After car break-ins, South Loop residents doubt ideas for solutions
To deter thieves, Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd) has decided to clip some trees, and has upped the watts of streetlights.
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To deter thieves, Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd) has decided to clip some trees, and has upped the watts of streetlights.
To deter thieves, Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd) has decided to clip some trees, and has upped the watts of streetlights. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
This was not the first time such a thing has happened. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
According to Chicago Police, a witness reported seeing three men get out of a black sedan, in the 1600 block of South Indiana Avenue around 2 a.m., and shatter the windows of 20 to 25 legally parked cars. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Lawrence Boyle, 63, was charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the strangulation of Sierra Jamison.
After the 11-year-old girl kicked her attacker, she was able to escape home to her mom – who called 911. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
The victim was shot in the lower back and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in the Park Manor neighborhood late Tuesday.
A woman driving a Dodge Charger crashed into a van and a building Monday afternoon in Bronzeville.
A man was shot dead in the Greater Grand Crossing community Monday evening.
A fire broke out overnight Saturday into Sunday off 47th Street and Indiana Avenue in Bronzeville.
After a 14-year-old girl and two young men were shot and wounded at a Chatham neighborhood dance studio over the weekend, the owner of the studio said he felt like he had failed.
Three teens – the youngest of them a 14-year-old girl – were wounded Sunday evening in a dance studio on 79th Street.
Protesters against police brutality had hoped to walk on the Dan Ryan Expressway starting at noon on Saturday, but they did not get on, and instead took to local streets.
Police Sunday night were looking for several suspects who took not one, but two cars from the same location in Chatham.
A car with a body inside was pulled from the Little Calumet River on the city's Far South Side Thursday afternoon.
A teenage boy is dead after being shot in the Washington Park neighborhood this weekend.
A body has been found in a car that crashed through a guard rail and into the Kankakee River, according to the Kankakee Fire Chief.
Two northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway were shut down overnight after the victim of a shooting in the nearby Park Manor community ran into traffic.
Police on Sunday were searching for a 15-year-old boy who has not been seen since Wednesday of last week.
A man and woman were shot and rushed to the hospital Thursday night in a drive-by incident in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
The 28-year-old victim was walking in the 10100 block of South Indiana Avenue at 6:20 a.m. when a dark car pulled up with two males inside, according to Chicago Police. The driver was armed with a gun.
A child was critically injured and four other people were hurt in a Bronzeville neighborhood traffic crash Saturday afternoon on the South Side.
Crews were called to the scene of the house fire in the 10600 block of South Indiana Avenue at 3:29 a.m., according to Fire Media Affairs. They arrived to find the fire in the attic of the vacant 2 1/2-story house.
A 69-year-old man who suffers from dementia who went missing after after leaving a rehabilitation center in the Douglas neighborhood on the South Side Sunday afternoon has been safely reunited with his family.
Aly Marsh wasn't the first person to get such a confusing letter from the city.
Bobby Sherman was a teen idol in the 1960s and '70s with bubblegum pop hits like "Little Woman" and "Julie, Do Ya Love Me."
Colleagues, family, friends and members of the public paid their respects to fallen Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera, who was unintentionally shot and killed by officer earlier in June.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has delivered a victory for environmentalists in the battle over the regulation of "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
Four buildings in the Autumn Ridge apartment complex have been without AC, but just Tuesday afternoon, it was fixed in one of the buildings.
Almost a dozen Iranian nationals were arrested by immigration agents, in the Trump administration's latest crackdown.
President Trump accused Israel and Iran of violating a ceasefire, but then said it was "in effect" after a phone call with Israel's leader.
On Tuesday, July 1, the city's minimum wage will go up, along with wages for tipped workers, as part of Chicago's One Fair Wage Ordinance.
President Trump downplayed Iran's attacks on a U.S. base in Qatar, and said Iran offered early warning.
President Trump, Israel and Iran say a ceasefire he announced earlier between the two nations has begun.
It doesn't help the situation, needless to say, if someone's air conditioning goes out at home. So experts have tips to prevent that from happening.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
In March, Mark Aiello bet big on basketball, and thought he won $389,000 by correctly guessing rebounds and assists by certain Chicago Bulls players.
Salah Abukhaled says Google's grip on advertising is costing him millions, and the U.S. government shares his same frustrations.
Melissa Kingsbury said she received more than 25 calls and 30 text messages in the first hour after her page was hacked, asking if she was really selling items like low-priced cars in great condition.
Former Evergreen Park Mayor Jim Sexton caught the virus in 2012, and had severe symptoms.
Recreational cyclist Phil Fox crossed back into America around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, after spending nearly three days circumnavigating over 1,000 miles around Lake Huron by bicycle.
The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.
The norovirus strain GII.17 may have disrupted the seasonal pattern of outbreaks.
Warming temperatures due to climate change also help the arachnid survive.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has delivered a victory for environmentalists in the battle over the regulation of "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
On Tuesday, July 1, the city's minimum wage will go up, along with wages for tipped workers, as part of Chicago's One Fair Wage Ordinance.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Gary, Indiana Mayor Eddie Melton has said Nippon Steel plans to pump $1 billion into the U.S. Steel Gary Works.
Salah Abukhaled says Google's grip on advertising is costing him millions, and the U.S. government shares his same frustrations.
Bobby Sherman was a teen idol in the 1960s and '70s with bubblegum pop hits like "Little Woman" and "Julie, Do Ya Love Me."
The University of Chicago Crime Lab's Policing Leadership Academy tackles some serious topics like how to make data-driven decisions or how to help officers handle on-the-job trauma.
Anne Burrell, an acclaimed chef from upstate New York, hosted "Secrets of a Restaurant Chef," "Worst Cooks in America" and other popular Food Network shows.
Prison staff gave R. Kelly "an amount of medicine that could have killed him," his lawyer alleged in a federal court filing.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia, charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the "Friends" star's overdose death, will plead guilty, according to an agreement.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has your 5 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
A central Illinois woman got two confusing pieces of mail from the city of Chicago, indicating she was on the hook for hundreds of dollars. It turned out to be a clerical error that's been happening to drivers for years.
Rivera was unintentionally shot and killed by another officer earlier in June. Tara Molina reports.
O'Hare International Airport on Sunday broke the record for the most travelers screened on a single day, with nearly 114,000 people passing through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints.
The National Transportation Safety Board is discussing new safety measures more than a year after a door plug blew out while an Alaska Airlines jet was taking off from Portland.
Three Mariano's grocery stores in the Chicago suburbs are closing as part of a larger move by its parent company, Kroger.
All northbound lanes are closed. Delays are expected as crews work to clear the scene.
Aly Marsh wasn't the first person to get such a confusing letter from the city.
Bobby Sherman was a teen idol in the 1960s and '70s with bubblegum pop hits like "Little Woman" and "Julie, Do Ya Love Me."
Colleagues, family, friends and members of the public paid their respects to fallen Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera, who was unintentionally shot and killed by officer earlier in June.
Emissions from cars and trucks are among the greatest sources of air pollution in the Chicago area.
Heights Crematory in south suburban Chicago Heights has agreed to shut down permanently and had its license revoked through a consent order, Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said.
Administrators at Chicago's Weiss Memorial Hospital spoke for the first time Wednesday after busted air conditioners forced patients to be transferred for their own safety.
"We're going to see more heat and more humidity, particularly in the Chicagoland area," said Dr. Sheethal Rao, an internal medicine doctor at UI Health.
"As soon as the rule was released, the EPA employees started talking about how terrible this was going to be for the state of Illinois," said Nicole Cantello, president of AFGE Local 704, the union representing EPA workers in the Chicago area.
Keith won three Stanley Cups with the Blackhawks in 2010, 2013, and 2015. He also twice won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman, and won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2015 as MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Noah Syndergaard will attempt to make a comeback with the Chicago White Sox, who have signed the veteran right-hander to a minor league deal.
The Sox still lost a game that saw the Diamondbacks lose Eugenio Suárez and Josh Naylor to injuries.
Ben Brown (4-6) allowed eight runs on nine hits in five innings for the Cubs.
Meidroth was thrown right into the deep end of the pool upon being traded to the Sox in December.
The 30-year-old woman was arrested on June 19, and allegedly drove her car through a crowd of thousands protesting ICE and immigration actions in downtown Chicago.
The University of Chicago Crime Lab's Policing Leadership Academy tackles some serious topics like how to make data-driven decisions or how to help officers handle on-the-job trauma.
Several dozen people were in the home for a family gathering at the time.
Giancana, known as "Momo," was 67 when he was murdered at his home in Oak Park, Illinois.
One of the robbers can be heard telling them "give me all that s***" before the man and woman toss their cell phones, keys, and her purse on the ground.
