Three Fox Lake Cops Suspended For Altercation With Man In Holding Cell
Two Fox Lake police officers and a detective have been suspended after acknowledging they broke department rules during an altercation with a suspect in custody last year.
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Two Fox Lake police officers and a detective have been suspended after acknowledging they broke department rules during an altercation with a suspect in custody last year.
About 100 medical students and doctors staged a 16-minute "die-in" Thursday morning outside City Hall, joining the call for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign over the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
A third lane would be added in both directions for nearly 15 miles on I-65, between Merrillville and Indiana State Road 2, near Lowell.
Riverside police say a man who admitted to using false identities for the past decade actually congratulated the officer who arrested him, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
Reverend Jesse Jackson plans to lead yet another protest of the city's handling of the Laquan McDonald case tomorrow on State Street in the Loop, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
A group of mothers who claimed some credit for reducing violence over the summer in the Englewood neighborhood is recruiting more volunteers today in the Hyde Park neighborhood, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
The trees carried by the Mackinaw will be distributed to 20 organizations that will provide Christmas trees for the less fortunate.
The continued tension over the Laquan McDonald case was a hot topic Friday morning at an annual prayer breakfast attended by some of the state's leading politicians, business leaders, and clergy.
About 100 clergy members and activists representing Chicago's black community have called on Gov. Bruce Rauner to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, but the governor's office said he has no such authority.
A group of retired black Chicago police officers has joined the call for a federal civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department's practices, saying the Laquan McDonald case illustrates a problem with racism on the police force.
The family of a young black man shot and killed by Chicago police in October 2014 has repeated their demand that the city release dashboard camera video of the shooting, a week after authorities released video of the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
Public health officials in Chicago have teamed up with high school and college students to launch an ad campaign to encourage people to practice safe sex; and, to that end, they passed out free condoms on Tuesday.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy praised Chicago's police force Friday for showing "remarkable" professionalism during several days of protests in the wake of the release of a video showing a white police officer fatally shooting a black teen, and that officer being charged with murder.
A 27-year-old man has been charged in the execution-style shooting of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, and police said at least two others were involved in the "unfathomable crime," including one in custody on an unrelated charge and another who remains at large.
In the wake of the terror attacks in Paris, the FBI has acknowledged it is monitoring several individuals who are considered to have the potential to become homegrown terrorists.
O'Hare and Midway airports were packed on Wednesday as the Thanksgiving travel period got underway, but it's been smooth sailing so far.
A Chicago police officer has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Officer Jason Van Dyke was expected to appear for a bond hearing at noon Tuesday.
WBBM's Mike Krauser reports Rev. Jackson stood at a memorial to young people killed on the streets in the Pullman neighborhood saying he believes Laquan McDonald was murdered by officer Jason Van Dyke.
Only designated security staffers and on-duty police are allowed to carry firearms on NFL team property.
Saying the last two people known to have seen 2-year-old Kyrian Knox alive are not cooperating with police, detectives said they've become "extremely frustrated" in their efforts to find out how the toddler's dismembered head, hands, and feet wound up in the Garfield Park lagoon.
Congressman Luis Gutierrez took to the House floor Tuesday to slam Republican governors – including Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner – for saying they won't allow refugees from Syria to settle in their states.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will kick off the 21st annual Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop at McCormick Place. The conference was planned months ago, but in the wake of the deadly Paris terror attacks, the discussions will be especially timely and important.
A street was dedicated today in Robbins to Rocky Clark, a high school football player who was paralyzed in 2000 and who never gave up living becoming a coach and mentor and going back to school despite his disability, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
Police say she gave birth to a girl on Wednesday night in her eighth floor apartment on the 800 block of West Eastwood and then dropped the baby from a window to a grassy area below.
A man was arrested late Friday morning, after he holed up inside a home near Melrose Park, after apparently scuffling with a state trooper on the Tri-State Tollway, following a crash.
Josh Todd Aron, who was an equities trader, was living in New York City on September 11, 2001. Dana Weiner was home in Chicago when her only sibling died.
Rideshare drivers should be in this parking lot with the limo drivers, where the Uber app queues them on a first-come, first-served basis. One driver says that is not happening.
Milwaukee extended its NL Central lead to nine games over Chicago by coming from behind to defeat the Cubs for a second straight day.
Chicago's Kyle Teel hit his second homer in two games and singled. Munetaka Murakami struck out four times.
CBS SkyWatch was over Aberdeen Road and Heather Lane, where skid marks and a pink backpack were marked off by cones in the middle of the road.
Illinois' legislature will once again soon find itself without a legislative inspector general. Michael McCuskey will resign that watchdog post amid criticism about his ability to handle investigations.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit over the use of a controversial data system to review state voter rolls.
Brooks is seeking to stand out with a platform centering on revitalizing city neighborhoods and new means of promoting public safety.
Turning Point Action is expanding its Iowa presence county by county, with leaders saying high voter participation in the caucuses is the organization's key measure of success.
In less than two weeks, the high-energy laser weapon system has taken down 11 drones, coinciding with a 75% drop in drones probing the border, military officials told CBS News.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
Officers found the girl unresponsive, suffering from serious injuries. Police said first responders performed life-saving measures and took the child to a local hospital for treatment and was later pronounced dead. Cook County medical examiners identified the child as Jenna Menias of Frankfort.
More rideshare drivers said they know the shoulder of the Kennedy Expressway is off limits, but they have no choice.
Students at Lincoln-Way East plan to walk out of class in solidarity with Homewood-Flossmoor to show that their classmates' actions do not reflect the greater body.
Corie Walsh, 40, appeared in Will County Court in Joliet. She is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the death of her son, Barrett. Prosecutors successfully argued that she poses a real and present threat to her family and that she should remain detained.
Dana Weiner was home in Chicago when her brother and only sibling, Josh Todd Aron, was killed while working in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
CBS SkyWatch was over Aberdeen Road and Heather Lane, where skid marks and a pink backpack were marked off by cones in the middle of the road.
Corie Walsh is charged with murdering her 2-year-old son at their Frankfort, Illinois, home. Her attorneys argued she was psychotic but a judge ordered her detained before trial.
Josh Todd Aron, who was an equities trader, was living in New York City on September 11, 2001. Dana Weiner was home in Chicago when her only sibling died.
Rideshare drivers should be in this parking lot with the limo drivers, where the Uber app queues them on a first-come, first-served basis. One driver says that is not happening.
The tickets, worth a combined $850,000, matched all five numbers for the midday and evening drawings on Friday and the midday drawing on Sunday.
Several lawsuits are challenging Illinois' medical aid in dying law that is set to take effect on Sept. 12, including one in federal court arguing the law discriminates against people with disabilities.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
Milwaukee extended its NL Central lead to nine games over Chicago by coming from behind to defeat the Cubs for a second straight day.
Chicago's Kyle Teel hit his second homer in two games and singled. Munetaka Murakami struck out four times.
Braxton Jones will be the Chicago Bears' starting left tackle for Week 1 against the Carolina Panthers. It's the fifth straight season he will start there, after beating out three others for the job during training camp.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
The Cubs fell eight games back of the MLB-leading Brewers in the NL Central after losing the opener of this three-game series.
Gaming machines were irreparably damaged when burglars hit a restaurant in Schaumburg, Illinois, early Tuesday.
Corie Walsh is charged with murdering her 2-year-old son at their Frankfort, Illinois, home. Her attorneys argued she was psychotic but a judge ordered her detained before trial.
A woman was set to appear in court Monday in a shooting that left a man dead in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood last week.
A 17-year-old boy was hospitalized early Monday after being shot in Chicago's Chatham community.
A man was killed in a shooting Sunday night on the western edge of Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood.
