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Community activists called on the city to release dashcam and body camera videos from a deadly police shooting last week.
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Community activists called on the city to release dashcam and body camera videos from a deadly police shooting last week.
Former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson was sentenced to 40 years in prison Friday for trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who helped to convict him in the murder of his third wife.
A young mother of two was shot and killed early Wednesday as she was walking to the store, less than a day after moving to the South Chicago neighborhood.
The 140,000-square-foot facility is expected to bring in about 150 jobs to a neighborhood that played a prominent role in the labor movement at the turn of the 20th century, and has become the focus of revival efforts in recent years.
A civilian employee of the Chicago Police Department shot a man who allegedly tried to rob him Monday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood.
It has been a rough morning for Southwest Airlines travelers, dealing with long lines at Midway International Airport, a day after a computer glitch led to hundreds of canceled flights nationwide.
A strange series of events unfolded at a Chicago furniture store, starting with an accident involving an SUV, and ending with a smash-and-grab heist hours later.
Police said the driver and passenger of a Chevy sedan were shot around midnight as they were headed north near 71st Street.
It's time to bring your appetite downtown. The 36th annual Taste of Chicago kicks off at 11 a.m. at Grant Park.
Lines have been building at O'Hare International Airport early Friday, as travelers prepared to celebrate the 4th of July weekend, but honoring the nation's independence comes as the nation's airports have been placed on high alert in the wake of a suicide bombing at the airport in Istanbul.
Metra safety was the topic of conversation in Buffalo Grove on Thursday, after a new report ranked Illinois third in the nation for train crashes.
Sources said Chicago police officers and aviation police have been concentrating their patrols on drop-off and pick-up areas outside the airport's many entrances.
The girl was found in Charles Howard's back yard in Ford Heights late Saturday night.
A Chicago police officer has been stripped of his police powers and placed on desk duty, pending an investigation into a video showing him apparently stomping a man's head while a second officer was trying to restrain the man.
In the wake of the Orlando nightclub massacre, Chicago police were stepping up patrols ahead of Pride Festival this weekend.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged in the shooting of a 6-year-old girl in the Logan Square neighborhood.
A Chicago man filed a $15 million federal lawsuit against the city and the police officer who shot him several times in 2014, only to be arrested and charged with murder within minutes of announcing the complaint.
Police have warned people living in the Humboldt Park neighborhood about two recent robberies targeting women walking alone.
Big changes are coming to Lincoln Park as crews begin tearing down the old Children's Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, the first step in a massive redevelopment project.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool told CBS 2 that CPS and many other districts in Illinois would be unable to open in fall if Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Illinois General Assembly cannot agree on some type of budget deal and approve funding for public schools across the state.
CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.
The latest crime statistics are released as Lake Shore Drive is the scene of yet another roadside shooting.
The rally comes just hours after the Illinois House approved Speaker Michael Madigan's budget plan, which would add $700 million for public schools statewide, including $287 million in additional funding for CPS.
A job killer, or an attempt to level an uneven playing field? That's the way two sides describe a proposed ordinance that would force Uber and Lyft drivers to get the same licenses as taxi drivers.
A 25-year-old woman was shot four times Monday night while stopped at a red light in the Englewood neighborhood.
A fire that damaged at least five cars in the parking garage at Fenwick High School in west suburban Oak Park on Monday afternoon was caused by an electric vehicle parked in the facility, village officials said on Tuesday.
A piece of late-night television history is set to debut at Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications this week.
Chicago police need help to find a group of thieves who have broken into at least 40 cars in the last few weeks on the Near South Side.
After more than 80 years, crews this week demolished a historic bridge that carried travelers across the Mississippi River between Missouri and downstate Illinois.
Building a greener, healthier and more connected Chicago is the mission of a new ideas competition by World Business Chicago.
The City Council on Tuesday approved a deal allowing Chicago's privatized parking meters to be sold to a new company, with the city receiving a share of the profits going forward.
A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.
In the race for the seat currently held by retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, Democratic Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is facing off against former Illinois Republican Party chairman Don Tracy and independent candidate Whitfield Harrington.
Gov. JB Pritzker is seeking to become the first Democrat ever elected to a third term in Illinois, and is facing a rematch with Republican Darren Bailey. There's also an independent candidate on the ballot, Collin Corbett.
President Trump on Monday announced that the company Mesabi Metallics will build a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa over the coming years.
Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
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.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
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.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
Survivor, Koko Taylor, The Plain White T's and REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin were among those honored Sunday night at the Harris Theater. The ceremony is the hall's largest fundraiser.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
Lindsay Clancy was back in court in Massachussetts Tuesday for the first time since her murder trial ended in a mistrial.
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two federal indictments against President Donald Trump, told lawmakers on Tuesday that he “will not be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from the Trump administration and that he believes the rule of law is being threatened like never before.
Meteorologist David Yeomans is tracking rain moving into the area.
Chicago elected officials and other representatives from Illinois are pushing back on Peoples Gas' proposed $144 million rate hike.
Indiana legislators are getting a chance to grill a NIPSCO representative about the response to the August 11t derecho.
The City Council on Tuesday approved a deal allowing Chicago's privatized parking meters to be sold to a new company, with the city receiving a share of the profits going forward.
Indiana legislators plan to fulfill their promise to investigate NIPSCO's response to the derecho back on Aug. 11.
A fire that damaged at least five cars in the parking garage at Fenwick High School in west suburban Oak Park on Monday afternoon was caused by an electric vehicle parked in the facility, village officials said on Tuesday.
CBS News New York has exclusively obtained screenshots from a source presented as text messages between Jane Doe and one of the defendants in a lawsuit alleging rape at a fraternity house at Cornell University in 2024.
A piece of late-night television history is set to debut at Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications this week.
A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side late Sunday night.
In 2024, an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a dog that was being held by its owner. COPA and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling agreed the officer should be fired. But more than two years later, that hasn't happened.
Surging gas and diesel prices are putting the pinch on farmers with harvest season underway, and could drive grocery prices even further up.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
Gordon Johncock, a two-time Indianapolis 500 champion and winner of 25 career IndyCar races, has died. He was 90. Johncock died from natural causes Monday at his home in South Branch, Michigan.
The Chicago Bears won big Monday night, as third-string quarterback Case Keenum filled in for Caleb Williams and led the Bears past Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles for a 27-7 win.
Stepping in for Caleb Williams, Keenum was 24 for 34 for 247 yards.
The Bears will look to rally from last week's ugly loss to the Vikings when they host the Eagles on Monday night at Soldier Field.
Benjamin Satterley, an English-born wrestler known for high-flying moves that delighted fans worldwide, was known as "Pac."
Chicago police need help to find a group of thieves who have broken into at least 40 cars in the last few weeks on the Near South Side.
CBS News New York has exclusively obtained screenshots from a source presented as text messages between Jane Doe and one of the defendants in a lawsuit alleging rape at a fraternity house at Cornell University in 2024.
Chicago police put out an alert about dozens of car burglaries, including some in which the suspects pulled guns when confronted by the owners, on the Near South Side and South Commons neighborhoods in September.
A woman, identified only as Jane Doe, alleges she was gang-raped by seven fraternity members in 2024 and accuses Cornell University of failing to protect her.
The investigation into an alleged rape at Cornell University in 2024 will be reopened, authorities said Monday.
