Priest Reinstated After Sex Abuse Allegation Deemed Unfounded
The Rev. Michael W. O'Connell will resume his role as pastor of St. Alphonsus Parish on Thursday, according to a statement from Archdiocese of Chicago spokeswoman Susan Burritt.
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The Rev. Michael W. O'Connell will resume his role as pastor of St. Alphonsus Parish on Thursday, according to a statement from Archdiocese of Chicago spokeswoman Susan Burritt.
A worker at Vosges Haut Chocolat in Lake View says four men in a black LTD or Crown Victoria approached him on his way in to work and put a revolver to his head. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
A South Side man arrested while holding up his second cab driver of the morning early Tuesday in the North Side Lake View neighborhood has been ordered held on $500,000 bond.
Police have identified a teenage boy found wandering the streets in Lakeview overnight.
The fire started in the basement at a high-rise in the 3200 block of North Lake Shore Drive, and was mostly contained there, cutting power to areas near the blaze. Elevators in the building are out of service.
The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in the Lakeview neighborhood agreed to step aside from day-to-day responsibilities amid an allegation he had sexual contact with a child nearly 20 years ago while working at an Orland Park parish.
A man was cleaning snow off his vehicle while another man waited inside the vehicle, when two unknown males -- one of whom had a gun -- walked up and took cash, wallets and cell phones from the victims.
A man who allegedly stole an SUV last week apparently was so desperate to get away after crashing into a taxi, that he slammed into four other vehicles, and left a trail of wreckage on a Lakeview street, before he was arrested a short time later.
A woman was sexually assaulted early Sunday in the Lakeview neighborhood.
A would-be burglar met his match when he tried to steal an iPad from a store on Chicago's North Side.
The North Side neighborhood has been changing and growing quickly over the past few decades. CBS 2's Kate Sullivan reports.
All three robberies occurred between midnight and 3:45 a.m. In each case, between one and six people approached the victim on the sidewalk and threatened the person with a hammer and demanded property.
A man in a clown mask is among a group of men robbing victims at gunpoint in the North Side Lakeview neighborhood, police said.
As summer winds down in the city, there are still a number of festivals to check out this September. From art, food and music, there are plenty of fests to keep you entertained before fall.
A string of armed robberies and burglaries in the Lakeview neighborhood have a lot of folks there looking over their shoulders.
A husband and wife are suing the city of Chicago as well as their alderman, requesting the removal of a Divvy bike station that they say will bring an "invasion" of people, trash and noise to the doorstep of their Lakeview condominium.
Growing concern over a recent late night crime spree on the streets of Lakeview helped spur an effort to get local residents to walk the streets overnight to bring attention to crime hot spots.
One of the three people injured when a wooden water tank fell nine stories on Wednesday has been released from the hospital.
Three people were hurt -- one critically -- when a water tank fell into an alley in the Lakeview neighborhood, sending water and debris flying.
A man who shoved police and ran from officers questioning him about a stolen vehicle fled onto a Lakeview neighborhood roof, and threatened to jump before authorities convinced him to come down.
Several businesses along Clark Street were vandalized by rampaging Blackhawks fans following the team's stunning Stanley Cup victory on Monday night.
Since 2002, 122 women worldwide have been ordained bishops, priests or deacons; 92 of them in the United States, including two who are active in the Chicago area
The metal giraffes that graced a Lakeview street for almost 35 years have been put up for sale, if the new owner puts them back where they used to be.
The Chicago Cubs bid for more night games at Wrigley Field is apparently on hold while talks about the renovation of the Friendly Confines go on, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore from City Hall.
They say they won't go without a fight, not even on a rainy day, chanting and marching outside buildings that for quite some time, offered SRO's, or single room occupancy units to those who had no other options.
An injury-riddled season forced Jaylon Johnson to miss 10 games last year.
People from different backgrounds joined for a journey towards peace.
The Sky ended its seven-game losing streak against the defending champions.
A boy was found safe after a car was stolen on Chicago's West Side.
The body of a man who went missing along Des Plaines River in Libertyville, Illinois, has been recovered.
The U.S. and Israel plan to hit Iran's energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend, although no final decision has been made, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping regulations Friday aimed at social media companies and cracking down on "addictive algorithms" that keep kids glued to their screens.
A judge sided with the Wisconsin Elections Commission Wednesday, ruling that state law does not allow absentee voters to change their ballot after it has been returned — a setback for Democrats amid a scrambled governor's primary field.
Barnes withdrew from the Democratic primary less than two weeks before the Aug. 11 election, on the same day a newspaper reported it had asked him about allegations of inappropriate behavior reviewed by the state party.
For years, Deborah Witzburg sounded the loudest alarm when uncovering hundreds of cases of corruption and fraud inside Chicago city government.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
A Wisconsin appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that had declared Act 10 unconstitutional, keeping the 2011 law limiting public workers' collective bargaining rights in place as unions prepare to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
The changing developments at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. represent a microcosm of 40 years of changing development priorities on the Clybourn Corridor as a whole, and in Chicago and beyond.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Actor William Shatner and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, recall how they helped each other as they fought Stage 4 cancer side by side.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Thousands came together Saturday morning to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Chicago Freedom Movement.
Lollapalooza was delayed until 3 p.m. on Saturday due to "current and overnight heavy rains," according to the festival website. Meanwhile, the Boricua Festival in Elgin had to cancel. It would’ve been its first one in 15 years.
Restore Hyper Wellness Studio has multiple locations in Chicago and the suburbs.
A boy was found safe after a car was stolen on Chicago's West Side.
The body of a man who went missing along Des Plaines River in Libertyville, Illinois, has been recovered.
The festival will be delayed until 3 p.m. due to "current and overnight heavy rains," according to the Lollapalooza website.
A boy was found safe after a car was stolen on Chicago's West Side.
People from different backgrounds joined for a journey towards peace.
The body of a man who went missing along Des Plaines River in Libertyville, Illinois, has been recovered.
A woman was shot during an attempted carjacking in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood.
A clean energy initiative on the South Side of Chicago is increasing access to solar energy and electric vehicle charging stations, and community members say it's making a difference.
A glitch in the Illinois Tollway system earlier this month left about 100,000 drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls, some dating back about a year.
Chicago's Office of Emergency Management, which oversees roughly 200 traffic aides, says two were seriously injured by drivers this summer — leaving many uneasy on the job as Lollapalooza brings heavy traffic downtown.
Shavonne Worthy said she visited her mother's grave at Oakridge-Glen Oaks Cemetery in Hillside and found an empty hole where the headstone had stood for nearly 10 years — and the cemetery's new owner told her it was removed intentionally.
Earlier this month, charges were dropped in one case against Weinstein, but he still faces charges in New York and California.
An injury-riddled season forced Jaylon Johnson to miss 10 games last year.
The Sky ended its seven-game losing streak against the defending champions.
Miguel Vargas, Andrew Benintendi, Munetaka Murakami and Colson Montgomery homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the American League-leading Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Friday night.
Founded in a garage in 2009 and later based on 16th Street, Boxing Out Negativity is now opening a significantly larger facility at Lawndale Plaza in North Lawndale.
Will Warren pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, Amed Rosario and rookie Spencer Jones each homered and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family have been "in agony and despair ever since" her mother Nancy's disappearance in February.
A popular Little Italy neighborhood bar was the target of an early morning break-in this week. While the owners said they are upset, they are responding with some levity.
Three men accused of attacking a CBS News Chicago crew during a crime spree last month pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board ruled Friday that Sean Grayson, convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey, will remain in prison despite a medical release application citing advanced colon cancer.
Two Mundelein-area men are facing charges connected to the murder of a man who disappeared last November.
