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In the dark of night, a suspected would-be thief began eyeing the pricey pieces inside a store on Jewelers Row downtown, and then smashed part of the door with a chain – only to be greeted by another shiny piece in the form of a gun.
Video shows a drunken driver ramming right into a West Loop business in reverse early Friday, and neighbors said they heard it, felt it – and then broke out the cameras to record what happened next.
Two men were shot and critically wounded in West Garfield Park late Sunday morning.
An 18-year-old was fighting for his life Thursday after he was struck by a car in a hit-and-run in West Garfield Park almost one week earlier, and the offender remained on the loose.
Three people – including a 14-year-old boy – were shot Monday night in West Garfield Park.
A group of men on Divvy bikes were caught on camera knocking a man to the ground and stealing his bike downtown last week, and the same group is now suspected in multiple attacks.
A man on his bike was riding through a busy intersection right downtown this week, when he was suddenly surrounded, pushed, and then pulled off the bicycle.
A car was caught on video speeding down Madison Street on the city's West Side Monday morning, only to crash and split in half.
Police on Thursday were searching for the owner of a gun that was left in the back seat of an Uber the night before.
A debate has erupted over a piece of land on Chicago's West Side. The city says the site is ideal for family fun. But some in the community insist the location is too violent.
New numbers reveal carjackings in Chicago are down, but attacks are still unusually high compared with last year.
Three men were shot and wounded in a vehicle on the city's Near West Side Thursday evening.
A traffic stop for police ended with a foot chase right in the Loop Tuesday night.
Police on Sunday released images of people wanted in connection with two specific incidents in the all-night looting spree that happened in and around the downtown area early on the morning of Monday, Aug. 10.
It's getting out of hand – that's what people who live downtown say about crowds gathering on weekends.
A man has been arrested and charged after police said he looted a liquor store and then shot three people who confronted him – killing one – during civil unrest on Sunday, May 31 on the city's West Side.
Police on Thursday issued a community alert seeking information about a suspect who hit a CPD lieutenant with a dirt bike on the West Side over the weekend.
Firefighters were working to put out hot spots late Tuesday night after a building caught fire in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
A Chicago Police officer was shot Wednesday afternoon in the West Garfield Park neighborhood by a man he had just seen shoot and kill someone else, police said.
Five people, including a Chicago Police officer and two young children, were hospitalized after a crash on the city's West Side Wednesday night.
The CBS 2 Morning Insiders are taking on a pesky sinkhole – an inconvenience to West Loop drivers that the city hasn't fixed despite one man's request.
Someone fired shots at the window at the Austin District Chicago Police station on the West Side Friday night, police said.
A driver ran a red light and crashed right into a Chicago Police squad car on the city's West Side Thursday, police said.
Police apprehended a man Thursday after he was spotted throwing rocks in the heart of the Loop.
Two days after a woman was hit in the head by falling debris at Union Station, Metra officials said the Madison Street entrance to the station has been closed until further notice.
Sources with direct knowledge of the investigation said the 13-year-old was shot in the back.
An elderly woman who had been missing from Markham since Sunday night has been found, and is being treated at a nearby hospital.
A mother says the church that she loved in Big Rock, Illinois failed her — and in a new complaint filed Wednesday, the big question is what church leaders knew and when.
"Danny, everybody is praying for you," Nicolas Sotelo said. "Everybody is waiting for you to show up."
Police said it all started at 3:25 p.m. Monday, when a 21-year-old man was shot and killed in the 5100 block of South Elizabeth Street.
Windy & warm this evening with a very small chance of an isolated storm well south of I-80.
Four men were injured following a two-car crash in the Avondale neighborhood early Thursday morning.
One of the lawsuits involves one of four men wrongfully convicted for a 1992 double murder. That case has now cost Chicago taxpayers more than $43 million in verdicts and settlements.
The first responders waved to the crowd as they rolled through the parking lot, with kids holding signs of appreciation and waving flags.
Starting Thursday, children under the age of 18 will need to be accompanied by an adult following lat week's chaos.
Crossing guards remind drivers to slow down in school zones and watch out for kids. They also help students learn safety habits like looking both ways before crossing a street.
The victim was found shot in the head.
It's going to be a warm day.
The career fair, which features companies like General Motors, Costco Wholesale and Google, will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Ezi Magbegor scored 21 points, Breanna Stewart added 13 and the Seattle Storm held on to beat the Chicago Sky on Wednesday night.
Partly cloudy skies tonight, but low clouds and fog will be likely along lakeside locations through Thursday morning.
At the time of the accident, one student was on the school bus in addition to the driver.
Bobby Witt Jr. and MJ Melendez homered and fellow rookie Emmanuel Rivera hit a go-ahead triple, leading the Kansas City Royals over the Chicago White Sox Wednesday night.
Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker was arrested for driving drunk on the Kennedy Expressway last week, after being found sleeping at the wheel and blocking traffic.
Rookie Jack Suwinski, who attended high school 20 minutes from Wrigley Field, hit a tiebreaking home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cubs Wednesday night, ending Chicago's four-game winning streak.
The vice president of the Naperville-based KidsMatter human services organization has been charged with multiple counts of child pornography.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot's plan to prevent large group chaos and violence in the Loop, like what was seen last weekend, has hit a snag.
An FBI search warrant obtained by the "Murder Sheet" podcast said the bodies of Abby Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, lost a lot of blood.
The Chicago Archdiocese will pay $1.2 million to the latest man claiming he was abused by a pedophile priest.
A Chicago-based organization that supports the families of fallen police officers is honoring a Texas officer who has had to overcome a challenge like almost no one else.
Sources with direct knowledge of the investigation said the 13-year-old was shot in the back.
An elderly woman who had been missing from Markham since Sunday night has been found, and is being treated at a nearby hospital.
A mother says the church that she loved in Big Rock, Illinois failed her — and in a new complaint filed Wednesday, the big question is what church leaders knew and when.
"Danny, everybody is praying for you," Nicolas Sotelo said. "Everybody is waiting for you to show up."
Police said it all started at 3:25 p.m. Monday, when a 21-year-old man was shot and killed in the 5100 block of South Elizabeth Street.
Michael Walters thought he did everything right.
CBS 2 Chicago won four regional Edward R. Murrow awards, the most of any station.
This week alone, the Red Cross has helped 132 victims in Chicago and the suburbs after house fires.
A teacher brought concerns about the masks received in schools in January to the attention of CBS 2 News.
Leaders are scrambling to find a way to curb the downtown chaos caused by large groups of kids – which resulted in a 16-year-old boy being shot and killed in Millennium Park this past Saturday.
One of the lawsuits involves one of four men wrongfully convicted for a 1992 double murder. That case has now cost Chicago taxpayers more than $43 million in verdicts and settlements.
Suppliers will be required to give resources to infant formula plants before sending to other customers.
Michael Walters thought he did everything right.
CBS News projects Chuck Edwards will win the GOP nomination in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, defeating incumbent Rep. Madison Cawthorn.
CBS News projects Chuck Edwards will win the Republican primary in the 11th Congressional District.
With parents struggling to navigate the baby formula shortage, breast milk donation banks are seeing a sharp increase in demand — but also a jump in donations.
Walk into the baby formula aisle at just about any drug or grocery store around the country, and you will still see rows of empty shelves.
Abbott Nutrition said after its plant in Sturgis, Michigan gets back in operation, product could be back on shelves in six to eight weeks, subject to approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $5.12 as of Tuesday morning.
Parents are struggling to keep up with the nationwide shortage of baby formula – with several retailers now limiting how much you can buy. So what do you do if you can't find any?
There is one more hurdle: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must decide whether to formally recommend the booster for this age group.
Sturgis plant will reopen soon as nationwide out-of-stock levels of baby formula rise above 40%.
The Evanston Department of Health and Human Service reported 397 new COVID-19 cases over the last seven days – up from 305 the prior week.
Advocate Aurora Health will be merging with Atrium Health.
Chicago Public Schools has become the first school district in the nation to launch a new anti-suicide campaign created by Lady Gaga's Born This Way foundation.
Such events as the chaos downtown that led to a deadly shooting right in the middle of Millennium Park have led people to cancel trips, meetings, and events in Chicago because they don't feel safe.
The village of Skokie is telling Carvana it cannot build a proposed 14-story car vending tower, just three months after the project won approval from village trustees.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot helped cut the ribbon Tuesday morning to open the official U.S. headquarters of FTX, a Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange.
The city did not conduct a new safety study to determine how crime would be impacted by a casino - in hopes of getting the casino up and generating revenue quickly.
A news release said the company will maintain a "significant presence" at its Chicago office at 100 N. Riverside Plaza in the West Loop Gate.
Ezi Magbegor scored 21 points, Breanna Stewart added 13 and the Seattle Storm held on to beat the Chicago Sky on Wednesday night.
Bobby Witt Jr. and MJ Melendez homered and fellow rookie Emmanuel Rivera hit a go-ahead triple, leading the Kansas City Royals over the Chicago White Sox Wednesday night.
Rookie Jack Suwinski, who attended high school 20 minutes from Wrigley Field, hit a tiebreaking home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cubs Wednesday night, ending Chicago's four-game winning streak.
What a season it's been for Northwestern softball. They swept the Big Ten postseason awards as they won their first regular season conference title since 2008.
The Magic will now have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, which is set for June 23.
CBS announced its 2022-2023 primetime programming lineup of CBS Originals, featuring four new dramas and more.
The controversial comic laughed off the incident after being tackled, and video appeared to show the person who charged him being beaten onstage.
"We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness," the Judd sisters said on social media.
The new national tour of "Jersey Boys" opens next week at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, celebrating the music of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
The lineup includes Thursday headliners Metallica and Lil Baby, Friday headliners Dua Lipa and Machine Gun Kelly, Saturday headliners J. Cole and Kygo, and Sunday headliners Green Day and Doja Cat.
Thursday morning, the students hosted a parade in Des Plaines to say thank you to police officers, firefighters and paramedics.
CBS 2 meteorologist Laura Bannon has a look at the forecast.
Starting tonight at 6 p.m., kids under 18 years of age will need to be with an adult in order to stay in the park.
A Chicago police officer shot a boy believed to be 13 years old who police said tried to run away after being stopped in a stolen car on the West Side Wednesday night.
With their stop signs and neon vests and coats, crossing guards remind drivers to slow down in school zones and watch out for kids.
The best looks from the 62nd annual GRAMMY Awards on CBS.
Red carpet looks from the 61st annual GRAMMY Awards on CBS.
Check out some of the exceptional nominees for the 2018 GRAMMYs, only on CBS!
