68 years ago today Chicago teen Emmett Till was kidnapped, brutally murdered
He spoke to a white woman in her family store.
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He spoke to a white woman in her family store.
The brutality of his murder along with the acquittal of his killers put the spotlight on violence against African Americans in the United States at the time.
Serabi Medina's father tackled Michael Goodman after he shot the girl, causing the gun to go off and shoot Goodman in the eye, prosecutors said.
A 43-year-old man has been ordered held without bail, after he was charged with shooting a 9-year-old girl in front of her father outside their Portage Park home over the weekend.
A 43-year-old man has been ordered held without bail, after he was charged with shooting a 9-year-old girl in front of her father outside their Portage Park home over the weekend. Serabi Medina was shot and killed around 9:40 p.m. Saturday on the 3500 block of North Long Avenue. She was supposed to enter the 4th grade this upcoming school year.
A 9-year-old girl was shot and killed Saturday night in the Portage Park neighborhood, after going to get ice cream for her and her father. A 43-year-old neighbor has been charged with her murder.
A 9-year-old girl was shot and killed Saturday night in the Portage Park neighborhood, after going to get ice cream for her and her father. A 43-year-old neighbor has been charged with her murder.
On June 2, Rolanda Tucker's body was found in West Garfield Park on Hamlin between Adams and Jackson.
Robin Hood Jr. remembers raising his son Rashaun - even going to parenting class himself as a 17-year-old father - to make sure he had all the tools to raise his son right. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
"I'm still here waiting for him to come in the house and say something to me, but he's not."
It's now one year since their loved one was gunned down behind their family home. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot has their quest for justice for Tyvon Marco Henderson.
Antonio Monroe, 44, is a registered sex offender, and also is being investigated in connection with the death of a woman in Schaumburg.
The registered sex offender accused of kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old girl in Rockford made his first court appearance on Tuesday, as prosecutors laid out chilling details in the case.
A 37-year-old man was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a boy at a suburban Franklin Park birthday party last Saturday.
"I have a seven-year-old daughter and I just don't understand how someone has this in their being to do something like this."
CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports from Rockford on how her death is shaking the community.
Police say officers responded at 12:07 p.m. when a 6-year-old girl came home and told her mom that a man had taken her 10-year-old sister.
Liu was pushed to her death while hiking with a friend in Germany.
Allen was arrested back in November and charged with the February 2017 murders.
Court documents detailed a stunning admission made by the man accused of murdering two Delphi, Indiana, teenagers.
He is charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, and concealment of a homicide.
The man charged in connection with the murder of Brittany Battaglia is expected in court again Wednesday.
Four University of Idaho students were found stabbed to death in a home on Nov. 13.
One of the three defendants took a plea deal after the trial started, and agreed to testify against the other two.
Two separate juries convicted Devin Barron and Jaylen Saulsberry for the 2020 murder.
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.
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.
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.
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.
