Chicago Police Department To Add Nearly 1,000 Officers Over Next Two Years
The move would allow the department to fill nearly 470 existing vacancies, and add approximately 500 new officers over current authorized strength.
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The move would allow the department to fill nearly 470 existing vacancies, and add approximately 500 new officers over current authorized strength.
The body found burned Saturday in an alley in Chicago's Austin neighborhood has been identified Tuesday as a teen boy.
Police say the doctor told the patient she needed to be aroused for him to do a proper exam.
He's talking about inmates at the Cook County Jail booked on nonviolent, misdemeanor charges, who don't have enough money to post bond.
Activists ask anyone with information about the crime to call (800) U-TELLUS, or (800) 883-5587 where you can report it anonymously.
CBS2's Mai Martinez reports on the renewed effort to solve the case.
Police Supt. Eddie Johnson has filed administrative charges seeking to fire Officer Jason Van Dyke and four other police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald.
Walking into Olive Harvey College as a freshman is a dream come true for Alante Williams, but she knows she didn't get here on her own.
PAWS Chicago arrived Friday with dozens of cats and dogs from local shelters in Louisiana.
A mother and her son were found Monday evening dead in the mother's Sycamore home.
Police Supt. Eddie Johnson renewed his call for state lawmakers to help curb gun violence in Chicago, on the heels of another bloody weekend, which included the murder of a police officer's son.
Protesters have demonstrated in the wake of the fatal police-involved shooting of suspect Paul O'Neal, 18. CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports.
Scott Barnes' faith in humanity has been bolstered. CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports.
Still, health officials aren't taking any chances. CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports.
Officials were trying to demonstrate how the most innocent-looking items can be filled with explosives or other weapons.
As the Department of Justice continues its investigation of the Chicago Police Department, dozens of area clergy members are adding their voices to the calls for change.
CBS 2's Mai Martinez spent the day in west suburban Hillside to see how officers are coping.
Could the deadly shooting at the courthouse in southwest Michigan on Monday have been prevented?
For hundreds of thousands of police officers across the country, the ambush in Dallas was fresh on their minds as they put on their uniforms today.
Detectives were searching for evidence and interviewing relatives and potential witnesses after finding the body of a 56-year-old man in a building in the 8000 block of South Stony Island Avenue. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office has identified the victim as Edward McArthur Jr.
When you think of Walt Disney, you probably think of places like Orlando and Anaheim because of his famous amusement parks, but he was born in Chicago, and his home is being turned into a museum.
Alejandro "Jano" Fuentes, 45, was in a vehicle outside his Tras Bambalinas School in the 4300 block of South Archer at 10:15 p.m. when someone with a gun walked up and ordered him to get out, police said.
Chicago police say they are sorry for destroying a daughter's last message to her parents, which had been kept as evidence in the woman's death investigation.
Some residents in South Deering say they see the Virgin Mary.
Murder charges have been filed against one of several suspects in the death of a woman allegedly chased on to Lake Shore drive during an attempted robbery.
