Snow to blame for numerous crashes on Chicago area roadways
A Snow Squall Warning was issued for parts of the area Wednesday morning. Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the forecast, and Kris Habermehl has an eye on traffic.
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A Snow Squall Warning was issued for parts of the area Wednesday morning. Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the forecast, and Kris Habermehl has an eye on traffic.
Additional information, including how many people were injured and the cause of the collision were not released.
CBS Skywatch was over the scene where an orange SUV with heavy damage to the passenger side was being taken away by a tow truck.
Service on the CTA Yellow Line was suspended during the morning rush Tuesday, after a car went off the rails in Skokie.
The fire broke out in a garage behind 85th Street near Stony Island Avenue. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
The Chicago area was hit with a massive and dangerous lake-effect snowstorm overnight Sunday into Monday. Meteorologist Laura Bannon has a breakdown of the weather, Kris Habermehl reports on traffic, and Darius Johnson has a look at conditions downtown.
Firefighters just before 7 a.m. were working on a house fire at 5324 S. Morgan St. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
The crash happened on the southbound Tri-State just past the Hinsdale Oasis. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Police said a man forced open the doors of a train near the 79th/Dan Ryan stop and jumped out. He did not survive. Lauren Victory and Kris Habermehl report.
Service on the Chicago Transit Authority Red Line was halted between the 95th/Dan Ryan and Garfield stops. Kris Habermehl has a transit update.
Service on the CTA Red Line was suspended on much of Chicago's South Side early Tuesday due to an unauthorized person on the tracks. Kris Habermehl has a transit update.
An object came through the window of a sport-utility vehicle on the outbound Dan Ryan near 31st Street. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
A large object went through the windshield of a vehicle on the Dan Ryan near 31st Street. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
The outbound express lanes were shut down for their entire length — from the Chinatown feeder at the junction with the Stevenson Expressway south all the way to 63rd Street. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Illinois State Police were sitting with a car that may have had a bullet hit its back bumper at 63rd Street.
The 12-year-old boy was shot in the chest, the 15-year-old boy in the hip. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Police were on the scene in the alley behind 47th Street between Union Avenue and Wallace Street. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Officers were pursuing the driver for hitting several Chicago police vehicles. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Arlington Heights Road was closed between Lake Cook and Checker roads due to the rupture. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
It feels like never-ending traffic, but there is some good news as the end of the Kennedy Expressway Bridge Rehabilitation Project. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
The fire happened after a two-vehicle crash on the top of the bridge just past the point at which the Tri-State (I-294) crosses La Grange Road. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
The fire broke out at the Beggars Pizza location at 12700 S. Kedzie Ave. — one of two locations in the south suburb. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Police said reports of shots fired at Old Orchard were not credible. Kris Habermehl reports.
Multiple cars and a semi-tractor trailer were involved in a catastrophic crash at the junction of I-80/94 and Illinois Route 394 in the south Chicago suburb of Lansing.
A column of flames was spewing from the BP station at the northeast corner of Ogden and Oak Park avenues. Kris Habermehl reports.
Over 38,000 gallons of distilled water were recalled in six states, including Illinois.
Protesters are gathering near the Broadview ICE processing facility on Saturday.
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A man who was threatened by an armed woman at a South Side cocktail bar more than a year ago is weighing legal action, saying not enough was done by security or police.
A Minnesota judge put limits Friday on the tactics that federal law enforcement are permitted to use in their handling of protests over the Trump administration's surge of immigration resources to Minneapolis.
The number of ICE detainees exceeded 70,000 for the first time in the deportation agency's 23-year history, according to internal DHS data obtained by CBS News.
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President Trump threatened Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell anti-ICE protests in Minnesota. He previously threatened to do so in Chicago, but never followed through.
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.
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January is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
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Unionized health care workers this week took aim at Northwestern Medicine, saying the health care system needs to hire more people before expanding the emergency room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that its recommendations for childhood vaccines will not be affected by a change in federal guidelines.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
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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.
The Lincolnwood Town Center mall in the north Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood has been sold to a developer, the village announced Wednesday.
Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died at the age of 68, his first ex-wife revealed on Tuesday.
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Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the extended forecast.
A group of over 2,000 protesters are expected to meet outside the Broadview ICE facility for a "No Kings Protest" starting around 10 a.m.
Bears fans near and far are fired up for Sunday, whether they'll be cheering on the team at Soldier Field, at home, or at their favorite bar.
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Protesters are gathering near the Broadview ICE processing facility on Saturday.
A man who was threatened by an armed woman at a South Side cocktail bar more than a year ago is weighing legal action, saying not enough was done by security or police.
Over 38,000 gallons of distilled water were recalled in six states, including Illinois.
As officials in Arlington Heights on Friday renewed their pitch to lure the Chicago Bears to the northwest suburbs, leaders in Gary, Indiana offered three potential sites to move the Bears across state lines.
A Minnesota judge put limits Friday on the tactics that federal law enforcement are permitted to use in their handling of protests over the Trump administration's surge of immigration resources to Minneapolis.
Even as Mayor Brandon Johnson has warned of possible mid-year city worker layoffs if revenue estimates in the budget fall short, city employees and workers at the city's sister agencies owe a mountain of outstanding debt to the city.
Lead-based paint was banned for serious health reasons in 1978, but most homes built before then remain covered in it.
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With the stores becoming a common target for thieves, some of the stores in the Chicago area are taking new steps to fight back.
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