Students at Lindblom Academy protest dismissal of beloved educator, 'Momma Eagle"
The students described Karen Fitzpatrick-Carpenter as 'the glue that holds this building together.'
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The students described Karen Fitzpatrick-Carpenter as 'the glue that holds this building together.'
Officer Evan Solano is returning from work after serving a 20-day suspension for violating CPD rules during the chase of Alvarez.
With Lollapalooza in full swing, the city's teen curfew has been sparking controversy. CBS 2's Marybel González reports.
The drivers want the City Council to pass an ordinance requiring passengers to verify their identities.
The officer resigned this week instead of facing a possible termination after a COPA investigation.
Officer Nicholas Jovanovich was facing possible termination after an investigation by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, or COPA. But he instead has quit.
An organizer said she hopes the Supreme Court decision motivates Illinois residents to head to the polls on Tuesday. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
"Our lives are more valuable than a gun."
A protest is planned tonight at 6 P.M. outside of police headquarters in response to a Chicago police officer shooting a teenager Wednesday night.
A group of activists including the grandmother and aunt of Laquan McDonald are protesting in Federal Plaza.
Protesters gathered downtown Friday evening to denounce the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The group sang Ukraine's national anthem as they held flags and signs urging people to pay attention to what's happening as they made an emotional plea for world leaders to do more.
A southwest suburban Catholic school principal was fired for defying the archdiocese mask mandate.
They'll be taking their protest to the school board meeting at Brodnicki Elementary School that's set to start at 6:00 p.m.
A man was arrested and charged with walking up behind another man and shooting him dead in the street in South Austin last month.
More protests against wearing masks in the classroom Wednesday as students at both Mundelein High School and Warren Township High School rallied outside school buildings.
While Illinois is seeing a decline in COVID-19 cases, the debate rages on about mask and vaccine mandates.
The former officer was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison, but he's getting out early for good behavior.
Some businesses in Chinatown will close for two hours on Monday in silent protest of increasing crime.
More than 100 Transit Union members and supporters took to the streets Saturday, protesting what they call "out of control" attacks on CTA employees.
The wife of another CTA operator who was injured in an attack in October joined other drivers today, calling for better protection from the police.
Anger and frustration were on display in the streets of Kenosh Sunday as protesters reacted to Friday's acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse.
Hundreds of protesters shut down streets in downtown Chicago Saturday in opposition to the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal.
Protesters are marching in downtown Chicago following Kyle Rittenhouse's aquittal on all charges in his trial for fatally shooting two people and injuring a third in unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.
Protesters gathered at Federal Plaza and marched downtown Friday night, in the wake of the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
