15 hospitalized in Seneca boat fire
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Families sue over COVID-19 outbreak that killed 36 at LaSalle Veterans' Home
A series of lawsuits filed against the State of Illinois claim the LaSalle Veterans' Home was negligent in how it handled a COVID-19 outbreak that killed more than 30 veterans.
Families sue over deadly COVID-19 outbreak at LaSalle veterans' home
A series of lawsuits filed against the State of Illinois claim the LaSalle Veterans' Home was negligent in how it handled a COVID-19 outbreak that killed more than 30 veterans. CBS 2's Tim McNicholas reports.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Participates In March For Illinois State University Grad Student Jelani Day
According to the LaSalle County Coroner's office, Day drowned. But it's not clear how he ended up in the water.
Police, FBI Ask For Help From The Public After They Say Girl Was Kidnapped In Peru, Illinois
Police and the FBI were asking for help from the public Monday night in finding a teenage girl they say was kidnapped in the LaSalle County city of Peru.
Suspect In Sheridan, Illinois Double Homicide Held On $5 Million Bond
Police said the neighbor looked through a window and saw the victim's mother on the floor bleeding. Officers arrived at the house in Sheridan, Illinois, just 3 to 4 miles away from Johnson's house, and found that both parents had been fatally shot.
Police Arrest Woman's Ex-Husband Suspected In Killing Her Parents
A neighbor found the bodies of the woman's parents.
Suspect, Donald Fredres, In Custody After 2 Fatally Shot In Sheridan, Illinois Home
A man suspected in a double homicide, in Sheridan, Illinois, has been taken into custody.
Mother Of LaSalle County Teen Who Committed Suicide, Other Parents Sue Over COVID-19 Restrictions On High School Sports, Activities
The mother of a LaSalle County teenager who committed suicide is among five parents suing Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois High School Association over COVID-19 restrictions.
LaSalle Veterans' Home Administrator Fired After 25% Of Residents Died Of COVID
"We will do everything possible to safeguard the lives of our heroes. Let us make no mistake: these tragic losses serve as a stark and painful example of what happens when community spread is rampant." Gov. JB Pritzker said.
3 Patients, All Fighting To Stay Alive, Have Also Fought To Keep Intensive Nursing Care After Insurance Companies Took It Away
Jeff Lane been fighting to stay alive for nearly two decades – but after years of intensive nursing care, his insurance company was taking it all away.
Ransomware Attack Renders LaSalle County Government Computers Unusable
Hackers looking to score cash are now targeting the government in LaSalle County, Illinois.
Mendota Teachers On Strike, Talks With School Board Resume Wednesday
The teachers staged a rally Sunday, calling on the board to meet again, so their 1,100 students can return to class.
Millington Bridge Closed For Repair For Almost Two Years, Leaving Drivers With 14-Mile Detour
The closure of a bridge in Millington, Illinois, is more than an inconvenience for people in the river town. Those who live and work there says it's costing them big. And when it will be fixed is still anybody's guess.
Motorists Stranded On U.S. 6 Near Princeton, Illinois
Heavy snow left motorists stranded in western Illinois, forcing police to use snowmobiles to rescue people trapped in their cars.
Doctor Who Dispensed Drugs For Sex Sentenced To Prison
The doctor admitted he had illegally prescribed oxycodone and Xanax to a patient whom he knew would sell the pills on the black market and then shared the profits with him.
Several People Injured In Horse Drawn Carriage Accident
One man who was nearby with this daughter saw a woman trapped under the carriage and raced over to pull her out.
Skydiver, 68, Killed After Parachute Becomes Tangled
A 68-year-old skydiver has been killed after his parachute apparently tangles over a field in LaSalle County.
Former Sheriff's Deputy Captured After LaSalle County Manhunt
Lowell "Max" Ambler surrendered peacefully around 8:45 a.m. Thursday, after entering a friend's home in Earlville more than an hour earlier.
Some Progress Evident In LaSalle County, One Week After Deadly Tornado
CBS 2 Meteorologist Ed Curran returns to the region, about 85 miles southwest of Chicago.
Community Helps LaSalle County Family After Tornado Destroys Home
A community in Naplate, Illinois came together to support the Dutton family after a tornado destroyed their home.
Teen Dies After Car Plunges Into Sand Quarry
LaSalle County Sheriff's police said the car was heading west on Main Street, when it crossed the T-intersection at Boyce Memorial Drive, crashed through a fence, and went into a sand quarry owned by U.S. Silica Co.
LaSalle County Settles With Female Inmates Strip-Searched By Deputies
LaSalle County is paying $355,000 and rewriting its jail policies to settle lawsuits brought by five women who were stripped naked by sheriff's deputies, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
More Detainees Allege Illegal Strip Searches By LaSalle Deputies
In the latest 30-page, 14-count civil complaint, filed Thursday, three women and a man claimed they were stripped by sheriff's deputies without provocation and left naked in their cells for anywhere from 12 hours to two days.
More Women Claim Illegal Strip Searches In Jail
After one woman accused deputies of an illegal strip search at a county jail, now more women are coming forward claiming that they, too, were subjected to similar conduct.
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Police investigating 6-year-old pushed from 3-story window in North Lawndale
According to police, the boy was allegedly pushed by a family member.
Nearly 1.6 million travelers expected at Chicago airports for busiest travel weekend since pandemic
July 4th weekend is expected to be the busiest travel weekend since the start of the pandemic.
Three men found shot to death in house in Kankakee
Investigators believe the victims were all shot dead sometime overnight.
Chicago First Alert Weather: 90 degree temps return Thursday
Clear skies tonight with temperatures in the 70s and 80s this evening.
Chicago Park District announces opening of 37 of 77 pools on Tuesday
The park district blamed a shortage of lifeguards and said it could only hire about 55% of its targeted number of qualified seasonal lifeguards.
Meet Cindy Lou, a dog in Kankakee who has been waiting 6 years to be adopted
We want you to meet Cindy Lou and think about taking her home.
Chicago First Alert Weather: Temperatures in the 90s Thursday
Temperatures are climbing.
Contreras homers, Morel also goes deep as Cubs beat Reds
Willson Contreras homered, Christopher Morel also went deep and nailed a runner at the plate with a terrific throw from center field, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night.
Five years after her brother's murder, one Chicago woman learns justice will never come
Chicago Police have low arrest rates, but higher rates for cleared or closed cases. We dig into what's behind those numbers.
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Police investigating 6-year-old pushed from 3-story window in North Lawndale
According to police, the boy was allegedly pushed by a family member.
Nearly 1.6 million travelers expected at Chicago airports for busiest travel weekend since pandemic
July 4th weekend is expected to be the busiest travel weekend since the start of the pandemic.
Three men found shot to death in house in Kankakee
Investigators believe the victims were all shot dead sometime overnight.
Chicago First Alert Weather: 90 degree temps return Thursday
Clear skies tonight with temperatures in the 70s and 80s this evening.
Chicago Park District announces opening of 37 of 77 pools on Tuesday
The park district blamed a shortage of lifeguards and said it could only hire about 55% of its targeted number of qualified seasonal lifeguards.
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Five years after her brother's murder, one Chicago woman learns justice will never come
Chicago Police have low arrest rates, but higher rates for cleared or closed cases. We dig into what's behind those numbers.
Dixmoor Treasurer Anthony McCaskill arrested after fireworks complaint in Harvey
A fireworks show in south suburban Harvey didn't go as planned – it ended with the Dixmoor village treasurer getting thrown in jail.
Woman without one document for foreign citizenship application, broken forklift blamed
Cutting through bureaucratic red tape can be frustrating – but red tape is not the reason for one west suburban woman's frustration.
Bid to raise threshold for speed camera tickets stalls; Lightfoot allies delay final vote
Ald. Anthony Beale has been trying for more than a year to raise the threshold for speed camera tickets from 6 mph over the limit back to the original to 10 mph.
Aldermen defy Lightfoot, advance plan to raise threshold for speed camera tickets back to 10 mph
"We've been trying to right the wrong on this corrupt red light camera/speed light camera system," said Ald. Anthony Beale (9th).
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Residents vote to recall Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, but legal action is keeping her in office now
"What you have here is absolutely a legal rollercoaster," said CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller.
Pritzker, Bailey discuss businesses, Trump's involvement, comments made about Chicago
Darren Bailey faces incumbent JB Pritzker in November.
Honoring two allies whose contributions were crucial in Chicago's LGBTQ+ rights movement
As Pride Month wraps up, we're giving a special tip of a hat to the allies – whether it's the mom who warmly embraces her newly-out child, or in this case, two notable Chicagoans.
Former aide on Jan. 6 warnings, pardon requests, and Trump trying to grab the wheel
Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified that Trump said about the crowd at the Ellipse "something to the effect of, 'I don't effing care that they have weapons.'"
Illinois primary election results: Darren Bailey wins bid to face Gov. Pritzker in November
As expected, Gov. JB Pritzker easily won the Democratic nomination in his bid for re-election and will face Darren Bailey in the general election. We'll have results from more state and federal races through the night.
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After losing rental income, Chicago man gets stuck with long wait from state assistance program
Rental income was part of a Chicago man's retirement plan, but that hit a snag when his renters lost their jobs during the pandemic.
Kroger, Walgreens recall pain medications over faulty child-proofing
There's nothing wrong with the medication, but the bottles don't meet standards for child resistance.
Woman loses $17,000 in gift card scam perpetrated by Microsoft security impostor
Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg was the site of a post-Christmas shopping spree that Cynthia DeSimone still regrets months later – and it wasn't her idea at all.
Getting Hosed: D.C. has an app to warn customers of high water usage; could Chicago use the same?
What if there were a way to get warnings about high water usage before the bill arrived in the mail?
Getting Hosed: Chicago landlord receives water bill for $10,000, with no warning
How does a City of Chicago water bill for $70 turn into a $10,000 tab from one bill to the next?
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Planned Parenthood of Illinois prepares for huge spike in demand for abortion services
Every state that borders Illinois has or could soon have restrictions on abortion in the wake of the striking down of Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which guaranteed a woman's right to abortion. The ruling sends the issue back to the states. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford reports.
Wisconsin doctors halt abortions after Roe v. Wade overturned
Wisconsin has an 1849 law that bans abortion, except to save the life of the mother, but whether that law is enforceable is expected to be challenged in court.
COVID-19 vaccines to be available for younger children soon, but many parents still hesitant
A Kaiser poll taken earlier this spring found fewer than one in five parents would get their children under 5 vaccinated right away.
CDC and FDA clear the way for COVID vaccines for kids under 5
Panels of outside vaccine advisers to the CDC and FDA both voted unanimously this week to back the shots from Moderna as well as Pfizer and BioNTech.
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Billionaire Ken Griffin moving Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel to Miami
In a note to employees at Citadel, Griffin announced he already has moved his family to Miami, and will soon be bringing the company with him, though some Citadel employees will remain in Chicago.
Chicago company using fungi from Yellowstone to grow vegan protein products
The edible fungi was discovered as part of a NASA-funded research mission about life in extreme environments.
Black-owned and operated craft coffee shop works to expand, and to inspire entrepreneurs
The coffee shop wants to support Black, Latinx, and women entrepreneurs get their own start.
Kellogg to split into three companies, with snack division headquarters in Chicago
The snack company – which accounts for 80% of Kellogg's current sales – will have dual campuses in Battle Creek and Chicago, with its headquarters in Chicago.
Chicago-based Mondelez buys Clif Bar & Co. for $3 billion
The company will get the Clif, LUNA and Clif Kids brands of bars.
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Contreras homers, Morel also goes deep as Cubs beat Reds
Willson Contreras homered, Christopher Morel also went deep and nailed a runner at the plate with a terrific throw from center field, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night.
Navarro scores, Slonina earns shutout as Fire beat Philadelphia Union
Federico Navarro scored in the 68th minute and the Chicago Fire beat the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday night.
Blackhawks introduce Luke Richardson as 40th head coach
The Blackhawks have found a new leader on the ice, and they hope he will lead them to their next Stanley Cup.
Parker's 25 points, 11 rebounds lead Sky past Connecticut Sun
Candace Parker had a season-high 25 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, Kahleah Copper scored 15 points and Chicago beat the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday for the Sky's fourth straight victory.
Luis Robert leads 17-hit White Sox attack in 11-4 win over Angels
Robert's majestic 448-foot shot off Oliver Ortega (1-3) highlighted Chicago's dismantling of the Halos' perpetually poor pitching staff.
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Chicago July 4 Fireworks 2022: Where and when to watch shows around the area
Celebrate the Fourth of July with these fireworks shows around the Chicagoland area.
Rhapsody Theater celebrates grand opening in historic Rogers Park space
The official debut of the 200-seat space Tuesday evening featured magician Carisa Hendrix – better known by her stage name, Miss Lucy Darling.
Volunteer men's chorus The Jolly Boys celebrate 75 years performing
For the last three quarters of a century, the Jolly Boys have shared their song throughout Chicagoland.
Chicago's Jennifer Hudson is now part of exclusive EGOT club with Tony win for 'A Strange Loop'
Hudson produced the new musical "A Strange Loop" which won for Best Musical Sunday night.
Jury awards millions to Johnny Depp, less to Amber Heard in libel suits
The judge said state law caps punitive damages at $350,000, meaning Depp's award would total $10.35 million.
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Nearly 1.6 million travelers expected at Chicago airports for busiest travel weekend since pandemic
July 4th weekend is expected to be the busiest travel weekend since the start of the pandemic.
Chicago police investigating 6-year-old pushed from 3-story window
According to police, the boy was allegedly pushed by a family member. Police have not released further details.
Chicago First Alert Weather: Temperatures in the 90s Thursday
CBS 2 meteorologist Laura Bannon has the forecast.
Chicago First Alert Weather: A hot Thursday coming
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, June 29, 2022.
Final salute for Chicago firefighter killed in mass shooting
The Chicago Fire Department offered a final salute Wednesday for firefighter/EMT Timothy Eiland.
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