Tickets from Chicago connected to grandmother in New York who has no car
A license plate connected to a New York grandmother is linked to speeding and running red lights in Chicago. But that license plate was destroyed years ago.
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A license plate connected to a New York grandmother is linked to speeding and running red lights in Chicago. But that license plate was destroyed years ago.
The decision centers around a legal battle between the Illinois Department of Transportation and the city.
The state senator was indicted earlier this week on federal charges.
Jones has been in office since 2009. Now, he is facing what could be the end of his political career. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
The person from whom Jones requested the bribe was actually cooperating with law enforcement, prosecutors said.
A judge has given the west suburban city the green light to turn on the red light cameras again, and some insist it is about revenue rather than safety. CBS 2's Marybel González reports.
A DuPage County judge has given the city of Oakbrook Terrace the green light to temporarily reactivate their red light cameras, three months after the Illinois Department of Transportation ordered them shut off. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
IDOT announced Thursday that it has revoked its permit for a red-light camera at Route 83 and 22nd Street in Oakbrook Terrace.
"The image of Crestwood is diminished when the mayor takes a bribe to jack up red light camera tickets on anyone driving through town," Judge Thomas Durkin said.
A Chicago woman says she paid her red light camera ticket, but the city sent a collection agent after her anyway.
Maani is charged with one count of bribery conspiracy in a two-page document known as a "criminal information," which is typically used in cases there the defendant intends to plead guilty.
The House voted 84-4 on Wednesday in favor of a proposal to ban the cameras in non-home rule municipalities in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair, and Will counties – the eight counties where the cameras currently are allowed.
Doherty, 64, who serves as chief of staff to Cook County Commissioner Jeff Tobolski, is charged with two counts of bribery and one count of conspiracy to defraud. Tobolski is not named in the indictment and has not been charged with a crime.
Red-light cameras, and one company, have become ensnarled in the latest scandal out of Springfield.
"I take full responsibility for my actions. I'm ashamed, and I'm sorry. I want to apologize to the people of Illinois and to my constituents," Sandoval said after pleading guilty to bribery and tax charges.
Four months after federal agents raided his home and offices, former Illinois State Sen. Martin Sandoval has been charged with bribery and filing a false tax return in connection with his support for the red light camera industry.
According to published reports, the FBI seized $60,000 from a safe in Oakbrook Mayor Tony Ragucci's home in October.
The move comes amid a federal investigation of red light company SafeSpeed.
"This system is clearly broken. I am exercising the moral authority to prevent state resources being used to assist a shady process that victimizes taxpayers."
"The amount of money is just astonishing," said Austin Berg, director of content strategy for the Illinois Policy Institute, a libertarian think tank.
Red light enforcement systems are operating in at least 84 communities across Chicagoland.
The number of people killed in crashes caused by drivers running red lights reached a 10-year high in 2017, according to a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
An activist got hundreds of candidates to sign a pledge four years ago to fight the city's red light cameras if elected. Six of those candidates are now aldermen, so what have they done to keep their promise?
No one wants to get one: A red light ticket, complete with video proof. So where are you most likely to get one in Chicago?
Statewide, more than 2,000 public officials were convicted of public corruption during the past four decades, with Chicago cases accounting for 1,706 of those cases.
Officers found a 41-year-old man outside on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.
The Consumer Price Index in June rose 2.7% on an annual basis, in line with economists' predictions.
Officers were called to the 8100 block of South Prairie Park Place just after 1 a.m. after reports of shots possibly fired inside a home.
Some senators have concerns as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act on the rescissions request.
Chicago police are investigating both shootings. No arrests have been made.
Some senators have concerns as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act on the rescissions request.
Last month, Madigan was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison, following his conviction on bribery, conspiracy, and fraud charges.
The City of Chicago has been paying out record-breaking number of legal settlements — many of them police-involved.
Wisconsin's race for governor is hitting the airwaves more than a year before voting begins.
john Hooker was sentenced to 18 months in prison and a fine of $500,000 in U.S. District Court on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
The listing came with flashy social media videos to market the place that property owner Frank Diaz wasn't even selling.
The federal tax credits, which are meant to get drivers behind the wheel of electric cars, end Sept. 30.
ComEd is launching a $10 million customer relief fund for lower-income customers having trouble paying for electricity as prices rise.
The Antioch, Illinois, family said they wanted to share their story so others don't make the same mistake.
The rideshare customer made it very clear that her frustration is not over the amount of money that was charged, but rather that she was charged at all without her permission.
Many Southeast, Southern and West Coast states are likely seeing an increase in COVID cases.
Parkinson's disease is a neurogenerative disease that affects more than 1 million people in the U.S. While some cases are caused by genetics, the cause is unknown in most.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority struck down the state's 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.
The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.
Climbing the stairs to the top of the former John Hancock Center is a feat unto itself, but Laura Valentine did it just months after undergoing a very complicated double organ transplant.
Some of the fans who received the email have long histories with the team, and there are a lot of concerns.
The Board of Trade Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and is closed on weekends and federal holidays.
Right now, it is not exactly clear how the tax will be passed onto the consumer. But vaping products and popular Zyn pouches will now be subject to a 45% tax — up from 15%.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has delivered a victory for environmentalists in the battle over the regulation of "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
On Tuesday, July 1, the city's minimum wage will go up, along with wages for tipped workers, as part of Chicago's One Fair Wage Ordinance.
Guerrero talked recently about the challenges he has faced, and the full-circle moment that has led to his dream job as principal conductor of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in Chicago.
The winning bid for the original Birkin bag set a record for the most valuable handbag ever sold at auction, Sotheby's said.
Michael Madsen apparently went into cardiac arrest and was found unresponsive in his home in Malibu, California, on Thursday morning, according to his manager.
The verdict in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial comes after the high-profile proceedings started in May.
Jurors in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial continued their deliberations Wednesday on a racketeering conspiracy charge that they weren't able to agree over.
President Trump said Monday that the U.S. will impose 100% tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if there is no peace deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days.
A SWAT response is underway in Chatham after reports of shots fired inside a home.
Teens were injured, one critically, in shootings on Chicago's south and west sides.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the extended forecast.
After picking Billy Carlson out of Corona High School in California in the first round of the MLB Draft, the White Sox went in their own backyard to nab Nazareth Academy’s Jaden Fauske in the second round.
A tropical vacation to the Dominican Republic ended with a far northwest suburban Chicago family stuck in the hospital, and drowning in medical debt.
The brand new Red Line stations are slated to open at Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn, and Bryn Mawr.
An Air Quality Alert has been issued through Tuesday for the Chicago area from wildfire smoke coming in from Canada.
Officers found a 41-year-old man outside on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.
The Consumer Price Index in June rose 2.7% on an annual basis, in line with economists' predictions.
The 1995 Chicago heat wave, which took place 30 years ago this week, remains the Chicago area's deadliest weather disaster.
The children left behind and the hidden toll of domestic violence in Chicago.
Three Chicago pharmacies were hit by burglars overnight. Police have not yet connected the three burglaries, but small business owners said this crew has hit them more than once and cost them thousands in damage.
Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King sat down with us to discuss the district's precarious financial situation and how she plans to reassure parents after a tumultuous year.
Gilbert and Hester Mendez said police pointed assault rifles and handguns at them and their children, Peter and Jack, after raiding the wrong home in 2017.
CBS News Chicago recently profiled Fauske, the Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year. He was coached by Hall of Famer Jim Thome and grew up a Sox fan.
Napheesa Collier had 29 points, five assists and three steals, Courtney Williams added 18 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and four steals and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Chicago Sky 91-78.
Right fielder Jermaine Dye was the World Series Most Valuable Player in that series. Dye, 51, was back with his teammates to celebrate this weekend.
The all-time series between the AL Central White Sox and Guardians is even at 1,130-1,130, with 17 ties.
Shota Imanaga led the Chicago Cubs to a 4-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday.
Sources said a man was shot in the leg at Dearborn Street and Delaware Place near Bughouse Square — formally called Washington Square Park.
Officer Vásquez Lasso was shot and killed on the job back in March 2023. The now-21-year-old defendant, Steven Montano, was 18 at the time of the shooting.
A Milwaukee man has pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed pistol outside the Republican National Convention's security perimeter last year. The incident happened just days after another person tried to assassinate Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
Three juveniles were facing charges Sunday night in an armed robbery that led to a wild chase from the west Chicago suburb of Cicero to Chicago's West Side.
The children left behind and the hidden toll of domestic violence in Chicago.
