Despite Bad Economy, Shelters See Fewer Unwanted Pets
The City of Chicago takes in 20,000 unwanted animals every year, and while most have to be euthanized, the city is doing better than most.
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The City of Chicago takes in 20,000 unwanted animals every year, and while most have to be euthanized, the city is doing better than most.
The union representing United Airlines pilots is suing to prevent new flying procedures set to begin this Friday, saying they threaten safety.
New research says Chicago has fallen behind Washington, D.C., for having the worst traffic in the nation.
A vehicle fatally struck a 50-year-old man early Saturday in Millennium Park.
Naperville police are warning residents that their city is being targeted by a group of smash-and-grab thieves known as the "Felony Lane Gang," an interstate gang with at least 100 members, CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.
Some West Side ministers were giving away $5,000 in free gas Saturday morning.
Hundreds of frenzied women on a mission created pandemonium Friday morning at Filene's Basement on State Street.
A lawsuit has been filed over the last election of an Illinois Supreme Court justice, which was the most expensive in U.S. history.
The Illinois Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday regarding a convicted rapist's effort to get a new trial, based on an alleged tortured confession.
A Tinley Park man was dreading the conversation he would have to have with his parents about their house this week.
This is the season for a hardy band of volunteers who wander the dark streets of the Loop, trying to save migrating birds who've smacked into buildings.
Texting and driving has been a hot-button issue for years, and now, the Chicago City Council is going to take up distracted bicycle riding.
Prosecutors in Northwest Indiana say it will be some time before they get to the bottom of a bizarre crime yesterday involving a father and daughter.
A sixth school has now broken ranks with the Chicago Teachers Union, and gone ahead with lengthening its school day.
Police in Merrillville are searching for three men who terrorized an elderly couple in their home during an afternoon robbery last week.
The City of Aurora paid tribute to those who died on 9/11 with a ceremony outside a fire station Friday.
A Countryside liquor store owner is the victim of a Facebook-fueled campaign to hurt his business, which, he says, is based on a lie.
Hyatt Hotel workers are on strike in four cities, including Chicago.
The trial continues Thursday for a Lake County woman accused of torturing dogs in her Deer Park animal shelter.
The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police is concerned about police station lobbies becoming homeless shelters in bad weather.
The University of Illinois' main campus downstate has a record number of students enrolled this year.
A Chicago man has been the subject of envy, because he has no recollection of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, as they happened. Find out why.
The first day of school arrived Tuesday for students at Chicago Public Schools, in the midst of a battle between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Teachers Union over longer school days.
Free public transportation is no longer available to all senior citizens in Illinois.
A police officer from the Kane County town of Campton Hills is credited with saving the life of a motorcyclist whose leg was severed in a crash.
