Made In Chicago: Eat Purely
When you walk into a warehouse on the Near West Side, you can smell and hear what's cooking, as the employees at Eat Purely are busy preparing and packing up lunches for hundreds awaiting delivery.
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When you walk into a warehouse on the Near West Side, you can smell and hear what's cooking, as the employees at Eat Purely are busy preparing and packing up lunches for hundreds awaiting delivery.
Granddad the Australian lungfish arrived at the Shedd Aquarium in 1933. He was likely more than 90 years old.
Andrew Holmes was honored Tuesday with the FBI Director's Community Leadership award for his life long activism.
Was that a legendary face behind the counter at Stan's Donuts in Wicker Park Monday morning? Yes, it was. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports.
Chicago's 7th and 11th police districts will now boast a Strategic Decision Support Center, authorities announced Friday.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson appeared to fall ill at an event in Englewood on Friday, but police officials said he was talking and alert a short time later, and able to take himself to a hospital.
January has the highest incidences of CO poisoning, according to the study by the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A 15-year-old athlete from Luther North collapsed while sitting on the bench earlier this week. An adult in the stands sprung into action.
Blue 1647 hosted Tuesday 'Hack Chicago,' a day-long Hack-a-thon is designed to expose students to computer programming and to generate interest in a future in cyber security.
Sister Arts Studio, 721 W. Wrightwood, has been a hub of activity this week, as all kinds of pink hats are being knitted and sown for those who plan on attending the marches to stand up for women's rights.
"Among Sox fans, I'm the Cubs' No. 1 fan," Obama says.
The fear is so real to some people, they don't even get out of bed on a Friday the 13th, but for most, it's just another day.
About a dozen people braved the cold Friday to bring attention to what they call police brutality of the past.
The president famously had his hair cut at the South Side business for years. WBBM's Lisa Fielding reports.
After topping the list for four straight years, Chicago is no longer number one in the nation for bed bugs infestations.
Briggs Doherty's family has run a custom clothing company in Chicago since 1939. And nearly a year ago, he decided to branch out to uniforms.
Palatine firefighter, Albert Martin set up a GoFundMe page to raise some money to build a full fledged soccer field in Jamaica.
The story of America's Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton has become a musical theater phenomenon, partly Cervantes said, because of it's style, originality and its story telling of American history.
Carlini, along with the Plainfield Police and Fire Department, the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital & Kidde will be distributing free carbon monoxide detectors to residents in Plainfield.
How cold is it in Chicago? Colder Monday morning than some of the coldest places on earth and in the solar system.
Derrick Davis is the first African American to play the lead of "The Phantom of the Opera" on tour.
But when Alyssa Potratz died suddenly 9 years ago, the team started fundraising in her name, with a goal to raised $100,000 by the time her twin brother was a senior.
Dial-A-Carol enters its 56 year, starting at midnight Thursday, Dec. 8th. People can call in and request any holiday tune and it will be sung live by students over the phone.
Chicago's top cop hopes pending legislation will finally pass in January. WBBM's Lisa Fielding reports.
Raye , 19, was fatally wounded during a foot chase late Nov. 23 in Englewood after he bolted when a police car pulled up to a bus stop.
The U of I Board of Trustees has launched a national search, aided by a search committee and the executive search firm AGB Search, which will help evaluate candidates.
Thousands of people are still in the dark after two rounds of storms swept through the area on Monday afternoon.
Johnson & Johnson has offered $5.5 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits claiming its baby powder and other talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer, the company says.
Alex Bregman had a homer, two doubles and drove in two runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
Two rounds of storms swept through the area on Monday afternoon, prompting tornado and thunderstorm watches and warnings.
Candidates for Chicago mayor may start circulating petitions on Tuesday for the election in February 2027.
The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.
President Trump cracked jokes at the redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night, after an armed assailant upended April's dinner.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased commercial spyware that can covertly take control of phones, collect messages, photos and location information.
A new lawsuit argues that Wisconsin's elections commission is wrongly blocking absentee voters from canceling their ballots and requesting new ones, with nearly 91,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
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.
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.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
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.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Iowa announced a fall exhibition game against Kansas at the Field of Dreams ballpark, where major and minor league games have been played since 2021.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
The U of I Board of Trustees has launched a national search, aided by a search committee and the executive search firm AGB Search — which will help evaluate candidates.
High winds slammed the south suburbs during the storms Monday, tearing off the tops of homes. Lauren Victory reports.
Thousands of people are still in the dark after two rounds of storms swept through the area on Monday afternoon.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon is tracking dangerous conditions on Lake Michigan.
Storm damage throughout the Chicago area was widespread on Monday, featuring flooding on the North Side and a roof being torn off a business on the South Side.
Thousands of people are still in the dark after two rounds of storms swept through the area on Monday afternoon.
Homes were left damaged in Glen Ellyn and a recovery mission for a missing contractor is being conducted by search crews in Downers Grove as a result of Monday's severe storms.
High-speed winds ripped through a row of townhomes, leaving dozens of people displaced and many others in the area still without power.
The U of I Board of Trustees has launched a national search, aided by a search committee and the executive search firm AGB Search, which will help evaluate candidates.
Johnson & Johnson has offered $5.5 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits claiming its baby powder and other talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer, the company says.
While Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn't announced if he will run for re-election next year, he's boasting about lower vacancy rates for Mag Mile buildings and taking credit for the positive changes.
A Lockport foster parent said he lost his kids, job and home for months after a mix-up that landed his name on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.
Record heat and major air quality issues created by wildfire smoke were key topics as some of the top climate leaders from around the world gathered in Chicago this week for the Aspen Institute's annual climate summit.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
Alex Bregman had a homer, two doubles and drove in two runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
The New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series between playoff contenders.
The son of Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy has been arrested and charged with a shooting that wounded his mother, Mia Bieniemy, according to authorities in Virginia.
Center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones and second baseman Jeff Kent were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Murakami hit a 385-foot, two-run homer in the bottom of the first that gave Chicago its first lead of the game. It was his first homer since May 27th.
The son of Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy has been arrested and charged with a shooting that wounded his mother, Mia Bieniemy, according to authorities in Virginia.
Chicago police issued an alert this past weekend about a string of ATM-related thefts on the city's South and Southwest sides.
Crash-and-grab burglars hit a Shell gas station on the cusp of Chicago's Lakeview and Lincoln Park communities early Monday morning.
A robber jumped through a drive-thru window at a McDonald's in Chicago's Belmont Cragin community early Monday morning.
Police believe a suspect in the deadly shooting at a food festival in Seattle was among those who were killed, as another suspect remains on the loose and a teenager is in custody.
