Illegally Parked Truck Prompts Bomb Squad Response At O'Hare
Police said the truck parked in an unauthorized area on the upper level outside Terminal 3 around 3:50 a.m.
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Police said the truck parked in an unauthorized area on the upper level outside Terminal 3 around 3:50 a.m.
Tierney Darden was taking cover from a severe storm outside O'Hare in Aug. 2015, when a 700-pound pedestrian shelter crashed on top of her.
Tierney Darden was seeking shelter from a storm at O'Hare when a structure meant to protect her fell on top of her, severing her spinal cord
The effects from Thursday night's thunderstorms were still being felt Friday morning at Midway and O'Hare airports.
He was found dead at the scene shortly before 3 a.m., according to Chicago Police. A source said it happened on Concourse C.
Panicked passengers pleaded to get off a jet after it caught fire at O'Hare last October.
Nathan Paul Childers posted a picture on Facebook, stating that he had found a teddy bear on the floor at O'Hare Airport around noon on Saturday, and is looking for its rightful owner.
A high-speed passenger train may one day whisk travellers to and from O'Hare Airport to downtown Chicago within minutes. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Police are looking for an elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease who went missing Friday after leaving O'Hare International Airport.
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport will offer a transfer bus so passengers who are connecting to international flights won't have to go through security again.
Two airliners came into contact on the ground at O'Hare International Airport Thursday evening at the gates.
A woman was stung by a scorpion on a flight from Mexico City to Chicago late Monday night.
The city's Aviation Department said the pilot on United Flight 1738 to Miami reported an engine issue after takeoff, and returned to O'Hare
The first grant of $40 million will kick off the construction of Runway 9C/27C, which includes siting utilities, grading, and pavement work.
A glitch on the Uber ride service app has the potential to send a traveler to the wrong Chicago airport.
Several Spirit Airlines flights in Chicago have been cancelled, as the company accuses pilots of an illegal slowdown amid a contract dispute.
About 12:40 a.m., he was walking east in the middle of the road in the 11500 block of West Irving Park when he was hit by an eastbound truck
Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans said security officers shouldn't have carried out United's request to remove Dr. David Dao from a plane.
The recent passenger-dragging incident at O'Hare will be front and center Thursday in D.C. during a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing.
The pedestrian shelters that fell on Tierney Darden at O'Hare Airport were removed as a result of CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini's reports.
An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing at DuPage Airport on Monday, after the plane began filling with smoke.
Dr. David Dao's attorneys announced the settlement Thursday afternoon, but terms were not disclosed.
A 3-foot long giant rabbit named Simon died in a pet holding facility after landing on a flight from London to O'Hare International Airport.
The aviation officers say they used "minimal force" and that the passenger was the aggressive one. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
An immigration lawyer has advice for undocumented immigrants who plan to pick up someone at the airport... don't.
As many as 150,000 Illinois SNAP participants will lose their benefits on Friday due to new, stricter eligibility rules in the Trump Administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
The minor league baseball season is starting and the Joliet Slammers are kicking theirs off with the Big House Ballgame in the Old Joliet Prison Yard.
What would you say if we told you a man was living inside the Cloud Gate statue in Millennium Park, commonly known as The Bean?
Federal prosecutors said 22 people were arrested in FBI raids at Northwest Indiana restaurants and homes for an illegal gambling ring during "Operation Porterhouse Parlay" Wednesday.
A man and a dog died after a house fire on Chicago's Northwest Side early Thursday morning.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
Illinois lawmakers are not planning to pursue a constitutional amendment on redistricting after a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday.
Spirit Airlines only has enough available cash to continue operations for a matter of days, not weeks, and talks for a government-backed rescue of the no-frills carrier have stalled, sources say.
Illinois Democrats resoundingly decried the Supreme Court's decision Wednesday that significantly weakens the Voting Rights Act.
The war with Iran is now in its ninth week, and Congress is concerned about the reduction of global munition stockpiles and the ability to restock them.
In the legal venue of anti-trust enforcement, the state is not taking on the Trump administration, but rather filling a void that state officials say the Trump administration has vacated.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Skyrocketing property taxes continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
The second-largest physicians' group in the U.S. has issued a surprising switch in breast cancer screening recommendations.
A new $48 million wellness center opened Thursday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The goal is to improve the health and quality of life for people on the West Side of Chicago.
La Rabida Children's Hospital went all out for Earth Day on Wednesday, with volunteer cleanup efforts by staffers and activities for patients and families.
It has been several weeks since West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, abruptly shut down — and then on Wednesday, it just as swiftly partially reopened, with some services available.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 80% of deaths related to pregnancy are preventable, and Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
A $170 million-plus plan announced this week will redevelop the Water Tower Place mall on the Magnificent Mile.
The Holiday Club in Chicago's Buena Park neighborhood will soon be going out of business, as the building that houses the popular bar is set to be torn down.
At a meeting on Tuesday, the Lincolnwood Village Board approved a pre-development agreement with the mall, providing a roadmap with the property owner for further preparations and government approvals for redevelopment.
The only remaining location of Pal Joey's pizzeria in Batavia, Illinois, will soon be going out of business, its owner announced this week.
Investment research firm Morningstar could move into the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago once Google is done renovating the former Illinois state government building.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Tickets for the 2026 Ravinia Festival season went on sale Thursday morning.
The satirical news outlet The Onion has a new plan to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars platforms and turn them into parodies.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth battled with Democrats during a nearly six-hour House Armed Services Committee hearing, where he faced sharp questioning over the war's costs in dollars, lives and diminishing stockpiles of critical weapons.
The Old Joliet Prison will host the first-ever Big House Ballgame today, and Joliet Slammers part-owner Bill Murray is ready to watch them play ball.
What would you say if we told you a man was living inside the Cloud Gate statue in Millennium Park, commonly known as The Bean? The new mockumentary "Man in the Bean" dives deep into the viral social media moment.
Joliet Slammers part-owner Bill Murray joins Jacket Kostek ahead of the big game.
Dozens are events are planned in Chicago for Water Week.
Prosecutors said 22 people were arrested in Northwest Indiana FBI raids for "Operation Porterhouse Parlay" targeting an illegal gambling ring.
Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign got an utterly surprising visitor on campus on Wednesday.
A final report is expected to be released on Thursday morning on the investigation into "Operation Midway Blitz."
As many as 150,000 Illinois SNAP participants will lose their benefits on Friday due to new, stricter eligibility rules in the Trump Administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
The minor league baseball season is starting and the Joliet Slammers are kicking theirs off with the Big House Ballgame in the Old Joliet Prison Yard.
A top administrator in the Libertyville school district has been placed on leave after a fiery school board meeting focused on how the district handled allegations of grooming leveled against a former teacher.
Potholes along one stretch of road in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood are so bad, people say they damage their cars just getting to work.
There are so many issues with the DNA evidence in the case that Payne's conviction has been overturned, and a retrial has been ordered.
A mother in southwest suburban Morris, Illinois, is fighting for stiffer penalties for adults charged with grooming children. Some local lawmakers agree, saying Illinois' current law is too weak and puts kids in danger.
Almost 24 hours after a derailment made a mess of the Red, Purple, and Yellow lines in Chicago, the CTA continued to investigate the cause of the incident, and experts were raising concerns about what they called a troubling pattern.
The Cubs have won 12 of their last 15 games.
Reese is all smiles as she returns to Chicago to face her former team, the Sky, in preseason action on Wednesday night.
Rookie Sam Antonnaci hit a tying triple with two outs in the ninth inning and Colson Montgomery had a winning single in the 10th, lifting the Chicago White Sox over Los Angeles 3-2 for a three-game sweep that extended the Angels' losing streak to six.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a three-run homer and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night to stop their three-game slide.
Colson Montgomery homered in the second off Angels starter José Soriano (5-1), ending his shutout streak at 25 2/3 innings.
A woman has been charged with shooting a 15-year-old boy outside an indoor track facility near Gately Park in Chicago in 2024, after getting into a fight with another woman during a back-to-school event in the Pullman neighborhood.
Sexual abuse charges were filed this week against a Park City, Illinois, police officer.
Attorneys for the man convicted of the murders of two girls in Delphi, Indiana, have filed a new brief with the Indiana Court of Appeals to overturn his case.
Attorneys for a woman convicted of killing her 69-year-old landlord in Chicago's Arcadia Terrace community have filed an appeal.
Police in Cicero, Illinois, were investigating after burglars targeted gaming machines at a slots and video poker business early Wednesday.
