Couple in custody in connection with their baby's death in East Chicago
Police said a doctor ruled the death a homicide due to blunt force trauma. The baby was also malnourished with a low body weight.
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Police said a doctor ruled the death a homicide due to blunt force trauma. The baby was also malnourished with a low body weight.
Ettore Lacchei, 79, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting that killed his next-door neighbor, William Martys, 59.
He was identified as the second suspect who shot and killed the victim on Jan. 22, in the 8400 block of South Holland Road.
Steven Hawthorn, 55, of Chicago was arrested on Sunday in the 2200 block of East 83rd Street.
Police said the couple lured the victim from a restaurant in the 2021 incident.
Steven Montano, 18, appeared for arraignment Wednesday morning, after he was formally indicted in late March on 30 felony counts.
The man charged with killing Chicago Police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges on Wednesday.
The man charged with killing Chicago Police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges on Wednesday.
DeDe Rainey was a former high school basketball star and budding entrepreneur, but her life was cut short when she was shot and killed last summer.
Saturday volunteers from Cook County Crime Stoppers were out in the Little Village neighborhood handing out flyers in hopes of catching Reina Seb's killer.
In February, Reina Cristina Ical Seb was found shot to death in the alley behind the 2400 block of South Drake Avenue.
David Wright was just 17 years old when he says Chicago police detectives forced him to confess to the murder of his friends, 16-year-old Tyrone Rockett and 26-year-old Robert Smith, in 1994.
In bond court, prosecutors detailed a crime spree on the 28th.
On Friday, CBS 2’s Sabrina Franza was in court in Bridgeview as the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office revealed disturbing new details about the neglect they say the child faced in his short life.
Jamie Hannion is with one count each of first-degree murder and felony endangering the life of a child resulting in death. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Steven Montano appeared in court after being released from the hospital to the Cook County Jail. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
The two men, 20-year-old Nicholas Caban and 18-year-old Jacob Firestone, both from Highland Park, have been charged with second-degree murder.
The woman was reportedly seen alive two days prior to being found.
Police said Samantha Maldonado named Alejandro Arellano as her killer before she died.
Alejandro Arellano is facing first-degree murder charges. According to prosecutors, he was in a relationship with the woman he killed for six months. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Chicago police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed two people inside an apartment in Chatham last month.
Authorities are set to release more footage related to the arrest after concluding an internal investigation.
A teenager charged with killing his girlfriend and two other people during a home invasion in southwest suburban Bolingbrook pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to multiple felony charges.
The victim's cellmate was taken from the scene, but authorities have not said whether the cellmate is suspected in the attack.
William N. Taylor was wanted in a warrant in the murder last month. He died this week in Michigan after suffering a medical emergency.
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.
