Healthier Lunches Unpopular With CPS Students
Healthier meals are on the menu in the Chicago Public Schools, but the problem, students say, is that they don't taste very good.
Healthier meals are on the menu in the Chicago Public Schools, but the problem, students say, is that they don't taste very good.
The Chicago online power-marketer apologizes for offending people with its Tibet-themed commercial, which debuted during the Super Bowl.
While most drivers unlucky enough to have had to drive during the Blizzard of 2011 will be let off the hook for any slips through a red light, at least two suburban police departments are saying 'no amnesty.'
A report Wednesday says state budget cuts could leave thousands of low-income Illinois residents who have the AIDS virus with fewer choices for life-sustaining medicines.
The World Trade Organization is investigating allegations that Chicago-based Boeing has received illegal subsidies.
Nearly 1,100 people turned out to apply for 50 full-time jobs Wednesday at a Joliet grocery distribution center.
A woman who runs a South Elgin cat shelter has been ordered to return a $50,000 grant she won in a contest.
A suburban school district is dropping a physical fitness requirement that angered parents because it was a bit too revealing.
Law enforcement officials in far northwest suburban Elgin say they're seeing a significant drop in gang activity, and they are crediting a unique crime-fighting tool.
A report out Monday says the cancer-causing chemical made famous in the movie "Erin Brockovich" is finding its way into drinking water in Northwest Indiana.
An oversized American flag on an oversized flagpole is the object of some controversy in north suburban Libertyville.
A report is out today about the changing faces in many Chicago area neighborhoods.
The restaurant industry is hoping for a rebound in the New Year.
Family and friends say the deaths of a woman and her mother mark the end of an era in Elgin.
A Spirit Airlines passenger says he stood for most of a holiday flight from Chicago because he is too tall to comfortably fit into a seat.
A suburban man is due back in court next month in an animal cruelty case.
Local historians want to conduct interviews about the decision to bar teenager Ryan White from a central Indiana school during the AIDS scare of the 1980s.
The Chicago firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas will help jobless callers through Tuesday.
An ad for Chicago-based CareerBuilder has drawn fire from animal rights activists, included a Hollywood star.
Chicago aldermen this week will debate a proposal to provide cable TV access programming exclusively for, by and about veterans and their families.
New jobs, and a boost to health care, could soon be coming to southern McHenry County.
Holy Cross Hospital on the city's Southwest Side was on life support, but now it has received a much-needed shot in the arm.
Here is a heartbreaking story about friendship and classic cars.
One of the scariest and most powerful movie soundtracks of all time will be performed in Chicago tonight.
Faculty and students in Urbana may ask trustees to reconsider their decision to deny Bill Ayers "emeritus".
Police say there is no indication that both cases were connected.
Thursday's highs will be in the 70s with sunny skies.
Police are searching for the drivers responsible for the hit and run crashes.
Hugo Cuypers scored midway through the second half to rally the Chicago Fire to a 1-1 draw with Orlando City.
Police are searching for Lander Coleman, 43, who was accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and her daughter and son.
The first day of jury deliberations in former President Donald Trump's "hush money" trial ended without a verdict as jurors asked to review several portions of testimony.
Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers are asking for a preliminary injunction expanding the medical exemptions and blocking the hospital-only requirement.
Justice Samuel Alito has come under pressure from congressional Democrats to recuse himself from cases involving the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack and former President Donald Trump.
Supporters of former President Donald Trump, including a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, are making a renewed effort to force a recall election of Wisconsin's top elected Republican. The first attempt failed for not having enough valid signatures.
A law that drew massive protests and made Wisconsin the center of a national fight over union rights has returned to court, facing a new challenge from teachers and public workers brought after the state's Supreme Court flipped to liberal control.
A string of recalls connected to Wisconsin-based supplier Schreiber Foods has now extended to Aldi stores after similar recalls at Hy-Vee and other grocery chains.
With more and more such companies popping up, and salespeople showing up on doorsteps, who is making sure they're legitimate?
It also happens that the contractor was on a list specifically provided by the state.
Alderpeople are looking to try to stop rogue towers from making thousands off drivers who thought they were signing their car away to someone they could trust.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
"I asked myself if we can have a fitness tracker for the human body, why can't we have one for the human brain," said Dr. Alex Leow.
Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers are asking for a preliminary injunction expanding the medical exemptions and blocking the hospital-only requirement.
Lawmakers applauded federal efforts to crack down on one of the most common opioids, illegal fentanyl.
Chicago health officials said medetomidine has not previously been detected in Chicago.
North Carolina Republicans are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law, citing crime and recent campus protests.
A law that drew massive protests and made Wisconsin the center of a national fight over union rights has returned to court, facing a new challenge from teachers and public workers brought after the state's Supreme Court flipped to liberal control.
No one was hurt but the fire burned a charred area on the outside of the mall.
The owner, Andy Kalish, says he just doesn't have the energy to keep it going.
Lagunitas will move its Chicago brewing operation to their original brewery in California by early August, and permanently close its Chicago brewery and taproom.
They are concerned about increased congestion and environmental concerns.
In his fourth special, Pepitone gets to a new level of honesty in confronting his own battles but not without social commentary
It was not specified whether Young or someone else involved in the concert was ill, and or what the ill person was suffering from.
"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" topped Apple Music's list while Michael Jackson's "Thriller," Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" and Nirvana's "Nevermind" finished in the top 10.
Those auditioning were asked to sing 16 bars a cappella from a contemporary musical theatre song to show their range.
Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs posted a video on social media apologizing for his "inexcusable" behavior and that he takes "full responsibility" for his actions.
Two separate incidents in the Little Village neighborhood Wednesday morning left two men shot to death in a soccer field and two cars heavily damaged just blocks away.
A woman and two children were injured in two separate hit-and-run crashes in the Chicago area on Wednesday.
Just before 7:15 p.m., police said the teen was crossing the street, in the 100 block of North Menard Street, when he was hit by a car. Investigators said the driver did not stop after hitting him.
CBS Chicago meteorologist David Yeomans has the forecast.
A young mother and her two children were shot in south suburban Matteson after trying to fight off an accused domestic abuser on May 18. This week, Matteson police announced a nationwide manhunt for the suspected gunman, Lander D. Coleman, 43, who was on the run. The woman was still hospitalized this week after being shot seven times in the early morning on May 18, police said.
Police are searching for Lander Coleman, 43, who was accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and her daughter and son.
Police say there is no indication that both cases were connected.
The shooter, who was 14 years old at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.
The spending plan, which still requires Gov. JB Pritzker's signature, also includes $350 million more for schools, $182 million for migrant shelters and services.
"I asked myself if we can have a fitness tracker for the human body, why can't we have one for the human brain," said Dr. Alex Leow.
The owner of the dog has already filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago, the CPD and the officer in this case.
After learning of the woman's troubled history and other aspects of the case, lawmakers in Springfield spoke out passionately on the Illinois House floor.
Former Supt. Eddie Johnson was adamant that he is not being paid by the company to promote it. He said he just thinks it works.
Plenty of high school seniors are 18 years old, and some are even older.
Maria Roque filed numerous police reports and got a protection order. But the system that was supposed to protect her failed.
Hugo Cuypers scored midway through the second half to rally the Chicago Fire to a 1-1 draw with Orlando City.
Trevor Richards and Toronto's bullpen delivered after Alek Manoah departed because of elbow discomfort, and the Blue Jays beat the slumping Chicago White Sox 3-1.
Christian Yelich, Blake Perkins and Willy Adames hit home runs and the Brewers erupted for five runs in the third against Shota Imanaga as Milwaukee downed the Chicago Cubs 10-6.
The women's team broke through with the title after finishing as national runners-up two years in a row. It was the first title for any women's program in school history.
Scottie Scheffler was arrested outside the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this month.
Police are searching for Lander Coleman, 43, who was accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and her daughter and son.
During one incident in Wicker Park, a man was shot while trying to stop a robbery outside of a popular bar.
A Michigan man appearing virtually in a Washtenaw County court hearing earlier this month was ordered by a judge to turn himself in after his camera showed him actively driving under a suspended license.
During the bench trial, Whitley Temple's defense attorney told the judge his client was "in a psychotic state" at the time of the 2022 incident, and argued that this is a "textbook insanity case."
The former Chicago pastor was charged with sexual abuse of a minor, but ultimately pleaded guilty to lesser charges.