Man accused of illegally dumping tires in Gary, Indiana
Investigators found the vehicle using the city's automated license plate readers.
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Investigators found the vehicle using the city's automated license plate readers.
While securing the scene, officers learned about three additional adult victims who had arrived at Methodist Northlake Hospital seeking treatment for gunshot wounds.
Indiana State Police have recommended the dog's 37-year-old owner face animal cruelty charges.
Officers found the victim, only described as a 33-year-old man, on the floor of the residence with an apparent stab wound to his stomach.
Josiah Shaw was killed, and his mother was severely hurt, in the 2008 shooting.
Back on Friday, Sept. 26, Kia Tidwell, 42, was struck by crossfire while driving past the McDonald's at 1527 W. 5th Ave. in Gary.
Police said a 23-year-old man was holding a gun in each hand, and threatening his mother and officers at the time he was shot.
Gary police said the department received a call for service just before 6 a.m. of a possible personal injury accident at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Madison Street.
Gary Mayor Eddie Melton supported the merger, saying Nippon Steel had committed $300 million to upgrade the Gary Works steel mill.
As a new year arrives, a sense of not knowing remains for the family of Emma Baum, who has been missing since Oct. 10, but they said they won't give up their search.
In the sanctuary, every pew was filled with those who knew and loved Pegg and Mike Sangerman—whether it was for a few years or many decades.
Gary police said just before 7:30 p.m., officers received a call about a man down in front of a residence in the 1100 block of North Warren Street.
Both President Biden and President-elect Trump have vowed to block the $15 billion acquisition on national security grounds.
The shooting happened just after 5:30 p.m. at the Save gas station at 21st and Vermont.
Emma Baum, 25, was last seen near 25th and Connecticut in Gary on Oct. 10. She was 9 months pregnant at the time, and might have given birth since then.
Emma Baum, 25, was last seen on Oct. 10. She was expecting another child, and was due any day than she vanished, as Jermont Terry reports.
Police have said a suspect in a string of robberies attacked an undercover officer during a sting operation on Wednesday.
Newly released videos show a man attacking an undercover Gary police officer with a machete-like weapon earlier this week during an undercover sting, before police shot and killed the suspect.
Police were investigating a string of robberies stemming from fake social media marketplace sales, when the suspect allegedly tried to rob an undercover officer and attacked him with a machete-style weapon.
Four years ago, Scott, a photographer and fashion show producer, suffered a devastating stroke. doctors told him he'd never hold a camera again, but he wasn't going to take that for an answer.
Ricky Larkin claimed that the boy, Je'Loni Smith, had drowned in a bathtub, according to an affidavit.
Gary police officers and FBI agents executed a search warrant Saturday at the home where Ja'Niyah stayed.
Ja’Niyah McMichael was last seen Monday, Aug. 11, Gary police said.
A man in a car flagged them down for a 4-year-old girl who wasn't breathing and they resuscitated her.
At Schurz High School in the Irving Park neighborhood, an infrared thermometer read back a temperature as hot as 146 degrees on the artificial turf on the sports field.
Four days after being shot in a Chicago drive-by shooting in West Woodlawn, a teen is speaking out from his hospital bed.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and other officials broke ground Thursday on a $99.1 million roadway upgrade project along Touhy Avenue in Chicago's northwest suburbs.
Four people were hurt, two of them seriously, when a van crashed into a liquor store in West Garfield Park Thursday afternoon.
A Chicago man has been charged with a string of burglaries targeting video gambling terminals at businesses in Chicago's southwest suburbs.
Reaction from Illinois and Chicago politicians to news that Kristi Noem had been ousted as head of DHS was swift, and savage.
From midnight raids to shootings, Kristi Noem, who was ousted as DHS secretary by Trump today, was at the center of many of the controversies of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago.
The announcement comes amid criticism of DHS spending under Noem, and as Congress has allowed the department's funding to lapse.
Federal prosecutors are dropping their probe into whether Biden and his aides unlawfully used an autopen for pardons, a source said.
Several Republicans on the Oversight panel joined with Democrats in supporting the motion to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden are among the big names who will be in Chicago Friday for Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral.
Drivers in the Chicago area can expect to start paying more at the pump this week, as oil prices have spiked amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Palatine, Illinois-based Weber has issued a recall of more than 3.2 million metal wire bristle grill brushes because you could ingest the bristles.
This is after Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoed an ordinance that would have banned most hemp-derived products this weekend.
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.
When a doctor was told there was no cure for his daughter's condition, he was motivated to transform not only her health, but the lives of thousands of others.
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.
A new development at the southeast corner of Chicago's East Lakeview community would clear away a medical office building and replace it with a residential high-rise.
The City of Aurora, Illinois, is seeking input from residents about data center development.
Not one, but two hotels are now planned or proposed for Chicago's Northalsted LGBTQ+ nightlife district.
After the Double Door closed in Wicker Park, there was reassurance that the Double Door would return, at a new location in the city's Uptown neighborhood. Now that is not happening anymore.
Barnes & Noble was set to reopen in Skokie on Wednesday, just weeks after it closed.
Actor and filmmaker Bruce Campbell told fans that he is in treatment for cancer and will cancel some upcoming public appearances.
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, known for his hits like "Laughter in the Rain," "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" and "Calendar Girl," has died.
A 19th-century George Méliès film, thought to be long lost, has been found among a box of brittle movie reels that a Michigan donor brought to the Library of Congress, officials said.
Streaming giant Netflix declined to match Paramount Skydance's $31 per share offer for Warner Bros. Discovery.
After the Double Door closed in Wicker Park, there was reassurance that the Double Door would return, at a new location in the city's Uptown neighborhood. Now that is not happening anymore.
Pop star Britney Spears was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Wednesday night in Southern California, the Ventura County Sheriff's Office said.
Anne and Kelly with Forever Fortunate Felines in Palatine, Illinois, joined CBS News Chicago to introduce Nala and Garfield, both available to adopt, and also talk about their "March Meow-ness" adoption event this weekend.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon said its bombing campaign will push deeper into Iran and become more intense.
Generally wet weather with dense fog on Thursday, with rounds of showers possible. Temps remain steady from day into night in the low 40s.
Dr. Shantay Bolton is the new president of Columbia College in Chicago, the first woman of color and first woman in nearly 90 years to lead the school.
Reaction from local leaders to news that Kristi Noem had been ousted as head of DHS was swift and savage.
A pilot was killed in a small plane crash in Deerfield, Illinois, Wednesday night.
Four days after being shot in a Chicago drive-by shooting in West Woodlawn, a teen is speaking out from his hospital bed.
The announcement comes amid criticism of DHS spending under Noem, and as Congress has allowed the department's funding to lapse.
The Chicago Bears are in discussions with the Buffalo Bills to finalize a trade that sends Moore to the AFC East, according to CBS NFL insider Jonathan Jones.
A proposed Illinois law hopes to create more oversight on private companies to protect consumers from skyrocketing utility prices.
The three women said they are working to make their way back home, but without any help from the U.S. State Department.
If you feel like you're drowning in a sea of text alerts and desperate email pleas for "just $5" this election season, you are far from alone.
A north suburban school bus driver became a victim of sophisticated scammers who are targeting more people and more vulnerable populations to make more money.
Both couples are still actively fighting for their kids, knowing it will be a long and complicated road.
The Chicago Bears are in discussions with the Buffalo Bills to finalize a trade that sends Moore to the AFC East, according to CBS NFL insider Jonathan Jones.
Northwestern was in control before Purdue got back in the game with a 9-0 run in the second half.
Last-place Loyola Chicago came in shooting just 31% on 3s, but kept it close by outscoring the nation's top 3-point shooting team by nine from behind the arc.
Holtz coached Notre Dame from 1986 to 1996, winning 100 games with the school, including a 12-0 national title-winning season in 1988.
Illinois is a win away from a triple-bye and berth in the quarterfinals next week in the Big Ten Tournament.
A Chicago man has been charged with a string of burglaries targeting video gambling terminals at businesses in Chicago's southwest suburbs.
An 11-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by three juveniles on Chicago's Near South Side this week.
A woman was held up by gun-wielding robbers in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood early Thursday morning.
Two women are dead in Pennsylvania and a man is dead in Hillside, Illinois, after an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
Chicago police on Wednesday warned of a string of charity scam incidents in the on the Near West and South sides in recent weeks.
