Investigation underway after fire causes extensive damage to historic Joliet mansion
Flames ripped through the Patrick C. Haley Mansion – a popular venue for weddings and other events – in Joliet late Wednesday afternoon.
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Flames ripped through the Patrick C. Haley Mansion – a popular venue for weddings and other events – in Joliet late Wednesday afternoon.
No one was hurt in the fire. But it is not known what is going to happen to all the weddings and events scheduled for the space. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
A fire broke out at the Haley Mansion, a popular venue for weddings and other events, in Joliet late Wednesday afternoon.
A fire broke out at the Haley Mansion, a popular venue for weddings and other events, in Joliet late Wednesday afternoon.
A fire broke out at the Haley Mansion, a popular venue for weddings and other events, in Joliet late Wednesday afternoon.
This was known as Stout, right by the Portillo's on Clark Street.
The Walmart remained closed two days after the fire, which is being investigated as an arson. CBS 2's Sara Machi reports.
Chicago firefighters were attacking a smoldering roof of an Englewood apartment building.
Two Chicago men are charged with robbing residents of the very building that caught fire this week.
Two Chicago men are charged with robbing residents of the very building that caught fire this week.
We told you Wednesday about multiple failed city inspections at the Harper Square Cooperative high-rise. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
"It was a thriving company. A lot of people worked there, too," neighbor Justin Gilliam said.
An overnight fire on the Southwest Side near Midway airport destroyed a catering business that served meals to more than a dozen senior centers.
Residents nearby are reporting smoke billowing from the chimney of the building.
Residents in apartments next door woke up to sirens and may have water damage in their homes. CBS 2's Jackie Kostek talked to a resident who smelled smoke around 11:30 p.m., saw flames and tried to wake up his neighbors.
A smoke detector in the apartment where the fire started was not working at the time, according to the Fire Department.
The residents have a lot of questions after the deadly fire at the Harper Square Cooperative on Lake Park Avenue. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Meanwhile, some residents are being allowed back in to get their most important belongings, but they still have a lot of questions. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Chicago police say the suspect lit an incendiary object inside the building – causing the fire.
"The firefighters did an outstanding job, because that fire did not go horizontally," Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt said.
A retired schoolteacher in her 80s was killed in the fire at the Harper Square Cooperative, and a total of 133 units are now inaccessible. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
The sprinkler system was not completed at the Harper Square Cooperative building where a fire broke out Wednesday, leaving a woman dead and nine others injured. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Some residents saw the fire climbing the high-rise through their windows. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
CBS 2's Kris Habermehl, a lieutenant and training officer with the Kirkland Fire Department, explains the complexities of responding to a fire at a high-rise building like the one in Kenwood on Wednesday.
CBS 2's Tara Molina dug into the history of the Harper Square Cooperative building in Kenwood, where one person died and nine were injured in a fire Wednesday.
Cook County homeowners have all been granted an extension in paying their first-installment property tax bills for 2026.
Illinois early voting for the 2026 primary begins for most counties in early February. Find out what your early voting dates are and where you can go cast a ballot below.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
Some polls opened up for early voting on Thursday, with less than six weeks to go until primary day in Illinois.
Illinois early voting for the 2026 primary begins for most counties in early February. Find out what your early voting dates are and where you can go cast a ballot below.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
Some polls opened up for early voting on Thursday, with less than six weeks to go until primary day in Illinois.
President Trump said he is directing all federal law enforcement to be at the "complete disposal" of Savannah Guthrie's family as the search continues for her mother, Nancy Guthrie.
President Trump told NBC News the call to remove 700 immigration officers from Minneapolis came from him.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
The 2026 Grammy Awards recognized the best of the best in music from last year, with big wins for Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Here's the full list of winners and nominees.
Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said. It's not yet clear how extensive the changes to the building might be.
An extension has been approved for all first-installment Cook County property taxes because of late billing.
Savannah Guthrie and her siblings released an emotional video pleading with whoever took their mother Nancy Guthrie to return her safely.
Dr. Ryan Lahey, a cardiologist with Northwestern Medicine, shares some advice for American Heart Month.
Chicago police said a driver was critically injured in a shooting that led to a crash in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Wednesday night.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
Chicago police said a driver was critically injured in a shooting that led to a crash in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Wednesday night.
A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Auburn Gresham, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
Some polls opened up for early voting on Thursday, with less than six weeks to go until primary day in Illinois.
Cook County homeowners have all been granted an extension in paying their first-installment property tax bills for 2026.
Illinois early voting for the 2026 primary begins for most counties in early February. Find out what your early voting dates are and where you can go cast a ballot below.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
Six players made 3s for Illinois, which shot 17 of 38 from behind the arc and had just two turnovers.
Spencer Knight made 16 saves for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five of six.
The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White to the Charlotte Hornets, reports said Wednesday.
Chicago cut Milwaukee's lead to 90-84 late in the third quarter, but couldn't get any closer.
The Chicago Bulls are sending center Nikola Vučević to the Boston Celtics in exchange for guard Anfernee Simons, and the teams will also swap second-round draft picks as part of the deal.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family were aware of reports of a ransom note and that they are "ready to talk."
A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot Wednesday afternoon while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
A man who was arrested on child sexual abuse charges in Illinois is facing additional charges in the San Francisco Bay Area in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a child, police said.
Ryan Routh, the man convicted in a 2024 assassination attempt of President Trump at his Florida golf course, has been sentenced to life in prison.
The shooters remained at large Wednesday in two attacks that happened less than a mile apart on Chicago's Near West Side a day earlier.
