Drunk Hit-And-Run Driver Caught After Crashing Into Police Station
A motorist is in police custody early Monday after he crashed into a South Side police station and tried to drive away.
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A motorist is in police custody early Monday after he crashed into a South Side police station and tried to drive away.
A South Side woman found on a sidewalk behind her home on Saturday died in part from cold exposure, an autopsy found.
A South Side man was ordered held without bond after being caught hiding in a Loop tavern after unsuccessfully trying to nab an iPhone from a CTA customer early Saturday.
A gas station employee was shot to death in a robbery Saturday afternoon on the South Side.
The 6-year-old daughter of a Chicago soldier deployed in Afghanistan had been asking Santa to bring her daddy home for the holiday. As CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports, her wish became reality.
Detectives are conducting a death investigation after a man was found dead inside a Roseland residence with head trauma.
Five people were injured -- three of them critically -- in a traffic crash Saturday morning in the South Side Ashburn neighborhood.
A man was shot to death early Saturday during a robbery attempt in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood, police said.
Two men and a woman were wounded in a Monday afternoon shooting on the South Side.
Nobody was injured when a house exploded Sunday afternoon on the South Side.
Four people were displaced in a Saturday afternoon fire on the South Side.
Police are warning South and Southwest sides businesses of at least two armed robberies of food delivery drivers after a fake order was placed via cell phone.
A 16-year-old boy was killed Saturday during a drive-by shooting in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood, police said.
A man was seriously injured when he was shot in the chest Wednesday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Nearly a dozen current and former Comcast employees claim the South Side facility where they worked was infested with bugs and rodents, and they were forced to install inadequate or bug-infested equipment into South Side homes.
A woman reported to police Tuesday that she was raped late Monday after a man with a handgun forced her into his car on the South Side.
A South Side block was evacuated briefly Monday morning after a water crew struck a gas main.
Authorities are looking for a man who robbed a Far South Side bank branch for the second time last week.
A man is in critical condition after being shot in the leg late Friday in the South Side Princeton Park neighborhood.
A Chicago Police officer shot a man dead after he began punching her in the face and trying to grab her gun after a police chase early Thursday on the South Side.
Three men were critically injured in a gang-related shooting Saturday on the South Side.
One man was killed and another wounded in separate shootings about 90 minutes apart on the South Side early Saturday.
Police are looking for a man accused of jumping out of an SUV and chasing a teenage girl Wednesday morning in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood.
Police are looking for several men accused of accosting South side residents and robbing them at gunpoint of everything from money to car keys to cars in the Park Manor and Grand Crossing neighborhoods.
One man was killed and another was injured in a shooting overnight in the South Side's Longwood Manor neighborhood near Euclid Park.
A death investigation is underway after elderly siblings were found in an Oak Lawn home on Thursday.
A man was slashed and injured on a CTA Green Line train on the West Side overnight, Chicago police said.
Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza official declared for the NFL draft and could be the no. 1 pick.
ComEd crews restored power to most customers after over 1,000 homes were impacted amid cold conditions in the Chicago area.
Five people have been arrested in connection with the Sunday shooting of a judge and his wife in Indiana, according to authorities.
The Office of Management and Budget is seeking data about federal funding to 14 states and localities led by Democrats, including information from universities, and nonprofits within those states.
The Department of Homeland Security disputes a Minnesota school district's claims that ICE agents used a 5-year-old boy as bait before taking the boy and his father into custody Wednesday.
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said this week that he wants a mandatory retirement age of 75 for people running the federal government.
U.S. Rep. for Illinois Robin Kelly has introduced an amendment to the defense funding bill to prevent President Trump from taking over Greenland.
ICE authorized its officers to enter homes without judicial warrants in the cases of people with deportation orders, a sweeping reversal of longstanding rules, according to a whistleblower complaint.
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.
As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.
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.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
January is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
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.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
The Piggery, a popular barbecue restaurant and bar in the northwest corner of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, announced Thursday that it is going out of business.
Among the names missing when the 98th Academy Award nominations were announced were Ariana Grande, George Clooney, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and anyone associated with "Wicked: For Good."
The nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and though "One Battle After Another," "Marty Supreme," "Frankenstein" and "Hamnet" were all nominated for plenty, it was "Sinners" that broke through with a record-smashing 16 nominations.
Prince Harry struck a combative tone as he testified in his lawsuit against the Daily Mail's publisher.
The 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees were revealed on "CBS Mornings" on Wednesday. See the full list.
If you can't get enough of "Heated Rivalry," merch from the show is now available.
Jackie Kostek joins the stars of Disney on ICE "Jump In."
Videos have gone viral on social media of loud, gunshot-like bangs in forests, with users dubbing them "exploding trees." They're actually known as frost cracks, and are more common than you may think.
The White House's Office of Management and Budget has ordered nearly all federal agencies to compile detailed reports of funding provided to 13 states run by Democrats, including Illinois, and Washington D.C.
It’s been two years since Barrington student Marin Lacson was killed by a Metra train. Since then, community members have pushed the village of Barrington to install a pedestrian gate where she lost her life; no gate exists today. A bill backed by several state lawmakers called Marin’s law was filed in Springfield on Thursday.
Five people have been arrested in connection with the Sunday shooting of a judge and his wife in Indiana, according to law enforcement.
Dangerously cold conditons have arrived in Chicago on Friday, bringing subzero temperatures and wind chills as low as 20 to 40 below zero.
Every time arctic air drops south, and temperatures plummet well below zero, social media lights up with a scary (and slightly cinematic) rumor called "exploding trees."
Five people have been arrested in connection with the Sunday shooting of a judge and his wife in Indiana, according to authorities.
Over 1,000 homes were impacted amid cold conditions in the Chicago area earl Friday morning.
A death investigation is underway after elderly siblings were found in an Oak Lawn home on Thursday.
Chicago is marking 30 years since it started its first citywide recycling program, which began with a problematic kickoff, and continues to lag behind other major cities in terms of performance.
More than a year before identical twin brothers stopped teaching at the Thornton Fractional School District, administrators were aware of allegations that one of them had been sexually assaulting a student.
Chicago relies on the CTA to get around, but there's some resistance to that reliance with safety concerns continuing to plague the mass transit system.
The Joliet Police Department is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit for patting down a 12-year-old girl who was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for not having lights on.
$10 million settlement in case of Anthony Stringfellow, Jr. who took his own life while at Madden Mental Health Center
Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza official declared for the NFL draft and could be the no. 1 pick.
Coby White scored 22 points, Josh Giddey added 21 off the bench, and Jalen Smith converted two clutch free throws late to lift the Chicago Bulls to a 120-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Oliver Moore scored in the shootout on his 21st birthday and Spencer Knight stopped five of six shots by Carolina to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 shootout win over the Hurricanes.
Loyola center Miles Rubin has set the team's career record for blocks in just his third year with the Ramblers.
Illinois led 47-30 at halftime thanks to a 25-4 run to end the half.
Officials said there were 11 arrest orders for "El Botox" for extortion and homicide. He was accused of attacking authorities with explosives.
The Department of Homeland Security disputes a Minnesota school district's claims that ICE agents used a 5-year-old boy as bait before taking the boy and his father into custody Wednesday.
A Little Village man was acquitted Thursday on federal charges accusing him of trying to put a hit on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
Chicago police are warning about a string of burglaries over four days last week where thieves used sledgehammers and crowbars to bust through glass front doors or windows of businesses across the city.
ICE authorized its officers to enter homes without judicial warrants in the cases of people with deportation orders, a sweeping reversal of longstanding rules, according to a whistleblower complaint.
