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The Coast Guard and fire department dive teams are searching for the body of a woman who either jumped or fell off a pier in Whiting Friday night.
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The Coast Guard and fire department dive teams are searching for the body of a woman who either jumped or fell off a pier in Whiting Friday night.
The suit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court by a Chicago couple and their neighbor, alleges drinking tap water in Chicago is "like a game of Russian roulette."
About 200 students walked out of a North Side high school on Friday, to protest the financial crisis the Chicago Public Schools system is facing.
A Chicago group that formed last October to show support for police officers amid the Laquan McDonald protests said it's a "slap in the face" that they've been denied entry into the downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade.
The former Wheaton College professor who was removed from her job as the school's first black professor after comments she made supporting Muslims will have a scholarship created in her name, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
The leader of the Guardian Angels has applauded an effort in Springfield to make it a crime to film violent incidents and post the video online.
A group of elite 12- and 13-year-old hockey players from Chicago and the suburbs were heading to Quebec on Wednesday for the prestigious Pee Wee International Hockey Tournament.
About fifty activists marched from the site of a planned high-rise development in the Uptown neighborhood that would get $16 million in tax Increment financing dollars to the mayor's house to demand he put a stop to the deal, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
Police in Gary, Indiana are searching for the gunman who shot and killed two teenagers and left them in a car.
Relatives have confirmed the six people killed in a Gage Park home on Thursday were three generations of the same family.
A thief was caught on camera at a Batavia amusement park, when he pried open the cash drawer of a photo booth designed to catch crooks in the act of doing that very thing.
Members of veterans' motorcycle clubs gathered outside St. Sabina on Thursday to protest the American flag being flown at half mast, with a Chi-Raq flag from the recent Spike Lee film at the top of the pole.
The owners of some popular restaurants in the Chicago area have notified customers to monitor their credit and debit card accounts, after a data breach affecting more than 500 restaurants nationwide.
Bottled water is being offered by the cases to residents in Flint, Michigan and Chicago is just one of the many cities, pitching in to help.
An attorney for Officer Jason Van Dyke said "it's impossible for my client to get a fair trial in this case."
The $650 price is not a deterrent to several people lined up in Chicago.
The Illinois director of Veteran's Affairs noted there are 83,000 POW-MIAs. That's about 20,000 more than the seating capacity of Soldier Field.
Students from Chicago State University shut down three Chicago expressways on Thursday, when they marched onto the Dan Ryan to protest the impact the state's budget impasse has had on their school.
It took an anti-airport noise group two dozen formal requests over the past couple years to get a meeting with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, but they said their meeting at City Hall on Wednesday was "a waste of our time."
If you don't have health insurance, you have just a few days before the January 31 deadline to sign up under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
A Loyola University student is in serious condition this morning after she was shot while walking near the campus Friday night, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
More than 700 ComEd workers and contractors were headed to the East Coast on Friday, to assist counterparts there with the possibility of widespread power outages as a massive winter storm bears down.
Amid a spike in shootings and homicides to start the new year, the Chicago Police Department has forged a new partnership with the Cook County Sheriff's office to target gang violence that affects both the city and suburbs.
The state is launching a new initiative this spring,at little taxpayer cost, to create more opportunities for minority entrepreneurs starting in three cities, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
The Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney said fans are going to have deal with the reality of the world today.
Chicago police said that an argument between the victim and another male turned into a fight when the male pulled out a gun and shot the victim.
The crash involved the motorcycle and a Nissan Rogue sports-utility vehicle, the village said.
John Rahimi, Raymond Grieshaber, and Conrad Espino were ordained on Saturday morning during a ceremony at Holy Name Cathedral on the city's Near North Side.
Chicago's Jacob Webb (1-2) came on with two on in the eighth and gave up consecutive RBI singles to Alejandro Kirk and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to tie the game at 5-all.
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 70, according to Chicago police.
The Altoids were a callback to a viral moment between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush.
A senior Justice Department official called a judge's demand for a declaration on the status of the "anti-weaponization" fund "unnecessary."
Trump has appeared during the Iran war to lose patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who may now find himself "stuck."
President Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni traded criticism on Saturday after Italy canceled its envoy's visit to the U.S.
The Justice Department says it's released "every document required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act," but CBS News has identified numerous gaps.
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.
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.
Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.
Chicago Pride Fest is taking over Northhalsted this weekend. There are also pride festivals happening throughout the Chicago suburbs.
Spend your weekend a the 10th annual Winnetka Music Festival!
Meteorologist Carl Lam has the extended forecast.
A mass shooting left at least 12 people injured in Chicago's Washington Heights neighborhood on Friday night. Street Pastor Donovan Price told CBS News seeing a mass shooting like this on Juneteenth is a tragedy.
Vida is looking for a forever home. Come meet her at PAWS Chicago adoption center.
A mass shooting left at least 13 people injured in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood on Friday night.
The crash involved the motorcycle and a Nissan Rogue sports-utility vehicle, the village said.
John Rahimi, Raymond Grieshaber, and Conrad Espino were ordained on Saturday morning during a ceremony at Holy Name Cathedral on the city's Near North Side.
Chicago police said that an argument between the victim and another male turned into a fight when the male pulled out a gun and shot the victim.
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 70, according to Chicago police.
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.
Chicago's Jacob Webb (1-2) came on with two on in the eighth and gave up consecutive RBI singles to Alejandro Kirk and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to tie the game at 5-all.
Troy Melton allowed one hit in six innings and the Detroit Tigers' offense came alive late in a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Matt Vierling and Kerry Carpenter hit home runs to lift the Detroit Tigers past the Chicago White Sox 4-3.
The Chicago Hounds will try to cap off their magical season with a Major League Rugby championship Sunday.
Carson Kelly hit his second career grand slam in Chicago's seven-run first inning and finished with a career-high six RBIs as the Cubs routed the Toronto Blue Jays 16-2.
A shooting on the Eisenhower Expressway forced several lanes to close in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood early Friday morning.
A federal judge ruled ICE failed to show enough evidence to justify holding Salah Sarsour, a legal permanent resident detained for 80 days after speaking out in support of Palestinian rights.
A sport-utility vehicle rammed into a Shell gas station mini mart in what was believed to be an attempted crash-and-grab burglary in Chicago's East Pilsen neighborhood.
Luigi Mangione's lawyers will argue that he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance when he allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Rex Heuermann was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the series of murders known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings.
