New VNA health care clinic opens in Joliet
A new health care center has opened in Joliet and is expected to help thousands of patients over the next few years.
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A new health care center has opened in Joliet and is expected to help thousands of patients over the next few years.
Now through October 31st, Illinois residents can visit the aquarium for free on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
The shooting took place Sunday in Kenney, about two-and-a-half hours southwest of Chicago. Police believe the suspect is no longer in Kenney.
Nationally, hospitalizations are up 19% from a week ago, and deaths jumped 21%.
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, 441 people were admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 last week, a 28% increase from the week before.
Since April 2022, the state has given out more than $246 million in grants to help nearly 14,000 homeowners.
If you struggle to pay your mortgage, you have two months to apply for a state grant. Illinois will stop taking applications on October 31st for the Homeowner Assistance Fund Program.
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the so-called digital divide, a lack of computer and technology skills, particularly in Hispanic communities. In a story you'll see only on CBS 2, Investigator Megan Hickey dug into a solution that's helped in other parts of the country and is coming to Cicero.
The bull roaming around Barrington Hills for close to a week has been caught. The animal was caught Thursday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. in the area where it was first reported missing.
The bull roaming around Barrington Hills for close to a week has been caught. The animal was caught Thursday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. in the area where it was first reported missing.
State and local leaders are looking to address the labor shortage and getting migrants jobs.
The Summer Olympics are still a year away, but the games have been going on all month in Arlington Heights. It's not the kind of competition getting tons of media attention, but it's the experience of the athletes that caught CBS 2's Noel Brennan's attention. He went to a gold medal match at the Moorings retirement community.
A crash forced a car well off the roadway near where Interstate 80 meets Interstate 355 in southwest suburban New Lenox on Tuesday afternoon.
Students can get hands-on career training and certificates while also working toward a high school diploma and college credits.
A new learning center will give young people new opportunities in downstate Illinois. On Monday, officials held the grand opening for the South Central Illinois Training and Innovation Center in Litchfield, south of Springfield.
In June, Illinois became the first state in the nation to ban book banning.
That student was stopped by security and the school resource officer.
An Uber driver was beaten during a carjacking in the far North Suburbs early Thursday morning.
According to the school's website, the extreme heat resulted in "unusually high temperatures in the building and unsafe, wet floor conditions."
The person was said to be in their 90s and lived in suburban Cook County.
The person was said to be in their 90s and lived in suburban Cook County.
"Chicago women in trades are training women for these jobs and women of color black women for these jobs. That's the model for how we build an economy in which no one's left out."
CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey digs into why a lack of female construction and trade workers means women are missing economic benefits. She sat down exclusively with the acting U.S. Labor Sec. about the plan to fix that.
A contractor for the Illinois Department of Transportation was hit along the Bishop Ford Expressway on Wednesday.
At least eight are from Chicago or the suburbs.
More demonstrations were planned for Sunday in Chicago after a man was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis the day before.
Snow continued to fall and pile up throughout the Chicago area Sunday morning, with a Winter Weather Advisory in effect.
Bystander videos verified by CBS News show the scene from multiple angles before the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Prett in Minneapolis.
Coby White scored 22 points and hit five of Chicago's 21 3s, helping the Bulls win their fourth straight.
At least four more burglaries were reported between Wednesday and Thursday, this time in the Uptown and Lakeview neighborhoods.
The 5-year-old immigrant boy taken into ICE custody alongside his father in Minnesota has an active immigration case and cannot be legally deported yet, records reviewed by CBS News indicate.
A federal judge says the Trump administration must keep the money flowing for now for programs aimed at helping low-income families with children in five states.
A year ago, a law that effectively banned TikTok in the U.S. went into effect, though President Trump has not enforced it.
The Office of Management and Budget is seeking data about federal funding to 14 states and localities led by Democrats, including information from universities, and nonprofits within those states.
The Department of Homeland Security disputes a Minnesota school district's claims that ICE agents used a 5-year-old boy as bait before taking the boy and his father into custody Wednesday.
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.
As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.
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.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
January is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
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.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
The Piggery, a popular barbecue restaurant and bar in the northwest corner of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, announced Thursday that it is going out of business.
Sales of tickets to NHL games jumped more than 20% after the hit HBO show debuted in the fall, according to ticket vendor.
Among the names missing when the 98th Academy Award nominations were announced were Ariana Grande, George Clooney, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and anyone associated with "Wicked: For Good."
The nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and though "One Battle After Another," "Marty Supreme," "Frankenstein" and "Hamnet" were all nominated for plenty, it was "Sinners" that broke through with a record-smashing 16 nominations.
Prince Harry struck a combative tone as he testified in his lawsuit against the Daily Mail's publisher.
The 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees were revealed on "CBS Mornings" on Wednesday. See the full list.
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse who worked at the Minneapolis VA hospital, was identified as the man killed by a border patrol agent. Asal Rezaei reports.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has your 6 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.
Father Ron Kondziolka had been under investigation since allegations surfaced in August. The accuser claimed the priest abused them as a child at an Englewood parish 40 years ago.
According to Sgt. Glen Fifield, at least one of the crashes was reported on I-94 near Riley Street.
Gov. Tim Walz is demanding a state-led investigation into the shooting as state investigators claim federal officials are impeding their access.
More demonstrations were planned for Sunday in Chicago after a man was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis the day before.
Federal agents in Minneapolis shot and killed a 37-year-old man in south Minneapolis Saturday morning.
Snow continued to fall and pile up throughout the Chicago area Sunday morning, with a Winter Weather Advisory in effect.
Bystander videos verified by CBS News show the scene from multiple angles before the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Prett in Minneapolis.
Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke out after ICU nurse Alex Pretti was was killed in a Minneapolis shooting by federal agents, the second person to be fatally shot in less than a month.
As temperatures fell below zero in Chicago on Friday, tenants of a public housing complex in the East Garfield Park neighborhood said they were freezing inside their own homes due to insufficient heat.
Chicago is marking 30 years since it started its first citywide recycling program, which began with a problematic kickoff, and continues to lag behind other major cities in terms of performance.
More than a year before identical twin brothers stopped teaching at the Thornton Fractional School District, administrators were aware of allegations that one of them had been sexually assaulting a student.
Chicago relies on the CTA to get around, but there's some resistance to that reliance with safety concerns continuing to plague the mass transit system.
The Joliet Police Department is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit for patting down a 12-year-old girl who was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for not having lights on.
Coby White scored 22 points and hit five of Chicago's 21 3s, helping the Bulls win their fourth straight.
The Illini hit 18 of 38 3-pointers while Purdue was 7 of 19.
Dominic James scored in the fifth round of a shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning made it 15 straight games without a regulation loss, outlasting the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Friday night.
Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza official declared for the NFL draft and could be the no. 1 pick.
Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old Canadian national, was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last year.
Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old Canadian national, was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last year.
Officials said there were 11 arrest orders for "El Botox" for extortion and homicide. He was accused of attacking authorities with explosives.
The Department of Homeland Security disputes a Minnesota school district's claims that ICE agents used a 5-year-old boy as bait before taking the boy and his father into custody Wednesday.
A Little Village man was acquitted Thursday on federal charges accusing him of trying to put a hit on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
Chicago police are warning about a string of burglaries over four days last week where thieves used sledgehammers and crowbars to bust through glass front doors or windows of businesses across the city.
