Chicago leaders discuss Halloween Weekend safety plans
We are only a few days from Halloween and city leaders want to make sure this year's celebrations are safe.
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We are only a few days from Halloween and city leaders want to make sure this year's celebrations are safe.
Chicago police leaders said it is stepping up patrol, as it does every Halloween weekend, but this year, it's working more closely with community groups to make sure everyone has fun, safely.
Halloween isn't until Monday, but you don't have to wait to enjoy a few thrills for the haunted holiday.
Halloween isn't until Monday, but you don't have to wait to enjoy a few thrills for the haunted holiday. Navy Pier has a little bit of everything to delight the tiniest witches and creakiest skeletons in your family during Slightly Spooky Saturday.
The news conference will happen in City Hall at 2:30 p.m.
Ghouls, goblins, witches, and more are invited to celebrate Halloween in downtown Naperville.
All week, families are invited to come and enjoy fun and safe Halloween activities across the city.
First, we have a 1986 report from CBS 2’s Susan Anderson on a variety of efforts to keep Halloween fun and safe for kids. We also have a 1991 report by CBS 2’s Bob Wallace, who visited area of the Robert Taylor Homes to look at efforts to keep kids safe at Halloween there.
You can check out all of the "gourd-geous" pumpkin displays along the south dock of the pier.
Susan Hall and her husband have gone all out for the holiday for 20 years. Drop by Stanley Street near Lake Park Road in Burns Harbor, Indiana to see their display… if you dare.
Watch some classic CBS 2 reports from Harry Porterfield in 1978, and Bob Wallace in 1980.
Halloween is a couple of weeks away and the Chicago Park District has plenty of ways to celebrate.
This time of year, kids and parents are finalizing their costume plans for Halloween. There are princesses, superheroes, and ninjas at the ready – but one young brother and sister are hooked on the horror of it all.
Back in the day, nobody had more fun on Halloween in Chicago than CBS 2's Bob Wallace.
Halloween is around the corner, and right now in Lake Zurich, thousands of carved pumpkins are on display in a walkthrough you won't see anywhere else.
Halloween is around the corner, and right now in Lake Zurich, thousands of carved pumpkins are on display in a walkthrough you won’t see anywhere else. CBS 2’s Marybel González reports.
Can you guess which candy ranks number one in Illinois?
A Plainfield family had planned to take down a Halloween display that went viral and drew visitors, but the family now says they are going to wait.
Things are about to look a little spookier at Navy Pier.
Things are getting spooky at one Chicago Public Library.
We've watched it over and over again on TikTok like millions of people online, and yet, we can't figure out how any of it is possible.
Candles burned Thursday night for a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed while trick-or-treating in Northwest Indiana on Halloween.
In past years, some people have used Halloween night as an opportunity to stir up some real-life trouble, and even violence. As CBS 2's Marie Saavedra reported Sunday night, community groups this year are taking steps to prevent that - and make sure everyone is celebrating safely.
Neighborhoods across the city were actively working this Halloween to make sure celebrations would be safe after little kids were finished trick-or-treating.
Police were patrolling Hyde Park Saturday night, with Halloween festivities already under way.
