Eight Charged In Dog Fighting Ring On South Side
The Chicago Department of Animal Care and Control took the four pit bulls into custody.
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The Chicago Department of Animal Care and Control took the four pit bulls into custody.
Five rail cars on a train were involved in the derailment near 95th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, according to Chicago fire officials. Four of the cars rolled onto their sides, and one was tipping, Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said. All of the cars were empty at the time.
Police are questioning one person and seeking the second following a brief chase on the South Side in which an officer was injured.
They're calling it a cross-town competition. The U of C and UIC each has its own vision of what the Obama library and museum should be and how they're going about getting it. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
A high school security officer is hopping mad because her car was illegally towed -- and she's got the video to prove it.
Larry Turner is headed for ground-zero in the battle against Ebola: the West African nation of Liberia. He's going with the group Partners in Health. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
Tuesday night's debate was held at the DuSable Museum of African American History on Chicago's South Side.
Two people were injured Wednesday morning, when their car crashed and flipped over as they were fleeing police officers who fired shots when the suspects allegedly tried to run them over.
The Jackie Robinson West All-Stars captured the hearts of Chicago.
The most recent fatal shooting occurred Sunday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. A 14-year-old boy was in the 1100 block of North Leclaire at 2:52 p.m. when two males approached him, and one of the males shot the boy.
Prosecutors say 34-year-old Charles Tate was keeping the pit bulls, which had no access to water from their cages.
The latest shooting happened about 11 p.m., when two men were wounded in a drive-by attack in the Gresham neighborhood.
Officers responded to reports of an attack at 74th and Champlain, Chicago Police News Affairs said. There, they found a young victim with facial injuries and a bite to the leg.
The child fell from a building in the 700 block of East 93rd Street about 7:15 p.m.
Police were called to the hit-and-run in the 9100 block of South Euclid Avenue about 5:30 a.m.
A Blue Island man suspected of robbing five banks on the South Side and in the south suburbs is in custody facing federal charges.
Most recently, a man was shot to death early Monday in the North Austin neighborhood on the Northwest Side, police said.
Paris Brown, 21, and a man thought to be in his 20s were sitting in a parked vehicle about 10:55 p.m. in the 7300 block of South Perry Avenue when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and someone inside fired shots at them.
The fatal shooting happened about 5 p.m. in the 4900 block of West End Avenue. Ronald Holliman, 18, and two men, ages 19 and 26, were outside when a group of males got out of a vehicle from an alley and fired multiple shots.
Detectives were reviewing surveillance video from surrounding businesses, and a nearby police blue light camera to find out if they can identify the gunman.
A man was shot and killed Tuesday night in a carjacking in the Ashburn neighborhood on the South Side.
Authorities said the truck crashed into the bus near the intersection of 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue shortly before 1 p.m.
An Englewood resident, sick of all the bad news about her neighborhood, has launched an effort to promote the good things about her South Side community.
One person was killed and two others injured after an argument between neighbors escalated into shooting involving an off-duty police officer Friday afternoon on the South Side.
