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The circus road trip could have been a huge sinkhole for the Chicago Blackhawks. Instead, they have staked their claim to being the best team in the NHL once again.
Ben Smith scored in the 11th round of a wild shootout and the Chicago Blackhawks finally beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 Friday night for their fifth straight victory.
Forbes ranked the Chicago Blackhawks fifth in their list of most valuable NHL franchises.
The Chicago Blackhawks appear to be in a solid position to make a run at their third Stanley Cup in five years and their second in a row.
I'd be a hypocrite if I called for Incognito to be denied work in a trade that he has skill for.
The Chicago Blackhawks have a problem on their hands that's going to get worse.
Patrick Sharp finally scored, Nick Leddy jump-started Chicago's stagnant special teams with a power-play goal and the Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 on Monday night.
It's inevitably going to happen. One of these days a player is going to die because of an illegal hit.
The Blackhawks have time to fix their third period problems, but they can't let it linger all season.
The Chicago Blackhawks have been treated shabbily by the National Hockey League.
You don't have to be a hockey savant to know that the Chicago Blackhawks are going to be marked men this season every time they step on the ice.
Michal Handzus scored the go-ahead goal 6:45 into the second period and the Chicago Blackhawks held on for a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Friday night.
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The drum beat is getting louder for the NHL to put an end to fighting.
Championships in Chicago are few and far between.
The current Blackhawks are already among the best teams Chicago has ever seen.
When it comes to talent, the Blackhawks don't have to take a backseat to anyone.
This time, the Blackhawks decided to make sure their Stanley Cup-winning goalie stays with them.
The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to terms with goaltender Corey Crawford on a six-year contract extension, through the end of the 2019-20 season.
No NHL team has repeated as Stanley Cup Champion since the Detroit Red Wings won back-to-back championships in 1997 and '98.
All Quenneville has done since he came aboard early in the 2008-09 season is win two Stanley Cups for a team that had not won even once since 1961.
Stan Bowman wanted to keep Joel Quenneville in Chicago, and the coach had no desire to leave.
Northeastern Illinois University on Chicago's Northwest Side will soon be the first public university to launch a bachelor's program in artificial intelligence.
A Metra Union Pacific Northwest train struck a car near the Norwood Park station Thursday.
At its "Firefighter for a Day" event on Thursday, the Chicago Fire Department wanted to show girls that they can do anything.
Monday marks 107 years since the start of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot, and a seven-mile bike and bus tour of sites related to the history of the riot is planned for this weekend.
Voters in Chicago will have a chance to decide in November if the city should go after the federal government for money spent dealing with the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown and Operation Midway Blitz.
Voters in Chicago will have a chance to decide in November if the city should go after the federal government for money spent dealing with the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown and Operation Midway Blitz.
The Secret Service said a member of Vice President JD Vance's detail is under investigation for "compromising operational and information security."
The House on Thursday voted to direct President Trump to end the war with Iran, after four Republicans joined Democrats to rebuke the president over his handling of the conflict.
The Illinois Legislative Ethics Commission on Thursday will decide whether to release a report that led to the resignation of state Rep. Harry Benton (D-Plainfield) over reported allegations of sexual harassment.
The state Democratic Party is asking Wisconsin's elections commission to allow voters who already returned absentee ballots to cast new ones, after Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out of the governor's race and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley rejoined it.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
Iowa announced a fall exhibition game against Kansas at the Field of Dreams ballpark, where major and minor league games have been played since 2021.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
The actor's agent said he was providing more information following news reports "which contain inaccuracies and outright falsehoods."
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
Joey Fatone sits down with Marie Saavedra on CBS News Chicago.
Mostly sunny and milder Thursday with highs in the upper 70s.
Des Plaines Fire Chief Matt Matzel and Police Chief David Anderson announced the results of an investigation into a fire and explosion at a condo building in May, which they have determined was arson.
At its Firefighter for Day event on Thursday, the Chicago Fire Department wanted to show girls that they can do anything.
Des Plaines police and fire officials said an explosion and fire at a condo building in May that injured 15 people was arson, and the suspected arsonist died from injuries he got during the incident.
A pedestrian was hit by a freight train near the Wheaton Metra station on Thursday morning.
Two children were hurt when a car crashed in Chicago after a Lake County, Indiana police chase early Thursday morning.
Des Plaines police and fire officials said an explosion and fire at a condo building in May that injured 15 people was arson, and the suspected arsonist died from injuries he got during the incident.
Northeastern Illinois University on Chicago's Northwest Side will soon be the first public university to launch a bachelor's program in artificial intelligence.
A Metra Union Pacific Northwest train struck a car near the Norwood Park station Thursday.
Record heat and major air quality issues created by wildfire smoke were key topics as some of the top climate leaders from around the world gathered in Chicago this week for the Aspen Institute's annual climate summit.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
Chicago has been feeling the heat this week, with highs in the 90s the past five days, but officials are making moves to cool off some of the hottest parts of the city, specifically Chicago Park District fieldhouses where many turn to keep cool.
Gene Rush survived throat cancer, but he didn't survive a trip to the Porter County Jail over 4th of July weekend. His family said jail staff failed to provide lifesaving medical care.
Patrick Kane, 37, signed a two-year, $16 million contract to return to the Blackhawks on Thursday, according to the team.
Chicago's Colin Rea (7-7) allowed four runs on six hits while striking out five in five innings.
Chase Meidroth went 4 for 4 while he and Andrew Benintendi had a pair of run-scoring singles apiece and Anthony Kay pushed through five innings for his first win in more than a month as the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers 4-2.
The Liberty erased a 12-point deficit in the final five minutes.
The Chicago White Sox on Wednesday were set to honor Black baseball pioneers with the Double Duty Classic at Rate Field.
Madison's chief of police says an officer in Wisconsin's capital city shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest.
Three men have been convicted of a string of violent robberies targeting liquor stores, convenience stores, and bars in Chicago in 2023 and 2024.
Chicago police this week warned of a pattern of robberies in which the thieves approach the victims in public and rip away their gold necklaces.
The Cook County State's Attorney will not be filing charges in a fatal shooting outside a bar in Lincoln Park that resulted in the bar being shut down Tuesday.
A bar on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago's Lincoln Park community was shut down by Chicago police Tuesday morning, days after a fight broke out at a party in the bar and led to a fatal shooting.
