Emanuel Calls For Statewide Gun Registry
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is looking to close a loophole that, he says, allows more illegal guns to find their way to the streets.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel is looking to close a loophole that, he says, allows more illegal guns to find their way to the streets.
A gun rights group is appealing after a downstate federal judge ruled against allowing Illinois to carry concealed weapons.
School officials found the weapon – a .357-caliber firearm – in the boy's locker, police said in a news release.
An Illinois lawmaker says state politics and the economy have helped increase the number of FOID card registrations over the past year.
Significantly more Chicagoans are arming themselves with guns.
Four people were in police custody Friday in connection with last week's fatal shooting of Chicago police officer Clifton Lewis, and one detainee has been charged in an unrelated crime, sources tell CBS 2.
A baggage handler at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is accused of stealing a gun from a police officer's checked baggage.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy says Chicago Police take many more guns off the streets than their New York counterparts.
Former north suburban Waukegan basketball star Jereme Richmond was not the one with the gun when he visited his ex-girlfriend's house in August, according to a 9-1-1 recording played in Lake County Circuit Court on Thursday.
A man, described by police as an "armed habitual criminal," has been charged for aiming a weapon at police officers.
A push to allow Purdue University students to carry concealed guns on campus has failed to win the support of the school's Student Senate.
A man has been charged with pointing a gun at police officers as they chased him through his Englewood home Sunday night.
Gun violence against children must end. That was the message a huge crowd took to the streets of Chicago Tuesday night.
A man was arrested overnight after he accidentally shot a 16-year-old boy while playing around with a handgun in the South Shore neighborhood.
A man is under arrest for allegedly smashing the window of a tow truck and putting a gun to the head of its driver, who was trying to repossess a truck early Thursday on the West Side.
An Englewood neighborhood billboard for a new shoot-'em-up action movie is stirring an outcry. CBS2's Mike Parker explains why community leaders are upset and want the billboard removed.
Police seized guns and $1,700 last month from a self-admitted Latin King gang member at his west suburban Brookfield home, police said.
Thieves in the Waukegan area appear to be taking a new tactic to delay their victims from calling 911.
Former Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis says his first priority as the new deputy director of the Chicago Crime Commission will be to assess the causes of gang and gun violence.
The City Council has approved an ordinance legalizing gun ranges within the city limits, just as a federal appeals court had struck down the city's ban.
The state of Wisconsin is on the verge of adopting a law that would allow its residents to carry concealed guns, leaving Illinois as the last state in the union with a ban on the practice.
An Uptown teen has been charged with two felonies after getting caught with a loaded gun at Water Tower Place.
A handgun once owned by gangster Al Capone has sold for almost $110,000 at an auction in London.
An infamous gun belonging to Al Capone goes on the auction block this week at Christie's in London.
Students at Foreman High School in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood were likely looking forward to the last day of school upon arriving Friday, but instead they ended up on lockdown someone brought in a gun.
One man's stay at a YMCA in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood would eventually lead to the creation of Black History Month. Here's how.
A woman was found dead with a gunshot wound inside an apartment in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood on Friday morning.
Actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, officials said Friday.
The woman set on fire on the CTA Blue Line in a random act of violence has been released from the hospital.
Gamers across the world can now recreate drone strikes in Ukraine from the comfort of their own home, with this newly released game.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
A new push to pass a GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, but Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
As immigration sweeps expand nationwide, the work of justifying detentions is overwhelming federal prosecutors, who are being forced to sideline a range of other cases in order to keep pace.
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, plans to attend President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress later this month, according to her attorney.
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.
Gamers across the world can now recreate drone strikes in Ukraine from the comfort of their own home, with this newly released game.
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.
One man’s stay at a YMCA in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood would eventually lead to the creation of Black History Month. Here’s how.
Ronald Hicks is set to be installed Friday as the 11th archbishop of New York in a ceremony at the revered St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan.
Seasonable temperatures fall swiftly Friday, leading to bitter cold overnight. Lows around 11 degrees.
Take a look at A Red Orchid Theatre's "Birds of North America" now playing through March 8.
Get out of the cold and into EvaDean’s Bakery and Cafe in Wilmette.
Chicago police are investigating after a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound in a West Ridge apartment.
A federal judge in Chicago has ruled key evidence in the Marimar Martinez shooting, including bodycam video and text messages, can be released.
The woman set on fire on the CTA Blue Line in a random act of violence has been released from the hospital.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
One man's stay at a YMCA in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood would eventually lead to the creation of Black History Month. Here's how.
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."
The 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony dazzles with the Parade of Nations and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
Caleb Williams certainly had plenty of big throws to celebrate in 2025, but it wasn't hard to pick his most memorable one after he launched a 46-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore to beat the Packers in overtime in Week 16.
Brandon Ingram scored 33 points, Immanuel Quickley had 24 and the Toronto Raptors beat the new-look Chicago Bulls 123-107.
Chicago Bears guard Joe Thuney was named the NFL's top offensive lineman of 2025 on Thursday, winning the inaugural Protector of the Year Award.
The Bulls on Thursday sent Ayo Dosunmu and Julian Phillips to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller and four second-round picks, as first reported by ESPN and The Athletic.
Actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, officials said Friday.
A burglary crew smashed into a restaurant in Chicago's southwest suburbs, leaving the owner cleaning up a big and frustrating mess.
Six months after a well-known charter boat captain was found dead at DuSable Harbor in downtown Chicago, a man has been charged with his murder.
Three people were in custody Thursday afternoon after a Chicago police officer fired at a suspect who ran from a stolen car that had hit a squad car.
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Thursday were investigating a shooting that left one teen dead and another injured, while a third teen suffered a head injury.
