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.
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 47.
The South Elgin and Countryside Fire Protection District said just after 5 a.m., crews responded to the 34,000-square-foot facility at 620 Division Street for a report of a fire.
Chicago police said the body of a male was found in the water unresponsive and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The station will receive a one-percent bonus of the prize amount, or $6,000, for selling the winning ticket.
Mary Anne Smith, 69, had been reported missing by her family after it was believed that she had walked away from her home around 3 p.m.
The Regional Transportation Authority, the umbrella agency overseeing CTA, Metra, and Pace, is calling the situation potentially devastating.
A former Trump Tower Chicago board member is suing the Trump Organization, alleging racketeering, wire fraud and retaliation, including having him arrested in the tower's spa facilities.
A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to "activist judges" two weeks before the state's pivotal Supreme Court election.
Tense negotiations have been going on for months over pension payments for Chicago Public Schools employees and raises for teachers.
CBS News has obtained an internal government list of the names of the Venezuelans the Trump administration deported to El Salvador.
Mark Aiello's winning bets banked $389,000 — enough for his daughter's future college education. But a moment was about all it lasted, as all his bets were suddenly canceled as if he'd never made them.
This threat was a response to the EU's 50% tariffs on American whiskey, which are set to go into effect next month.
We're looking for Chicago's Top Dog, and we need your help. Nominate your favorite Chicago institution serving up Chicago-style hot dogs, and it might show up in our brackets.
A couple in DuPage County are opening a co-op grocery store they hope can address the strain of ever-rising food costs.
Rosemont, Illinois, is putting the brakes on installing electric vehicle chargers inside parking structures, more than a year after an EV caught fire.
In research published last month, UChicago scientists created a hydrogel out of husks from the malva nut.
Five years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, people who are still vulnerable to the virus have found safe ways to be in community.
The U.S. has seen the most measles cases in a single year since 2019, with the vast majority of cases confirmed from an outbreak in Texas and neighboring New Mexico.
About one in five newborns in the U.S. start out on infant formula, making it a crucial source of nutrition.
A musician from Chatham has written a song to help find a kidney donor, a musical plea to end his yearslong wait for a transplant.
The owners are waiting to see if the federal grants they lost are reinstated.
A total of 30 employees agreed to resign after accepting a buyout from ownership.
The building is at the corner of 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue — an area with a history of violence. The church that has purchased it hopes to bring new life to the area.
CBS News Chicago checked in with Momentum Coffee owner Nikki Bravo on Wednesday to see how she was doing with the uncertainty in the market.
This threat was a response to the EU's 50% tariffs on American whiskey, which are set to go into effect next month.
Lollapalooza announced the daily lineup for the 2025 festival in Grant Park July 31 through Aug. 3. Tickets are going fast.
Want to catch the 2025 NCAA March Madness tournament? Here's how to stream the college basketball games for free.
The Lollapalooza 2025 lineup is here, featuring Doechii, Sabrina Carpenter, and Olivia Rodrigo among the headliners.
Lollapalooza is an essential part of summer in Chicago, and a new book has created a record of the oral history of one of the city's most defining festivals.
You can't celebrate St. Patrick's Day without a bit of Irish dancing, and Monday you could get some lessons right from the pros.
Dukakis was first lady of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and then from 1983 to 1991 while her husband served three terms as governor.
He's only been in office for a week, but Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney is already expected to send the country to the polls.
Two Shedd penguins, Stewart and Pico, are out of the race for the world's favorite penguin. While they didn't make it out of the first round of voting, a penguin from Brookfield Zoo Chicago did. Pepe, the Humboldt penguin, advanced to the second round of the March of the Penguin Madness.
In one southeastern city, officials say a 14-year-old girl and her parents were killed in a string of strikes. In the capital of Kyiv, drone strikes killed five people -- including a family there.
As Cristian Benavides reports, the trump administration has also announced plans to revoke the status of some immigrants, who arrived to the U.S. legally.
Chicago police said the man was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
Derrick Taylor, 32, was arrested and charged with one felony count of child endangerment and one felony count of possessing a weapon.
A Chicago woman who captured video of her mail carrier hurling packages over her fence said her mail troubles have resumed after a period of calm.
Illinois led throughout the last 33 ½ minutes and went 18 of 18 from the free throw line and 12 of 30 from 3-point range. The Illini also outrebounded Xavier 45-25.
A high-ranking Venezuelan street gang member who was wanted for a triple shooting in Chicago in January that killed two women and injured another has been arrested in Georgia, federal agents said.
From inside command centers, first responders would be able to deploy a drone as soon as a 911 call is made to provide an eye in the sky before police can get there.
A new report revealed scammers stealing Illinois SNAP funds from EBT cards have made off with nearly $21 million since October 2022.
The new documentation shows how bodies were being handled at the Heights Crematory in south suburban Chicago Heights dating back years.
Mendoza's office has suspended Heights Crematory and has also filed a complaint to revoke the license permanently.
A mother has filed a lawsuit against the State of Illinois and others her son's death by suicide. Internal documents and emails show missteps that may have led to her son's death.
In the South Loop, Illini fans took over Weather Mark Tavern, where the drinks were flowing and a sea of orange and blue overshadowed everything.
Illinois led throughout the last 33 ½ minutes and went 18 of 18 from the free throw line and 12 of 30 from 3-point range. The Illini also outrebounded Xavier 45-25.
George Foreman, an Olympic gold medalist and two-time heavyweight champion, competed between 1967 and 1997.
With Chicago just 90 miles away. the Illini are expecting a lot of their fans to make the short road trip to cheer them on in the Big Dance.
JuJu Watkins has scored more points than Caitlin Clark did through two seasons, and she will be in strong position to threaten Kelsey Mitchell's record two-year points total if USC wins at least two NCAA tournament games.
Irving Martinez-Hernandez, 30, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of 34-year-old Juan Carlos Tello-Suarez.
Federal prosecutors said seven foreign nationals falsely promised significant returns on investments in their company, and dumped their own shares of stock after the price went up.
A high-ranking Venezuelan street gang member who was wanted for a triple shooting in Chicago in January that killed two women and injured another has been arrested in Georgia, federal agents said.
Denzel Hawthorne, who was associated with both residences, is being held on charges of possession to deliver cocaine and heroin and other drug and gun charges.
The older boy suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital, where he died.
