within six games of the White Sox in the AL Central and 3 1/2 games of the third AL wild card.
Michael Busch and Miguel Amaya each doubled and singled for the Cubs, who finished with 13 hits.
Plans for a newly designed Chicago White Sox stadium along the river in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood were released on Saturday.
Shota Imanaga allowed three hits and one run in six innings and Pete Crow-Armstrong doubled and stole his 33rd base as the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 6-1.
Colson Montgomery hit a two-run homer and Erick Fedde pitched five sparkling innings, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1.
Three people were shot and wounded in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood Sunday morning.
A pickup truck was seen doing doughnuts in the road during a street takeover in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood early Sunday morning.
Chicago police were investigating Sunday morning after teenagers were shot and wounded in separate incidents the night before.
The ages of the victims range from 15 to 54.
A Frankfort mother charged with the murder of her 2-year-old son was very invested in the Lindsay Clancy trial, Will County prosecutors say.
