Sign Of The Times: 'Active Shooter' Drill At Middle School
Some 200 teachers tried to deal with that "what if" scenario, in which a police officer played the role of an armed invader.
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Some 200 teachers tried to deal with that "what if" scenario, in which a police officer played the role of an armed invader.
Crews are now back at work, tearing up the pavement again on eastbound Washington between Clark and Dearborn.
Chicago police will not charge a gun owner for using it to stop a robbery in a Southwest Side business Saturday.
There seems to be growing anger about who's moving in to Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.
CBS 2's Mike Parker is on board for a test run.
The Fire Department said the man was in the garage area, working with high-pressure air – perhaps a steam pipe – when a device malfunctioned, and exploded in his face. The worker suffered massive head injuries, and was killed instantly.
Three months after pushing through a plan to raise sales taxes by a penny on the dollar, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is seeking some more new taxes to balance the budget next year.
Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme to steer more than $23 million in no-bid contracts to a former employer for $2.3 million in bribes and kickbacks.
The disgraced former Illinois governor would like to see capital punishment abolished across the U.S.
Faced with an alarming rise in heroin use in the suburbs, one town is offering addicts a deal the could save their lives.
Illinois has now gone 100 days without a budget and today, another shoe drops.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he stands by Police Supt. Garry McCarthy, despite calls from members of the City Council Black Caucus that the superintendent be replaced; but the mayor said he understands the aldermen's frustrations, and empathizes with them.
Police in Bridgeview are searching for a man they say stabbed a woman jogging through a park Tuesday night.
Should suburban drivers who use downtown streets, be forced to pay a special daily fee for the privilege?
More than 100 demonstrators gathered outside a meeting of the Police Review Board demanding that Chicago Police Officer Dante Servin be fired.
The first day of school is supposed to be full of wonder and excitement for students. But for many special needs kids, it was anything but. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
Lavelle Southern was killed early Sunday as he stood outside a West Loop club after a family birthday party.
It was supposed to be a discussion about the new budget, but when the topic of Dyett High School closing came up, protesters marched toward the stage and the mayor
In Chicago and many other American cities, it seems to be getting harder and harder to recruit police officers. Applications are been going down dramatically in recent years.
Recently Robert Corwin came back to Chicago and found a young couple living in the master bedroom. His liquor supply was gone and there was a hookah on the dining room table. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
Two men died, one woman was critically injured, and four Cook County Sheriff's police officers were hospitalized Thursday afternoon, after a hazardous materials situation in a townhouse near northwest suburban Des Plaines.
Now thousands of families are scrambling to figure out what's next, CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
How young is too young to leave a child alone, in the state of Illinois? The law says, under 14, for any unreasonable amount of time.
