Mother charged with stabbing 3 children, killing 1, on NW Side due in court
Wendy Tolbert admitted to stabbing her children inside their Logan Square home because she believed the devil possessed them, prosecutors said.
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Wendy Tolbert admitted to stabbing her children inside their Logan Square home because she believed the devil possessed them, prosecutors said.
Wendy Tolbert, 45, was charged with 14 felony counts, including first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated arson, and battery.
Ronald Martin, Jr., 45, was charged with first-degree murder after two people were found dead inside a home that was set on fire in Sheridan, Illinois, last month.
The victims were found dead inside the home. Two others had escaped, with one of them calling 911 for help.
Andres Stathoulopoulos, 20, was charged with aggravated battery with use of a deadly weapon and two counts of a hate crime after police said he hurled a racial slur before stabbing a woman in Portage Park last month.
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The hazy skies in the Chicago area are the visible sign of the poor air quality on Thursday as smoke from Canadian wildfires sent Chicago to the top of the list of most polluted cities in the world.
Sandy Underwood, 39, was charged with attempted first-degree murder after stabbing another woman inside an apartment in St. Charles on Tuesday, police said.
Sources confirmed to CBS News Chicago that Davis will retire at the end of his 30th year in office next year. He'll make a formal announcement of his decision on Thursday.
Flash flooding has been reported in Kankakee County and Northwest Indiana as storms with heavy rainfall moved through the Chicago area Wednesday.
A company that measures and tracks electrical grids across America says that the ComEd grid in Illinois has the highest electrical waste in the country, and customers are paying for it.
Pritzker acknowledged there is no one reason Chicago's homicide rate is down 3% from last year, shootings down 40%, and carjackings down 50%.
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The program mails free age-appropriate books to kids up to five years old.
Seven people were shot at what downstate Mt. Vernon police described as a "non-sanctioned event" attended by more than 100 to 150 people.
North Chicago police are investigating a shooting that critically injured a man early Monday morning.
Two teenagers are dead and another person is seriously injured after a crash in McHenry, Illinois.
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The crash happened shortly after 4 a.m. near Vollmer Road in Matteson.
When the entertainment company that hosts Epic Con abruptly canceled the event, fans who bought tickets and purchased hotels to attend were left in the cold.
The body was recovered on Friday in the general area of the north beach, according to officials.
The crash happened Saturday afternoon in the 2100 block of Irving Park Road in Hanover Park.
The windows of a Michoacana ice cream shop and a jewelry store were damaged due to the crash.
Schaumburg police said that, around 10:15 p.m. Friday, officers had responded to the Marriott Hotel for a report of a person shot.
