Motorcyclist ID'd in Oswego, Illinois, crash over weekend
Oswego police say the 20-year-old motorcyclist was traveling eastbound on Route 34 on Saturday afternoon when he hit an enclosed trailer being towed by a van.
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Oswego police say the 20-year-old motorcyclist was traveling eastbound on Route 34 on Saturday afternoon when he hit an enclosed trailer being towed by a van.
The victim, identified as a 20-year-old man, was taken to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
The superintendent of Oswego School District 308 has sent a follow up letter to parents after the district sent an offer of remedial summer help to all minority students.
The superintendent of Oswego School District 308 has sent a follow up letter to parents after the district sent an offer of remedial summer help to all minority students.
Some parents in southwest suburban Oswego are fired up, saying the school district invited all non-white students to participate in summer remedial programming, regardless of how they're doing in school.
The lawsuit alleges the district was aware of multiple inappropriate actions by the ex-teacher but failed to act promptly to protect students and staff.
According to the complaint filed on Wednesday, the teacher and coach is accused of using sexually explicit language towards students, sending and soliciting sexually explicit messages to students, and inappropriately touching female students.
A 14-year-old girl was shot Sunday morning in a home unincorporated Oswego Township, and a male victim was later found shot dead in the same home.
An Oswego, Illinois man has pleaded guilty to phishing hundreds of women's to get access to their Snapchats and steal, sell, trade and keep nude photos.
Two people found dead in an Oswego house fire and explosion Thursday evening have been identified.
The two people found dead after an Oswego house fire and explosion have ben preliminarily identified by the Kendall County coroner.
An investigation into an Oswego house fire and explosion is ongoing. Two bodies were found in the home in the aftermath.
Two people were found dead after a house explosion and fire in west suburban Oswego, Illinois Thursday evening.
The ex-husband of a woman who was found dead in west suburban Oswego has been charged with her murder.
Police are conducting a homicide investigation after a woman was found dead on Tuesday afternoon in a subdivision in west suburban Oswego.
The Village of Oswego has passed an ordinance requiring protective barriers after a 2-year-old boy was killed and 13 others were hurt when a car crashed a Portillo's earlier this summer.
It requires vehicle impact protection, such as reinforced barriers or bollards in front of building entrances that are considered vulnerable and outdoor public areas.
Firefighters on Sunday morning were investigating a possible explosion at a home in Oswego, Illinois.
Firefighters on Sunday morning were investigating a possible explosion at a home in Oswego, Illinois.
No charges will be filed for a car crash into an Oswego Portillo's that killed a child, police said Wednesday.
A man has been charged with stabbing two people, killing one of them, at a Chick-fil-A in southwest suburban Oswego, Illinois, on Wednesday.
A person was taken into custody after two people were stabbed, one of them fatally, hours apart at a Chick-fil-A in west suburban Oswego, Illinois, on Wednesday.
A person was taken into custody after two people were stabbed, one of them fatally, hours apart at a Chick-fil-A in west suburban Oswego, Illinois, on Wednesday.
One person is dead and another is injured after an incident near a Chick-fil-A in west suburban Oswego, Illinois, on Wednesday.
This lawsuit, filed by the family's attorney, claimed the driver was attempting to get into a parking space in front of the Portillo's entrance and accelerated.
The Chicago Bears Board of Directors has voted to advance stadium developments in Hammond, Indiana.
Police are searching for two people wanted in connection with a battery in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood.
Pokémon GO Fest is taking over Chicago's Grant Park on Friday.
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A fire broke out on the top floor of an apartment building in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood on Friday morning.
CBS News obtained a brief voice memo from Iranian American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who is being detained in Iran's Evin Prison and is pleading for help for him and other American captives.
New legislation in Illinois means new rules for electric bikes, scooters, and similar devices. Supporters of the legislation said the goal is to prevent injuries and fatalities, but some e-bike riders question the additional cost that would be involved.
Senate Republicans passed funding for the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agencies following a "vote-a-rama." The measure didn't ban the administration's "anti-weaponization" fund.
At least 207 people have been killed since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in September.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday said he remains confident about Chicago being the best spot for a future Bears stadium, despite the team's repeated public assertions that the city is off the table.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
June is World Infertility Awareness Month, and Northwestern Medicine on Monday shared the story of a woman who is celebrating the birth of her second child after a tumor disrupted her fertility.
The Centennial Park Aquatic Center in the southwest Chicago suburb of Orland Park has been closed to the public after two recent cases of E. coli infection.
Menopause can feel like a major turning point for millions of women, with symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, and brain fog can make women feel like their bodies aren't their own.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is on the cover of Madden NFL 27, the first Bear ever to grace the primary cover of the massively popular video game.
Peabo Bryson, a two-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter known for Disney movie hits "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World," has died at age 75.
You may never have heard about it, but before Bob Dylan got to Manhattan and blazed his trail to fame, he spent about a month on and around the University of Chicago campus.
Joe Negri, known to many as Handyman Negri on "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood," has died at the age of 99, just days shy of his 100th birthday.
President Trump said he is considering replacing the Freedom 250 concert series with a rally after many artists dropped out.
Get an inside look at the American Writers Festival happening this weekend.
The Chicago Hornets, a wheelchair basketball team, has become a place of healing for athletes with disabilities, including some who have survived gun violence. Meet two of the survivors bonding over basketball who are featured in CBS News Chicago's "Miracle Shots" series. The episode following the team airs Saturday 10 p.m. and on CBS News Chicago's platforms.
Pokémon GO Fest is taking over Chicago's Grant Park on Friday.
Senate Republicans passed long-sought funding for the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agencies following a marathon vote series that began Thursday.
Cook County Crime Stoppers offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the deadly mass shooting.
The Chicago Bears Board of Directors has voted to advance stadium developments in Hammond, Indiana.
Two men are dead, and five others were injured after a mass shooting in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood overnight.
Pokémon GO Fest is taking over Chicago's Grant Park on Friday.
The Eisenhower Expressway was shut down for nearly nine hours near Mannheim Road as federal agents and a bomb squad investigated.
The Obama Foundation offered its first glimpse inside the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Wednesday, ahead of the $850 million facility's grand opening on June 19.
The Obama Presidential Center has been built with sustainability literally in its foundation. But its infrastructure for clean energy, environmentalism and climate change resiliency will also help the communities around it on Chicago's South Side.
A driver in Carol Stream says a band of hungry squirrels caused nearly $30,000 in damage to three different luxury vehicles because of plant-based parts they view as a tasty snack.
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Feel Free, a kratom drink, is easy to buy and increasingly popular, even as doctors and medical experts grow more concerned about its health impacts, addiction rates and deaths.
Pete Crow-Armstrong's bloop RBI single capped a four-run ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the Athletics 7-6 to avoid a three-game series sweep.
Nick Kurtz singled in automatic runner Alika Williams in the 10th inning, and the Athletics rallied for a second straight win, 5-4 over the sliding Chicago Cubs.
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Erick Fedde pitched five scoreless innings for his first win in 10 months as the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 8-0.
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is on the cover of Madden NFL 27, the first Bear ever to grace the primary cover of the massively popular video game.
A man was ordered detained Thursday in a crash that killed an Illinois Tollway on the Tri-State Tollway last weekend.
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Students at Tilden High School in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood took part in a peace walk Thursday morning to remember one of their own who was killed in a drive-by shooting.
A man suffered cuts to his neck and body during a fight on board a CTA Blue Line train on Wednesday evening in the Loop.
The discovery comes in the midst of a U.S.-backed military crackdown on the organized crime gangs in Ecuador.
