Officers kill school shooting threat in Wisconsin, officials say
Officials say that a school shooting threat was "neutralized" at a middle school west of Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday morning, with no reported injuries to those inside the school.
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Officials say that a school shooting threat was "neutralized" at a middle school west of Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday morning, with no reported injuries to those inside the school.
A judge sentenced James and Jennifer Crumbley to at least 10 years in prison for giving their son, Ethan, access to a handgun – and ignoring concerns the school expressed about his mental health. In 2021, Ethan Crumbley killed four of his fellow students.
Jennifer Crumbley was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for allowing her troubled son, Ethan, access to a gun. As CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports, anti-gun violence advocates say the verdict has the potential to save lives.
The Justice Department's report points to "cascading failures" by the police chief and other law enforcement responding to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 4, 2022.
Principal Dan Marburger was critically wounded during a Jan. 4 attack when a 17-year-old shooter opened fire at Perry High School, killing a student and injuring several others.
A teenager who killed four students at Michigan's Oxford High School will be sentenced to life in prison.
On Friday, there was a minute-by-minute reenactment, with live gunfire, inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, five years after a mass shooting there killed 17 people. Families of some of the victims requested the reenactment as part of a lawsuit against the school's resource officer, who they said failed to act that day. Parents who lost their son in that tragedy are spreading their message to another community touched by gun violence: Highland Park.
Through their grief, the families of victims have found the strength to demand changes in gun laws, more school safety and greater accountability.
Officer Rex Engelbert was part of a team of five officers who arrived at the Covenant School within minutes on the morning of Monday, March 27 – running right toward the sound of gunfire.
"We should be demanding to know how these teenagers, these kids who are underage, got access to a weapon."
Northwestern University joined the nationwide walkout. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray was there as students called for gun control.
The assailant had been receiving treatment for an "emotional disorder," Nashville's police chief said.
Officer Rex Engelbert graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette in 2014.
Two sets of body camera footage show officers search the school before confronting the shooter.
Body camera footage shows police officers running past hallways lined with cubbies as they responded to Monday's deadly school shooting at a Nashville private school.
Three 9-year-old students and three staffers were killed in the rampage at The Covenant School, a private Christian grade school. Police say they shot and killed the shooter.
Footage shows the shooter roaming through a school corridor holding a gun and walking into a room labeled "church office," then coming back out.
Police said a 28-year-old suspect opened fire at the Covenant School in Nashville Monday morning – killing three children and adults.
Moments after an update from police on the shooting ended, Ashbey Beasley stepped in front of the cameras.
There was heartache and pain in Nashville, Tennessee Monday night as the community dealt with the latest school shooting in this country. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Police said a 28-year-old suspect opened fire at the Covenant School in Nashville Monday morning – killing three children and adults.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper, Metro Police Chief John Drake, and other authorities have an update on a shooting that killed three children and three staff members at a private religious school.
Police say a woman had two assault-style rifles and a pistol when she showed up at a private Christian school and opened fire. The heavily-armed woman is also dead. CBS 2’s Joe Donlon reports.
Officers discovered two pages of notes in the suspect's wallet after he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the massacre.
Chicago police on Friday announced an arrest in connection with the shooting last December near Benito Juarez High School in which two teenagers were killed and two others were wounded.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
Some polls opened up for early voting on Thursday, with less than six weeks to go until primary day in Illinois.
President Trump said he is directing all federal law enforcement to be at the "complete disposal" of Savannah Guthrie's family as the search continues for her mother, Nancy Guthrie.
A man was critically injured in a shooting that led to a crash in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday night.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
Some polls opened up for early voting on Thursday, with less than six weeks to go until primary day in Illinois.
President Trump said he is directing all federal law enforcement to be at the "complete disposal" of Savannah Guthrie's family as the search continues for her mother, Nancy Guthrie.
President Trump told NBC News the call to remove 700 immigration officers from Minneapolis came from him.
With U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky retiring at the end of her term, voters in Illinois' 9th Congressional District face a crowded field of candidates to fill the seat with a new representative for the first time since 1998.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
The 2026 Grammy Awards recognized the best of the best in music from last year, with big wins for Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Here's the full list of winners and nominees.
Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said. It's not yet clear how extensive the changes to the building might be.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
A man was critically injured in a shooting that led to a crash in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday night.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the extended forecast.
A woman was killed, and a man was wounded when they were shot Wednesday afternoon while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood
The wishlist for what Galewood residents want to see the old Mars Wrigley factory is long, but there's one idea they don't want to see become reality — housing.
A man was critically injured in a shooting that led to a crash in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday night.
The Illinois primary for the 2026 midterm election will be held on March 17, 2026. The general midterm will be held on Nov. 3, 2026. Here's what you need to know to make sure you're ready to vote in Illinois.
A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Auburn Gresham, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
Six players made 3s for Illinois, which shot 17 of 38 from behind the arc and had just two turnovers.
Spencer Knight made 16 saves for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five of six.
The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White to the Charlotte Hornets, reports said Wednesday.
Chicago cut Milwaukee's lead to 90-84 late in the third quarter, but couldn't get any closer.
The Chicago Bulls are sending center Nikola Vučević to the Boston Celtics in exchange for guard Anfernee Simons, and the teams will also swap second-round draft picks as part of the deal.
A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot Wednesday afternoon while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
A man who was arrested on child sexual abuse charges in Illinois is facing additional charges in the San Francisco Bay Area in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a child, police said.
Ryan Routh, the man convicted in a 2024 assassination attempt of President Trump at his Florida golf course, has been sentenced to life in prison.
The shooters remained at large Wednesday in two attacks that happened less than a mile apart on Chicago's Near West Side a day earlier.
The disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, is being investigated as a crime.
