Man Gets 20 Years For Shooting That Wounded 18-Month-Old Girl
A 28-year-old South Side man will spend the next 20 years behind bars - for shooting an 18-month old girl.
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A 28-year-old South Side man will spend the next 20 years behind bars - for shooting an 18-month old girl.
Five former Cook County Jail inmates are suing the Sheriff's office.Five former Cook County Jail inmates are suing the Sheriff's office.
Chicago Police are going after drug gangs, in an effort to cut the level of gun violence in the city.
A Chicago man will stand trial in Denver on charges he behaved badly on an aircraft.
A busy and fun weekend for Chicago with, it would seem, something for everyone. It would seem there is something for everyone.
Police officers got a surprise when the person they found holding a gun during a recent stop on the West Side was a 3-year-old girl.
Chicago just got a little smaller, now that a Cook County judge ruled in favor of a waste disposal company that's taking 86 acres on the Southeast side to expand its landfill operation.
If you have a pug, a U. of I. researcher would like to give him or her a free eye test.
The Illinois Department of Insurance issued a warning about a health insurance company. Now, the company is trying to resolve the matter.
A former custodian at a southwest suburban high school was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possession and transporting child porn.
Organizers of an anti-Wall Street protest in Chicago are gathering signatures on petitions they will send to Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Bail has been set at $7 million for a Steger man who wanted his daughter dead.
A 22-year-old Waukegan man has been charged in connection with the hit-and-run death of an elderly woman Thursday night.
From now on, Illinois governors face new limits on how long people can run state agencies without legislative approval.
Police are warning Southwest Side residents of the attempted sexual exploitation of child that happened this month near a Clearing neighborhood park.
On Friday, regulators shut down a bank in Illinois and one in Washington-state, bringing the number closed this year to 63.
A West Suburban father and daughter are charged with growing pot in their home.
A group of black ministers is demanding Mayor Richard M. Daley and Police Superintendent Jody Weis keep their promise to put more cops in high crime areas.
A 63-year-old man on his way to the Chicago Theater died Saturday night after he apparently fell off an employee "man lift'' at a downtown parking garage and plummeted three stories to his death, police said.
Suburban residents sometimes travel to the inner city to buy drugs, but Naperville police said a young Chicago brother and sister traveled to the suburbs to sell heroin to customers.
Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios is laying off 53 workers to comply with County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's request to slash his budget by 16 percent this year.
Cook County prosecutors have filed felony charges against the grandparents of 5-month- old Rolling Meadows boy found dead Tuesday, apparently of suffocation.
A juvenile was fatally shot by an off-duty Aurora police officer who allegedly saw him shooting at a group of kids Friday afternoon in the west suburb.
No. 3 Michigan beat Nick Boyd and No. 23 Wisconsin 68-65 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship.
Purdue beat short-handed UCLA 73-66 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game.
Police said the mother and daughter were last seen at the daycare on Friday. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact the police.
Chicagoans and visitors from California and Tennessee came to be part of this famous Chicago tradition.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 39, according to Chicago police.
TSA officers faced their first full missed paycheck Friday.
With oil markets paralyzed by the U.S.-Iran war, the Trump administration says it could escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz — a massive undertaking that experts say could already be in the preparatory stages.
A key City Council committee on Friday backed a $27 million settlement with the family of a mother of six killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase in 2017.
A federal judge has quashed a pair of grand jury subpoenas sent to the Federal Reserve Board as part of a criminal probe by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine briefed on Operation Epic Fury in Iran Friday.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
It's become an annual March Madness tradition at CBS Chicago, pitting our city's best eateries in direct competition in a foodie bracket challenge. We did pizza, we've done Italian beef, we've done Chicago dogs. This year, we're taking flight with wings.
For Cook County residents hoping to lower their property tax bills, applications are open for exemptions.
Officials in the north Chicago suburb of Wilmette issued a warning Tuesday about scammers who are impersonating representatives of village departments.
The war with Iran is causing gas prices to surge, with motorists in Chicago and around the country guaranteed to feel the impact at the pump Monday morning.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment from biotherapeutics company CSL for a new plasma therapy manufacturing plant in Kanakee.
When a doctor was told there was no cure for his daughter's condition, he was motivated to transform not only her health, but the lives of thousands of others.
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.
Despite a rash of restaurant closures, veterans of the plant-based food business pushed back against prophecies of doom — and in one case argued that such closures notwithstanding, plant-based eating is only growing.
Two popular Chicago craft breweries – Half Acre Beer Co. and Maplewood Brewery & Distillery – announced on Tuesday they are merging to create a new "premier Chicago beverage company."
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment from biotherapeutics company CSL for a new plasma therapy manufacturing plant in Kanakee.
Capital One is laying off more than 1,100 workers at the former Discover headquarters in north suburban Riverwoods.
A new development at the southeast corner of Chicago's East Lakeview community would clear away a medical office building and replace it with a residential high-rise.
Comedy power couple Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally are starring in the Goodman Theatre's new musical coming this summer.
A play inspired by the story of Emmett Till has now been extended twice past its initial run at Collaboraction Theatre in Humboldt Park.
Jennifer Runyon, a Chicago native who became famous as an actress appearing in "Ghostbusters" and "Charles in Charge," died last week.
A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say.
Actor and filmmaker Bruce Campbell told fans that he is in treatment for cancer and will cancel some upcoming public appearances.
A 34-year-old man was in an alleyway when he was shot multiple times in the body, according to Chicago.
The severe threat increases late afternoon into the evening. Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist is tracking the latest.
This comes as the president says the Navy will "soon" escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil flows, adding that many countries would help secure the waterway in coordination with the U.S.
The annual event left the river as green as far as the eye could see.
The event featured music, dancing, and art for all ages.
Chicagoans and visitors from California and Tennessee came to be part of this famous Chicago tradition.
Another round of storms are expected to hit the Chicago area on Sunday.
Police said the mother and daughter were last seen at the daycare on Friday. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact the police.
Chicago has a weekend full of St. Patrick's Day parades and citywide celebrations. Here's what you need to know.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 39, according to Chicago police.
Attorneys for the family of a woman killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase in 2017 say officers involved failed to activate their body cameras or turned them off during the pursuit.
A new specialized unit is being created to prosecute domestic violence homicides in Cook County, as these killings surged 15% last year, even as overall violent crime declined across Chicago.
After a year of water bill complaints in Lisle, Illinois, the village board is officially moving forward with a plan to review those issues and possibly have the village take over for the private utility that supplies water to part of the village.
Two separate child abuse cases in Lake County, Illinois, are prompting questions about the roles schools play in identifying warning signs and alerting authorities.
A Chicago senior citizen said his phone has been ringing off the hook with hundreds of unwanted spam calls that have made his beloved landline virtually unusable. New efforts in Springfield could bring real relief.
No. 3 Michigan beat Nick Boyd and No. 23 Wisconsin 68-65 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship.
Purdue beat short-handed UCLA 73-66 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game.
Connor Bedard scored off a rebound off a post at 3:57 of overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night.
Bears general manager Ryan Poles said there was a common theme to the free agents they are bringing in this offseason, saying the team "wanted to get faster, more explosive" with guys that are "passionate about football."
Northwestern now has a seven-game winning streak against the Hoosiers.
The attacker rammed a vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield and opened fire, but he was the only one killed, law enforcement officials said.
A new specialized unit is being created to prosecute domestic violence homicides in Cook County, as these killings surged 15% last year, even as overall violent crime declined across Chicago.
A man was shot and killed on the street in the midday hours Wednesday in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Park rangers cited the four visitors, all from Illinois, for collecting and defacing park resources.
A woman has been charged in a road rage shooting that left someone injured this past weekend on the Dan Ryan Expressway.
