NW Indiana Police Announce Charges Against 'Sweetheart Swindler'
Police in Northwest Indiana are releasing more information about a man they call the "Sweetheart Swindler" in hopes other victims come forward.
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Police in Northwest Indiana are releasing more information about a man they call the "Sweetheart Swindler" in hopes other victims come forward.
The 22nd annual Christkindlmarket has opened at Daley Plaza.
Police say 21-year-old Alexandra Hoyle slammed the boy's head into the hardwood floor of a home in DeKalb.
Cook County jail guards were supposed to put Michael Borys in a lower bunk because he has a history of seizures.
Heritage Auctions is holding a preview in Chicago of the "Heroes of Sport" collection ahead of Sunday's online auction.
Recent evidence surfaced that influenced prosecutors to drop the charges and allow Arthur Brown to go free.
According to the Chicago Fire Department, the fire started in the cooling tower on the roof at the Blommer factory, at Kinzie and Jefferson.
A former employee of Chicago Opera Theater processed credit card ticket payments, but marked them as complimentary and diverted the money to a personal account, police said.
"The juvenile did not possess any weapons and took no further steps to carry out the posted threat," police said.
A West Chicago woman is trying to help find a home for two older cats, because their owner is in a coma and not expected to live.
After 47 years, a Crown Point woman has finally found her sister. And the joy of their recent reunion played out against a somber background.
The shoplifters filled two laundry baskets with over-the-counter medicine, and pushed them out of the store in a shopping cart.
"We had seven employees when we closed the doors, and what's going to happen to them is what keeps me up at night," owner Deno Andrews said.
Keith Cooper is suing the city of Elkhart, Ind. and the police officers he says railroaded him into prison in the mid-1990s.
Now, the South Suburban Humane Society in Chicago Heights has rescued over 50 dogs from the home.
SenTEAmental Moods offers handcrafted fine teas blended with locally sourced ingredients.
Preservationists are concerned that if the U.S. House Republicans get their way, some significant old buildings in Illinois might be left to decay - or be torn down.
A small fire at the Blommer Chocolate Company forced workers to evacuate the plant on Friday.
A 24-year-old Aurora man is suing the Illinois Department of Human Services and the social worker he said seduced and sexually abused him while he was at the Elgin Mental Health Center.
Darlene Dorfler thinks the Norway spruce on her Grayslake property was planted in the 1930s. WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
A 62-year-old construction worker was killed by the bucket of an excavator when the clothing of the machine's operator got stuck on a lever.
Twin girls were born Wednesday morning to a Chicago woman at the CTA Roosevelt Red Line station.
Two upscale restaurants in Pilsen have been hit by vandals with graffiti that tells them to leave the neighborhood.
Professor Richard Farkas has taught political science at DePaul for decades. George Papadopoulos was in two of his classes on Russia, he says.
The Cook County Sheriff's office wants to make sure registered sex offenders are not going to be home to answer the door to trick-or-treaters on Halloween.
The National Weather Service confirmed multiple tornado touchdowns on June 11 across Illinois and Indiana.
A tornado outbreak pounded the Chicago area on Thursday evening, with multiple twisters reported, leaving behind an extensive trail of damage stretching from the western suburbs to northwest Indiana.
Severe storms that swept through the Midwest late Thursday knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers, damaged buildings and canceled flights.
Quarterback Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears had one final minicamp practice on Thursday before they split from Halas Hall to enjoy their last taste of freedom ahead of next month's real training camp.
Storm chaser Scott Lasker was in Streator, Illinois for a tornado outbreak when he found himself suddenly helping to rescue a trapped homeowner.
Multiple floors of the Pentagon were locked down for several hours Thursday morning and hazmat crews were deployed for what authorities had described as a "hazardous materials incident."
The House on Thursday defeated a last-ditch effort to extend a key spy authority until early July.
President Trump said the U.S. has taken out "millions" of barrels of Iranian oil in the dead of night, and said inflation will come down when the war ends.
Republican lawmakers grilled the Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Dr. Macquline King on Wednesday.
Chicago City Council members on Tuesday continued to put pressure on the Johnson administration to replace the city's ShotSpotter gunshot detection system, as a top city official revealed it could be eight more months to get it done.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
June is World Infertility Awareness Month, and Northwestern Medicine on Monday shared the story of a woman who is celebrating the birth of her second child after a tumor disrupted her fertility.
The Centennial Park Aquatic Center in the southwest Chicago suburb of Orland Park has been closed to the public after two recent cases of E. coli infection.
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Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Forty years ago last weekend, crowds turned out for the Chicago Blues Festival — an event studded with a roster of stars for a spectacle that's still talked about today.
Visitors will soon be able to check out the set from CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in Chicago, at the Museum of Broadcast Communications.
"Schmigadoon!" — which was tied for the most nominations, with 12 — won Best Musical, and "Liberation" took home the honor of Best Play at the 2026 Tony Awards.
Anthony Head played librarian and mentor Rupert Giles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and recently appeared in "Ted Lasso."
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is on the cover of Madden NFL 27, the first Bear ever to grace the primary cover of the massively popular video game.
Travel editor Peter Greenberg weighs in on gauging gas prices impacting passengers.
Streator, Illinois, is another area being surveyed for tornado touchdowns after houses were completely destroyed. Trees were shredded and came crashing down on cars and roofs.
Hebron resident Beth Bowen told CBS News Chicago that when she got out of her house safely, she found her garage had collapsed. "We felt the pressure, our ears were popping, we thought the doors were going to blow over in our laundry room, it was shaking so bad," Bowen said. "We felt the house move."
On Friday morning, the National Weather Service confirmed multiple tornado touchdowns on June 11. NSW survey crews will be deployed across the area to assess the extent of damage, which officials said could take several days.
Cleanup for the extensive damage is underway in the areas hit hardest.
Residents across Illinois and Indiana are waking up to severe damage after destructive tornadoes and severe storms hit on Thursday night.
Multiple tornadoes have been reported throughout the Chicago area Thursday evening as a line of severe storms spawned an apparent outbreak.
Storm chaser Scott Lasker was in Streator, Illinois for a tornado outbreak when he found himself suddenly helping to rescue a trapped homeowner.
A tornado outbreak pounded the Chicago area on Thursday evening, with multiple twisters reported, leaving behind an extensive trail of damage stretching from the western suburbs to northwest Indiana.
Severe storms that swept through the Midwest late Thursday knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers, damaged buildings and canceled flights.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
The system will provide all heating, cooling, and ventilation for the high school's new physical education facilities and contribute to the school system, saving the district nearly $400,000 a year.
The forecast for a summer reopening of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park is growing cloudy, as negotiations continue between the owners and landlord, after the safety net hospital abruptly shuttered its doors in March.
The Obama Presidential Center has been built with sustainability literally in its foundation. But its infrastructure for clean energy, environmentalism and climate change resiliency will also help the communities around it on Chicago's South Side.
A driver in Carol Stream says a band of hungry squirrels caused nearly $30,000 in damage to three different luxury vehicles because of plant-based parts they view as a tasty snack.
Quarterback Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears had one final minicamp practice on Thursday before they split from Halas Hall to enjoy their last taste of freedom ahead of next month's real training camp.
Seiya Suzuki hit his third career grand slam, Alex Bregman added a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs snapped a three-game skid with a 9-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony festivities got underway a little over an hour before the first kickoff in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca.
The Cubs have lost 22 of their past 29 games after starting the season 27-12.
White Sox right fielder Braden Montgomery, who doubled and hit a game-ending homer in his big league debut Tuesday, had two more doubles Wednesday.
Police in the northwest Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights have released a sketch of a man accused of attacking and choking a woman this past weekend.
A fourth man has been charged in connection with a string of burglaries targeting video gambling terminals in Chicago's west and southwest suburbs since late last year.
A man has been charged with multiple acts of mail theft and burglary in the Chicago area dating back up to three years.
Chicago police on Wednesday released a surveillance image of someone they said was spotted fleeing the scene as a cross burned in Grant Park.
Attorneys for Salah Sarsour, president of Wisconsin's largest mosque, told a federal judge he has lost 30 pounds and is not receiving consistent medical care for Type 2 diabetes while held in an Indiana jail.
