Rehabilitation Institute Of Chicago Patients Move To New Building
The new 1.2 million square foot Shirley Ryan AbilityLab employs a staff of full-time researchers that work around the clock.
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The new 1.2 million square foot Shirley Ryan AbilityLab employs a staff of full-time researchers that work around the clock.
Crews from 15 different fire departments responded and rescued people from their balconies. One person was transported to a local hospital.
The family of a U.S. Army Veteran, ordered to go back to Mexico, is pleading with two U.S. senators to step in.
WBBM's Michelle Fiore stopped at the Evanston campus, where merchandise went on sale Monday.
A family discovered a severely beaten puppy who refused to die after he crawled into their backyard last Christmas.
The Lake in the Hills village board has given the owner of its last remaining horse stable six months' notice they'll be terminating their lease.
A north suburban Muslim family filed a lawsuit alleging United Airlines was discriminatory in asking them to get off a flight.
Shows staged by Brooke Ferricks have gone from a neighborhood gathering to a community outpouring. CBS 2's Susanna Song reports.
Veterans with PTSD got matched with service dogs having trouble finding a forever home. WBBM's Michele Fiore reports.
The budget impasse in Springfield has forced Northeastern Illinois University to lay off student aides to cut costs.
Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has not yet publicly offered an explanation for filing for divorce from his wife, former Ald. Sandi Jackson, but said Monday his main goal in court is to protect his two teenage children from tabloid headlines.
Participants went up 94 flights of stairs to support local efforts to promote clean air and raise awareness for lung disease.
Several hundreds of people gathered for the "Not My President" President's Day rally in Chicago.
The shooting death of an 11-year-old girl is giving eight people the chance to live, thanks to organ donation.
The Mexican Consulate of Chicago told illegal immigrants to not open their doors if they don't recognize who's knocking.
Chance the Rapper stole the spotlight at the Grammys on Sunday, but he wasn't the only person from Illinois to bring home the gold.
Only ten students showed up for a protest of CPS budget cuts, including Jasmine Curtis, a student from Englewood.
The Gary Police Department is investigating the abduction of a child and state police have issued an Amber Alert.
Chicago police think they know who killed the 25-year-old, but said it's going to take more hard evidence before they can bring charges.
Protesters marched around Holy Name Cathedral on Sunday, demanding the Chicago Archdiocese stop the sale of a church that has served the Pilsen community for over 100 years.
Sweetwater Tavern and Grille put together a special pretzel, just for the game.
On Sunday, a retired carpenter who has made crosses for victims of mass killings set up a solemn memorial in Englewood for the victims of violent crime in Chicago in 2017.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel touts the city's free college program at a reception for the grand opening of Northwestern Academy.
With the presidential inauguration just days away, Reverend Jesse Jackson was asked how it might be different for him.
It's legislation that aims to prevent children from being exposed to lead poisoning in their drinking water.
Chicago police on Monday issued a community alert about two sexual assaults that occurred in the South Shore community this month.
An explosion prompted a major evacuation in Dixon, Illinois, Monday morning.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
The Logan Square Chamber of Commerce and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled the now-completed renovations and new public spaces after two years of construction in Logan Square.
If you're looking to feel better about your health and wellness, there will be a whole conference dedicated to it this weekend.
Illinois state and local lawmakers gathered Sunday to remember trailblazing state lawmaker Barbara Flynn Currie.
Alan Greenspan's lengthy reign at the Federal Reserve coincided with a period of stability from the mid-1980s until 2007.
Keir Starmer will step down as U.K. Prime Minister weeks after a brutal round of local elections and as he faced a challenge from within his Labour Party.
President Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism.
The Altoids were a callback to a viral moment between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a rise in alpha-gal syndrome cases, with residents living in southern Illinois at the highest risk, according to a 2025 study.
After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
The North Shore suburb of Wilmette this week became the latest Chicago-area municipality to discover mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
In a full circle moment, actor Gary Cole returns to the very same local stage where he began his professional acting career.
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has your 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, June 22, 2026.
New data from the website Hotel Planner shows bookings are up around 50% compared with last year.
An explosion prompted a major evacuation in Dixon, Illinois, Monday morning.
A status hearing was held on two lawsuits Monday. At its core, the hearing involved two former business partners hurling major accusations against one another. Lauren Victory reports.
The Logan Square Chamber of Commerce and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled the now-completed renovations and new public spaces after two years of construction in Logan Square.
After a violent holiday weekend, Chicago city leaders are expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
Multiple shootings have occurred across the city following a mass shooting on the South Side that left 13 wounded on Friday night.
An explosion prompted a major evacuation in Dixon, Illinois, Monday morning.
Chicago police on Monday issued a community alert about two sexual assaults that occurred in the South Shore community this month.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
Newly released cell phone video of a police shooting in south suburban Country Club Hills appears to contradict what a federal agent claims happened during an undercover gun trafficking sting operation last week.
"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation.
Kindbody entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts, but not all patients received the email.
A Chicago woman says a life insurance policy she paid into for 25 years was cancelled over a $112 shortfall that she never knew existed, and now, at 82 years old, she's uninsurable.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
The Chicago Hounds won their first-ever championship over the weekend, in just their fourth year of existence.
Chicago's first documented professional team was founded back in 1870. The white stockings, who eventually became the Chicago Cubs, not the White Sox.
Dillon Dingler homered and drove in the tying run in the ninth, Matt Vierling's bloop single finished off Detroit's comeback as the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 in 10 innings on Sunday.
Serena Williams recently returned to competition in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.
The Chicago Cubs' game against the Toronto Blue Jays that had been planned for Sunday was postponed due to the rain coming in.
Chicago police on Monday issued a community alert about two sexual assaults that occurred in the South Shore community this month.
Chicago police on Monday morning were investigating a break-in at a smoke shop in the Portage Park community.
After a violent holiday weekend, Chicago city leaders are expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
A CTA Red Line train operator was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street on Sunday morning.
Would-be burglars crashed their way into a Circle K store in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning.
