Park District performs scheduled cleaning at homeless encampment in Eugene Field Park
The city of Chicago performed its standard scheduled cleaning at a homeless encampment at a Northwest Side park on Tuesday morning.
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The city of Chicago performed its standard scheduled cleaning at a homeless encampment at a Northwest Side park on Tuesday morning.
The complaints about the encampment are magnified not just because of how it looks, but also because it sits just steps from an elementary school.
Imagine not having a place to live, or a hot meal to eat on a winter day when temperatures are below freezing. That's the reality for many people in Chicago, but a shelter in Lincoln Park is working to make a difference in the lives of those in need.
A Safe Haven Foundation provides a program that includes a place to sleep, hot meals, and job search help to those experiencing homelessness in the city.
Questions remain as to why the homeless population continues to get younger each year and what's being done to fix it. One foundation on the city's West Side is helping to answer them.
Instead of sleeping in a large room on cots like other men's shelters, the residents share a room with one other person.
President Trump is hinting at further federal police action in D.C., teasing a press conference on Monday aimed at "ending the Crime, Murder, and Death."
A man is accused of setting another man's tent on fire in a homeless encampment alongside DuSable Lake Shore Drive in the Uptown neighborhood.
The Hope for Homes fundraiser benefits organizations serving the homeless.
Parents previously questioned the plan to move people into the hotel, which is located right across the street from the Elgin Math and Science Academy.
The homeless population in Elgin was moved to the hotel in December 2024, after three separate fires at an encampment along the Fox River left about 40 people and their pets with nowhere to go.
The city also revealed plans to increase the number of beds at the shelter from about 500 to 764.
With humble beginnings that started out in a church basement in 1985, Deborah's Place has become a beacon and safe haven for the city's most vulnerable.
The nonprofit has been helping lift the homeless community in Chicago for 40 years. Andrew Ramos reports.
No one in the encampment in the park, at 4222 W. Foster Ave. in the North Mayfair neighborhood, is being told to move.
Chicago city workers on Wednesday will try to help people move out of a homeless encampment at Gompers Park and into long-term housing. Some neighbors said the park has become a safety concern and an eyesore.
The Chicago Department of Family and Support Services is holding an “accelerated moving event.”
People who live in the encampment said they have nowhere else to go — and finding permanent housing is a long and difficult process.
Cellphone video showed a crane in Gompers Park Wednesday morning, with several city departments on the scene. Tara Molina reports on what happened and on encampment residents' concerns.
Concerns about the encampment have been making headlines for months, with some residents saying it is a safety concern and an eyesore. But as Tara Molina reports, people who live in the encampment said they have nowhere else to go — and finding permanent housing is a long and difficult process.
Advocates are seeing more people seeking help for the first time, and officials are pooling their resources to fight the new face of homelessness.
The city Department of Family and Support Services said the count is really important this year.
Those surveying will be outside in the cold, not only tallying who is living on Chicago streets, but offering necessities like hats, hand warmers, and hygiene kits. Marissa Sulek reports.
The city’s federal funding hinges on the count happening Thursday night, involving more than 250 people walking designated routes through the city to count and survey the homeless population. Tara Molina reports.
The city Department of Family and Support Services said the count is really important this year. Tara Molina reports.
Illinois is one of the few states that mandates Black history be taught in public schools, but that wasn't a given. It was fought for.
Misty McMichael, the widow of Chicago Bears legend Steve "Mongo" McMichael who died from ALS, has been charged with domestic battery in Will County.
"I guess I can say I am considering that," President Trump told reporters when asked about the possibility of a limited strike on Iran.
The daughter of a Blue Island man who has been missing since November is going national with her search.
Two children were injured, one critically, in a hit-and-run crash in West Englewood, Chicago police said.
"I guess I can say I am considering that," President Trump told reporters when asked about the possibility of a limited strike on Iran.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled President Trump does not have the authority to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs under a federal emergency powers law.
After a successful halfpipe qualifier, Team USA's Hunter Hess flashed an "L" and referenced insults from President Trump.
President Trump directed his administration to release files on UFOs and any "alien and extraterrestrial life," an issue that has drawn decades of fascination — and spawned more than a few wild theories.
The longest-serving Assembly speaker in Wisconsin history, who acted as a block on the battleground state's Democratic governor and also drew the ire of President Donald Trump, isn't running again.
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.
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.
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.
Lizard's Liquid Lounge announced recently that it will be closing for good in April after 18 years on Chicago's Northwest Side.
BP refinery workers in Northwest Indiana hit the picket line this past weekend as they escalate their fight for a contract.
Funkytown has now received a $3.7 million grant from the City of Chicago. The money will be used to create a new brewery and tap room on the Near West Side.
With his name now hanging in the rafters, former Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose is helping the United Center with its major redevelopment.
A potential bidding war is taking shape for the Daily Herald, the newspaper of record for suburban Chicago.
Garth Brooks, Ed Sheeran, Post Malone and Jelly Roll are among the artists headlining in the 2026 SummerFest in Milwaukee this summer.
Anderson Cooper will report multiple stories for "60 Minutes" before the end of the television season in May.
Warner Bros. Discovery said that Paramount Skydance is considering enhancing its buyout offer for the entertainment company.
Robert Duvall was in such classics as "The Godfather," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "M*A*S*H," "The Great Santini" and "Tender Mercies."
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
Illinois is one of the few states that mandates Black history be taught in public schools, but that wasn’t a given. It was fought for.
Check out this witty and romantic play at the Goodman Theatre.
Windy Friday with snow flurries possible. Highs in the upper 30s.
A rare winter tornado outbreak hit the Midwest on Thursday.
The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, the first major piece of Trump's broad agenda to come squarely before the nation's highest court, which he helped shape with the appointments of three conservative jurists in his first term.
An ATM was stolen from a bar on Chicago's Northwest Side early Friday morning.
Crews are working to clear a CSX freight train derailment in suburban Harvey, Illinois, early Friday morning.
Misty McMichael, the widow of Chicago Bears legend Steve "Mongo" McMichael who died from ALS, has been charged with domestic battery in Will County.
ideo posted to social media shows damage left behind after a tornado touched down in Southern Illinois.
Illinois is one of the few states that mandates Black history be taught in public schools, but that wasn't a given. It was fought for.
The city of Chicago is about to write some big checks to thousands of vehicle owners who had their cars, vans, or trucks towed by the city without the proper warning.
Gary residents hoped the new partnership between U.S. Steel and Japanese company Nippon Steel would mean changes to how much coal is being used and how much emissions are being released, but that's not what's in the works.
Chef Art Smith said the carjacking and fatal shooting of his employee, Darwin Tirado, 22, was devastating not only to his family but also to the larger community.
A state lawmaker is joining the growing call for accountability from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services about past abuse allegations before an 8-year-old boy's murder.
Chicago's rodent problem is well known, but a new pilot program testing rat birth control to curb the population in problem areas is underway to help rein it in.
After a successful halfpipe qualifier, Team USA's Hunter Hess flashed an "L" and referenced insults from President Trump.
The Chicago Bears have taken a big step forward in finding a new site for their stadium, and that momentum is moving fast toward Northwest Indiana.
As far as his own game is heading into the upcoming season, Hayes said he feels strong and healthy.
With all of his success so far, the 35-year-old lefty said he's excited for what's to come in year two for both himself and the team.
Northern Iowa football player Parker Sutherland has died two days after collapsing during an offseason workout.
A Yorkville man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl for nearly four years in Chicago's far southwest suburbs.
An armed home invasion suspect is in custody after an hourslong standoff with police in northwest suburban Arlington Heights, Illinois.
It took more than three years, but charges have been filed in the deaths of two young women in Hobart, Indiana, back in 2022.
A man was left in critical condition early Thursday after a crash in Chicago's Pilsen area.
A CBS News analysis found 126 cases that were brought by federal prosecutors last year arising out of threats to public officials.
