Police issue alert for 10-year-old boy missing on Chicago's West Side
Trenton Payne was last seen Thursday afternoon.
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Trenton Payne was last seen Thursday afternoon.
Groups working to combat violence said the incident has people fed up and concerned for their own safety. Tara Molina reports.
On Thursday morning, the community college—one of the City Colleges of Chicago—held the groundbreaking to kick off a $17 million investment in the South Austin neighborhood.
This is the second phase of the expansion. Malcolm X College finished a renovation that created new labs for biology.
Even after Chicago Police, Union Pacific police, and Metra police arrived on scene, people were still scaling the embankment at Lake Street and Lavergne Avenue to get onto the tracks. Jermont Terry reports.
A freight train carrying boxcars was stopped on the tracks near Lake Street and Laramie Avenue, and thieves were seen stealing items from boxcars that were sitting open.
The victim was taken to Mt Sinai Hospital in critical condition with multiple gunshots throughout the body and later died.
Banking giant J.P. Morgan Chase is lending $10 million to help build affordable housing in some of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods. Governor JB Pritzker attended the announcement in South Austin.
Police say he had several bites on his body and that several dogs were found inside the apartment.
The incident happened on Saturday, July 6, at around 1:30 a.m. in the 5000 block of West Jackson Boulevard in the South Austin neighborhood.
Both incidents come less than 24 hours after three people were killed in a mass shooting on the South Side.
The shootings in Little Italy and South Austin happened less than two hours apart.
The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died.
Chicago police said just before 11 p.m., a man, 46, and a woman, 39, were fighting in the 5400 block of West Congress Parkway in the Austin neighborhood when two other men approached and battered the man.
A fight ensued, and the victim was shot at multiple times by the would-be robbers, who then left the scene, police said.
Chicago police said around 1 a.m., the victim was walking on the sidewalk in the 700 block of South Laramie Avenue when a black truck approached, and two people armed with handguns got out and demanded his belongings.
CBS 2 has reported numerous times before on postal carriers getting attacked. But there are now substantial rewards being offered for information leading to an arrest—up to $150,000 in the latest case—and a tougher proposed law to crack down on the criminals. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
CBS 2’s Jermont Terry served as judge and emcee for Austin’s Got Talent, at the Kehrein Center for the Arts.
Jacinda McDaniel, 30, was arrested by Chicago police officers on Thursday in the 400 block of North Central Avenue.
Chicago Police shot and killed a man while responding to a stabbing in the South Austin neighborhood, and the person who was attacked in the stabbing was also critically injured during the shooting. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The Memorial Day weekend unofficially kicks off summer. Yet in Chicago, it has also proven to be deadly and violent.
Preliminary investigation indicated that the victim was in an argument with another man prior to the stabbing.
Chicago police said just after 11:30 p.m., two men were arguing on the sidewalk in the 500 block of North Leamington Avenue. Both pulled out handguns, and one of the men fired shots at two others who were in a group.
Chicago police said it happened just after 11:30 p.m. in the 500 block of North Leamington Avenue.
All three victims were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County in good condition.
The friends ran track at DeKalb High School, with one of them going on to do the same at UIC.
Murakami added his 17th homer in the fifth, a two-run shot to center off Jameson Taillon that traveled an estimated 428 feet.
City officials say a vehicle heading northbound on Route 41 collided in the intersection with another vehicle traveling westbound on Park Avenue to southbound Route 41.
Chris Brady had six saves for Chicago and has six shutouts this season.
An 18-year-old man was found dead in the alley from gunshot wounds following a large fight on Friday night, police said.
In a move aimed at curbing the growing problem of "teen takeovers," D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is threatening to bring charges against parents if their teens violate the local curfew.
State Rep. Josh Turek and State Sen. Zach Wahls squared off Thursday over which candidate can flip Iowa's open Republican-held Senate seat, as millions in outside spending reshapes the primary's final stretch.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) is suing the city of Chicago, its inspector general's office, and the Board of Ethics, accusing them of defamation.
The Supreme Court has maintained mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone, setting aside for now a lower court order that blocked abortion providers from prescribing the widely used drug through telehealth and shipping it to patients.
Chatham residents say they're losing a vital resource as Walgreen's prepares to close its store near 86th and Cottage Grove.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Chicago gas prices are spiking as the war with Iran drags on, with regular gas nearing $6 in some spots and premium already selling for more than $7 in some places.
In the legal venue of anti-trust enforcement, the state is not taking on the Trump administration, but rather filling a void that state officials say the Trump administration has vacated.
Engineers at Northwestern University have created a wireless polygraph to detect stress.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday announced an expansion to the city's CARE Program, a specialized team that responds to mental health crises without police.
A Texas couple is filing a lawsuit accusing the AI company of guiding their teenage son in using drugs, resulting in a fatal overdose.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
The Chicago Fire FC announced Wednesday morning that its new stadium in the South Loop will be named McDonald's Park.
U.S. prosecutors allege a man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to scam a Mexican billionaire out of $450 million.
Thousands of people marched from the West Loop to Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Friday for May Day, with activists calling for workers' rights, stronger labor protections, and increased school funding.
A $170 million-plus plan announced this week will redevelop the Water Tower Place mall on the Magnificent Mile.
The Chicago-born house music track, which began as a personal poem in 1982 and became a defining anthem of the city's house music scene, has been selected for permanent preservation by the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
The nonprofit The Brotherhood for the Fallen held the 10-1 benefit on Saturday in memory of officer John Bartholomew and in honor of officer Nelson Crespo. All proceeds benefit their families.
Nearly 1,500 runners from more than 50 countries took part in the race with a course across steep stone steps, mountain roads, and rural villages.
Therapists and volunteers from Northwestern Medicine teamed up with the Go Baby Go program to create the special ride-on cars.
Thousands of sailors on the USS Gerald R. Ford returned home on Saturday to reunite with their loved ones. It's a special moment for many, including a sailor who finally got to meet his newborn son for the first time.
The Pope was talking with some children at the Vatican on Sunday, when the kids did the viral gesture.
City officials say a vehicle heading northbound on Route 41 collided in the intersection with another vehicle traveling westbound on Park Avenue to southbound Route 41.
A burglary suspect was taken into custody after allegedly stealing a Cook County Sheriff's car on Saturday morning.
The friends ran track at DeKalb High School, with one of them going on to do the same at UIC.
Two women were shot during robbery in Chicago's West Loop early Saturday morning.
An 18-year-old man was found dead in the alley from gunshot wounds following a large fight on Friday night, police said.
Pothole complaints continue everywhere, but especially on one street in the Pullman neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
People in Lincoln Park and Lakeview have rallied against a plan to build a new industrial ComEd electrical substation in their neighborhoods, pushing local and state leaders to get involved.
Monday marks one year since Illinois enacted Karina's Law — legislation aimed at taking firearms out of the hands of people accused of domestic abuse.
Tenants at a South Shore apartment building said they've noticed their rent fluctuating by hundreds of dollars a month due to a change in how their utility billing system is set up.
A man from the Chicago suburbs lost $69,000 of his savings to a scam by a thief using an AI-generated U.S. Marshals badge to intimidate him.
Murakami added his 17th homer in the fifth, a two-run shot to center off Jameson Taillon that traveled an estimated 428 feet.
Chris Brady had six saves for Chicago and has six shutouts this season.
Carson Kelly hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and drove in four runs as the Chicago Cubs stopped a five-game White Sox winning streak with a 10-5 victory over their crosstown rival.
Randal Grichuk hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Ian Happ hit a long home run and five Chicago Cubs pitchers combined for a 2-0 shutout of the Atlanta Braves that snapped a four-game losing streak.
A Davison Township police chief released body camera video showing how a senior "water wars" prank brought an officer within milliseconds of opening fire on a student.
A man was found shot to death Thursday morning in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
One man was killed and another was critically injured Thursday morning in a shooting in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood.
A young man was shot and killed while getting into his car in the Ashburn neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side Thursday morning.
A Chicago-area man who ran a business helping people apply for asylum and immigrant visas was recently sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud and child pornography.