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The shooting death of a young woman on Ohio Street this past weekend has community activists and a candidate for Governor calling for new thinking in the effort to stop gun violence.
His journey from shooting victim to valedictorian wasn't easy, but Martrell Stevens wouldn't trade it. "It's a blessing, it's not a curse."
An 8-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy were wounded in separate shootings Monday evening in Gary, Indiana.
The day's first shooting happened about 12:05 a.m. in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
Terry J. Mitchell, 23, suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the 15600 block of Maryland Avenue in Dolton.
The boys were charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm.
A man charged with firing a gun at the Clark and Division Red Line station early Saturday has been ordered held without bond.
The new study in the Journal of Pediatrics found boys, teens, and African Americans are the most at risk when it comes to shootings.
Devon Cross and Derrick Bowdry, both 27, each face one felony count of attempted murder, according to Chicago Police.
Road rage turned into a shooting Sunday afternoon when a man was shot in the head and seriously wounded in the Chatham neighborhood.
A teenage boy and an elderly man were shot dead, and at least 10 people were wounded in separate attacks across Chicago on Thursday, including one near Millennium Park.
Detectives at Area South Police Headquarters are trying to find the shooters who killed a 78-year-old man in West Englewood.
A 17-year-old boy was killed in an Austin shooting late Thursday on the West Side, according to Chicago Police.
The 21-year-old was shot in the stomach around 8:30 p.m. in the 100 block of South Michigan Avenue, at Monroe, Chicago Police said.
Chicago police say the victim was standing in the 6800 block of South Hermitage around 4:45 p.m. when a vehicle drove by and someone inside fired shots.
Sue Hodgkinson talked with reporters briefly in Belleville, Illinois, on Thursday – in part to ask the media to stop disrupting the neighborhood.
Two McHenry County men have been charged in connection with a home invasion and murder that happened almost three weeks ago.
Trevor Robinson, 23, faces one felony count of first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police.
The man suspected of shooting a congressman and others at a congressional baseball practice is from Illinois, according to the Washington Post and CBS News.
The man's body could be seen slumped against a fence outside the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer near 65th and Maryland.
The 17-year-old was walking south at 12:40 a.m. in the 6000 block of South Throop when shots rang out and he realized he'd been shot.
A man was found shot to death at 6:37 p.m. in the South Side Kenwood neighborhood.
Two police officers shot on duty and two detectives who helped track down one of the suspects were honored for their bravery and dedication.
The boy was shot in the back and the head while riding in a Chevy Trailblazer near 59th and Pulaski.
The man was shot in the chest and taken in critical condition to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, police said.
The billboard is located at State and Hubbard Street and features directions on how to get from there to Lake Ontario.
A murder in Chicago's most affluent suburb happened 60 years ago, long before anyone had ever heard the phrase "cold case." Today, it's one of the coldest cases in the Chicago area.
The parents of a man who was killed after being pushed out of a moving CTA Red Line train were speaking out on Wednesday about their devastating loss.
Officers shot a man while responding to a domestic disturbance on Wednesday afternoon in northwest suburban Des Plaines, police said.
People who use some CTA station Park & Ride lots have raised concerns over what they say are recent overcharges.
Illinois' legislature will once again soon find itself without a legislative inspector general. Michael McCuskey will resign that watchdog post amid criticism about his ability to handle investigations.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit over the use of a controversial data system to review state voter rolls.
Brooks is seeking to stand out with a platform centering on revitalizing city neighborhoods and new means of promoting public safety.
Turning Point Action is expanding its Iowa presence county by county, with leaders saying high voter participation in the caucuses is the organization's key measure of success.
In less than two weeks, the high-energy laser weapon system has taken down 11 drones, coinciding with a 75% drop in drones probing the border, military officials told CBS News.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
This year's pick is "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey. The book won the 2024 Booker Prize and was among former President Barack Obama's books that year.
Residents rallied outside the hospital in Oak Park on Wednesday morning in an effort to get answers from hospital leadership. West Suburban abruptly closed in March because it could not make payroll.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest, including a warm and dry weekend ahead, in First Alert Weather.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is welcoming a record-breaking class for the 2026 fall semester.
Flight data recorder information indicates the pilots of an Amazon cargo plane might have attempted to abort the landing moments before a crash at Miami International Airport.
The family of a woman who has been missing since a car lost control and went into the Little Calumet River said her body has been found.
Frankfort Mayor Keith Ogle said they started planning the vigil after the tragedies within the past week.
The Chicago Department of Aviation is holding a contest to name a boulder found under O'Hare International Airport during construction work.
The billboard is located at State and Hubbard Street and features directions on how to get from there to Lake Ontario.
A murder in Chicago's most affluent suburb happened 60 years ago, long before anyone had ever heard the phrase "cold case." Today, it's one of the coldest cases in the Chicago area.
Several lawsuits are challenging Illinois' medical aid in dying law that is set to take effect on Sept. 12, including one in federal court arguing the law discriminates against people with disabilities.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
Milwaukee extended its NL Central lead to nine games over Chicago by coming from behind to defeat the Cubs for a second straight day.
Chicago's Kyle Teel hit his second homer in two games and singled. Munetaka Murakami struck out four times.
Braxton Jones will be the Chicago Bears' starting left tackle for Week 1 against the Carolina Panthers. It's the fifth straight season he will start there, after beating out three others for the job during training camp.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
The Cubs fell eight games back of the MLB-leading Brewers in the NL Central after losing the opener of this three-game series.
The parents of a man who was killed after being pushed out of a moving CTA Red Line train were speaking out on Wednesday about their devastating loss.
Valerie Percy, the 21-year-old daughter of then-U.S. Senate candidate Charles Percy, was brutally murdered in her family's home in the affluent North Shore Chicago suburb of Kenilworth in 1966. The case has never been solved.
Two Chicago men have been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for carjacking a Chicago family at gunpoint in the backyard of their home in the Beverly neighborhood in 2023.
Gaming machines were irreparably damaged when burglars hit a restaurant in Schaumburg, Illinois, early Tuesday.
Prosecutors say Corie Walsh was actively texting in a group about the Lindsay Clancy case hours before her 2-year-old son Barrett died, though they said they do not believe it was a copycat case.
