Three Violent Robberies Reported In River North, Streeterville
Three violent robberies happened in the River North and Streeterville neighborhoods on the Near North Side in November.
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Three violent robberies happened in the River North and Streeterville neighborhoods on the Near North Side in November.
The CBS 2 Investigators have discovered a Chicago building covered with the same type of flammable panels used on the London building destroyed in a deadly fire.
Now, the question - do other Chicago buildings have similar combustible materials? Dave Savini reports, the city is investigating.
City Hall is sending engineers to examine River East's flammable panels. CBS 2's Jim Williams gets reaction from elected officials.
The five suspects beat the 22-year-old student with closed fists and took his laptop and cellphone.
The City Council Finance Committee has voted to order the city to close an underpass overnight, close to where a woman was recently killed. But one Alderman is suggesting a double-standard.
A community meeting was called to discuss the renovation plans to enhance Seneca Park & Eli M. Schulman Playground in Streeterville.
A popular Streeterville park will have a different look come summer as the city is set to get rid of two softball fields and replace them with grass.
The Chicago Fire Department is responding to a HazMat situation Tuesday morning in the Streeterville neighborhood.
Lurie Children's Hospital hopes to increase the number of intensive-care beds by nearly 50 percent at its Streeterville facility in a $51 million proposal aimed to increase critical care services.
Police said the truck crashed into the front of CORT Furniture Rental, in the 500 block of North Lake Shore Drive, at around 2:20 a.m.
She walked into the BMO Harris Bank branch at 352 E. Illinois at 9:12 a.m. and demanded money from the teller, according to Chicago Police and the FBI. She took off with an unknown amount of cash.
CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports it's a wild story smack dab in the civilization.
Chicago police are investigating a shooting outside a Streeterville hotel early Sunday morning, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
Police said 37-year-old Chieh Wang was taken into custody Tuesday evening after he hit the women with a snow brush in the 200 block of East Grand Avenue around 6 p.m.
About 3 a.m., officers were called to a vehicle crashed into a building in the 400 block of East Ohio Street, according to Chicago Police.
About 3:35 a.m., a van carrying six people struck a wall "at a high rate of speed" in the 600 block of North Lake Shore Drive, according to police and fire department officials.
The video shows a person in a light colored shirt hanging out the window of the white car as the SUV approaches. Police said people in both vehicles were exchanging gunfire, when one of the bullets hit lobby window of Branden Zollar's apartment building.
Marquell D. Barnes, 20, faces one count of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and use of a stolen firearm to commit an offense, all felonies, according to a statement from Chicago Police. He was also charged with one misdemeanor count of resisting or obstructing a peace officer.
A man was robbed early Wednesday just off the Magnificent Mile, a few blocks from the scene of another robbery attempt a few minutes later.
Target has confirmed that it will open a TargetExpress store in Streeterville this October
The man was expected to be okay, but the incident caused concern in the Streeterville neighborhood.
A police memorial horse statue on Michigan Avenue was damaged Sunday in Streeterville, less than two weeks after a man was charged with criminal damage to property for vandalizing a similar statue nearby.
A man died early Sunday after police say he fell 18 floors from a building in Streeterville.
Dave Moore, 28, is charged with two felony counts of residential burglary, according to the Cook County Sheriff's office. On Tuesday, he was ordered held on a $150,000 bond.
