Several Arrests Made In Recent Rash Of Carjackings
Police said three juveniles were arrested Tuesday night in connection to possibly 16 carjackings on the Southwest Side between Halloween and this past Sunday.
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Police said three juveniles were arrested Tuesday night in connection to possibly 16 carjackings on the Southwest Side between Halloween and this past Sunday.
Living in Chicago is about to become more expensive, as the City Council prepares for a final vote on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's budget plan for 2018, which will increase a number of taxes.
Before Cook County officials vote on a 2018 budget on Tuesday, a group of attorneys and social workers voiced their displeasure with projected cuts to the County Public Guardian's office.
The Canalport exit ramp on the Dan Ryan turned dangerous Sunday night, when black ice formed as temperatures dropped below freezing.
Chicago Police Department Chief of Organized Crime Anthony Riccio said undercover officers would be deployed at all large holiday events.
When commissioners voted to repeal the much-maligned sweetened beverage tax, they knew they would have to make up for $200 million in lost revenue.
Police said the carjacker took the family on a terrifying 45-minute drive, before leaving them unharmed in Chicago.
The assembly recognized more than 100 veterans, who served in World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
The temperature at O'Hare reached a low of 18 around 4 a.m., tying the lowest official Nov. 10 temperature recorded in Chicago in 1986.
Chicago police were investigating the sexual assault allegations against the woman who teaches at Horizon Science Academy – Southwest Chicago
A driver was injured early Thursday when a car struck a Pink Line train after driving around warning gates in west suburban Cicero.
The former president, who has a Chicago residence, will arrive at one of the courthouses in Cook County.
A personal safety consultant who works with churches in the Chicago area says now is the time to take precautions.
The incident occurred at the Starbucks location at Lawrence and Broadway around 8:15 p.m. Thursday.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson and other Police Department leaders were at City Hall for budget hearings on Thursday.
Police have not released details of the crash at Adams Street and East Avenue. A police SUV and a police sedan crashed into each other.
The fire started around 2:30 a.m. at a house in the 5100 block of West 29th Street, according to the Cicero Fire Department.
"Additional testing will need to be conducted before we can confirm there is a connection," Elgin police said.
Hundreds of striking support staff at schools in Palatine were headed back to work, after the union said the district threatened their jobs,
Police said two males forced their way into a 39-year-old man's first-floor apartment, tied him up, and raped a 30-year-old woman who was inside.
The last two times Hope Academy was scheduled to host a football game, its opponents forfeited, citing worries over a recent gang-related shooting near the field at Altgeld Park.
A construction crew was installing a lining in a sanitary sewer in Streamwood around 6:15 p.m., when one of the workers was trapped.
More than 150 school support staff have rejoined a strike in Palatine, after a judge lifted an order that temporarily forced them back to work for a week.
The Chicago Cubs are now one win away from going back to the championship series.
In the wake of last week's shooting massacre in Las Vegas, extra security measures have been added around Wrigley Field for the NLDS.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood.
Chicago right-hander Jameson Taillon allowed four runs and five hits over 4 1/3 innings in his first big league start since June 7.
Benintendi was hitless in 10 at-bats against deGrom before hitting a two-out, 2-2 pitch to right field to give the AL Central-leading White Sox a 5-2 lead.
Though not to be compared with last Thursday, there's now a concern that without proper filtration indoors, the harmful air can stick around much longer.
Parents of students in the Chicago Public Schools system had a chance Monday to weigh in on the next budget.
Local leaders and housing advocates on Monday called on Chicago's City Hall to push back on a so-called FAIR Ordinance, which would scale back some of the plans in Mayor Brandon Johnson's Protect Renters Ordinance.
This is the first time in more than 150 years that a vice president's family had a child while in office.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez ended her Democratic primary campaign for Wisconsin governor Friday, citing financial problems she said would distract from an election Democrats need to win.
President Trump delivered a speech on election security Thursday night at the White House. Here are the facts behind some of his claims.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
Environmental and community groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition challenging U.S. Steel Gary Works operating permit renewal.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
The actor's agent said he was providing more information following news reports "which contain inaccuracies and outright falsehoods."
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
The 46th Taste of Chicago is cashless for the first time, accepting only credit cards, with a drone and fireworks show scheduled for approximately 9:15 p.m. Friday near Buckingham Fountain.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
A shooting in the north Chicago suburb of Highland Park triggered a police search Monday night after the gunfire erupted in a residential neighborhood. Darius Johnson reports.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the forecast.
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, the Illinois Literacy Foundation and the Chicago Cubs are launching Illinois Reads Together, a statewide summer reading challenge that gives students who complete their local library’s summer reading program the chance to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley Field.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
A Chicago police SWAT officer was shot in the stomach while responding to a hostage situation after a woman was shot and critically injured Monday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
Though not to be compared with last Thursday, there's now a concern that without proper filtration indoors, the harmful air can stick around much longer.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
Chicago has been feeling the heat this week, with highs in the 90s the past five days, but officials are making moves to cool off some of the hottest parts of the city, specifically Chicago Park District fieldhouses where many turn to keep cool.
Gene Rush survived throat cancer, but he didn't survive a trip to the Porter County Jail over 4th of July weekend. His family said jail staff failed to provide lifesaving medical care.
Haze from Canadian wildfire smoke that has settled in Chicago on Thursday is directly connected to climate change, according to experts, who said days like this could be more problematic moving forward.
A pair of jewelry importers have been charged in federal court in Chicago with smuggling millions of dollars in gold jewelry into the U.S. to avoid taxes, schemes uncovered by a federal task force that has surpassed $1 billion in recoveries and penalties over the past year.
Chicago right-hander Jameson Taillon allowed four runs and five hits over 4 1/3 innings in his first big league start since June 7.
Benintendi was hitless in 10 at-bats against deGrom before hitting a two-out, 2-2 pitch to right field to give the AL Central-leading White Sox a 5-2 lead.
Spain topped Argentina in extra time, one-nil, after playing scoreless for 90 minutes at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Jordin Canada didn't score a point in the first half. With 0.3 seconds on the clock and the game tied at 91, she scored the biggest basket of the night.
Braden Montgomery had two hits and an RBI as the White Sox bounced back from Saturday's 1-0 loss to take two of three from the Blue Jays. Toronto scored five total runs in the series.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
A Chicago police SWAT officer was shot in the stomach while responding to a hostage situation after a woman was shot and critically injured Monday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood.
A woman was expected to recover after she was shot while driving in Chicago's Englewood community Sunday night.
A man was shot and killed in a fight in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood Sunday night.
