Chicago Girl, 16, Enjoys Life One Year After Getting Shot
Alex, who asked CBS 2 to only use her first name, was shot on Feb. 11, 2016 in Humboldt Park while walking to her bus stop.
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Alex, who asked CBS 2 to only use her first name, was shot on Feb. 11, 2016 in Humboldt Park while walking to her bus stop.
The man's brother said he fled from a police officer who ordered them against a wall, but didn't show his badge. He said his brother feared being robbed by a fake cop.
At 100 pounds apiece, why would anyone take what's inside them? CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
The school is now investigating reports of at least three sexual assaults at fraternities involving date-rape drugs.
The iconic music venue has been evicted from its long-standing space in Chicago's West Town community.
Evanston police said one of the garage doors had been opened, and three BMWs and a Porsche were stolen.
State officials would like to sell the government building to raise cash. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot takes a tour of the potentially valuable asset.
Georgette and Edwina received flowers and balloons after arriving at O'Hare International Airport, CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
For the first time, ComEd is sending out missing person's fliers in customers' monthly billings and grabbing the attention of 3.8 million people.
Matthew Lange was found shot to death Friday night in his car, in the parking lot of Scullen Middle School in Naperville. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
Johnson is at a Chicago hospital getting checked out and was expected to be released, police spokesperson Athony Guglielmi says.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson appeared to fall ill at an event in Englewood on Friday, but police officials said he was talking and alert a short time later, and able to take himself to a hospital.
Families of victims don't forget. Neither do members of the FBI Cold Case Homicide Squad. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
The video, which police are investigating, has gone viral. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
A Cook County judge has allowed a Chicago police officer charged with the murder of an unarmed man to go free on electronic monitoring.
Jose Nieves was shot and killed on Jan. 2 by an off-duty transit officer in the 2500 block of North Lowell.
Oscar Lopez Rivera was charged with taking part in the work of a Puerto Rican nationalist group that took credit for multiple bombings in the 1970s and 1980s.
It's been a fixture on the west side for nearly 60 years, but many Chicagoans don't know Del-Kar Pharmacy's link to Dr. Martin Luther King.
For Bettie Jones' daughters, there is still a lot of pain and anger. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
The gunman who confronted a mom at a South Loop Target was very busy earlier in the day. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
Police in the south suburbs were searching for two suspects, after one person was killed and two others were injured in a home invasion Sunday evening in Harvey.
A Cook County judge denied bail Friday to two men and two women accused of kidnapping a teenager with special needs, torturing him, and sharing live video of the attack on Facebook.
Barbara Herron starts packing up 55 years' worth of memories. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
A call to a violent domestic disturbance, ends with a 17-year-old boy shot by a DuPage County Sheriff's deputy.
The community is helping a man who lost everything after a fire burned down his mobile home in Hegewisch.
Officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of a Shiite mosque in Islamabad, killing dozens of people during Friday prayers.
A federal judge in Chicago is expected to rule on Friday on whether body camera footage will be released, showing border patrol agents shooting a woman five times in Brighton Park.
Illinois had more tornadoes than any other state in the U.S. last year. As the climate warms, Illinois has seen a surge in tornado activity in the last few years.
One week after a Joliet sign-making business burned down, the owner was personally delivering orders to his customers until he can rebuild.
A burglary crew smashed into a restaurant in Chicago's southwest suburbs, leaving the owner cleaning up a big and frustrating mess.
As immigration sweeps expand nationwide, the work of justifying detentions is overwhelming federal prosecutors, who are being forced to sideline a range of other cases in order to keep pace.
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, plans to attend President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress later this month, according to her attorney.
As Jesse Jackson Jr. campaigns for his old U.S. House seat at Chicago-area churches, banquet halls and on Black radio shows, he often takes a moment to address the obvious matter hanging over his political comeback.
Illinois early voting for the 2026 primary begins for most counties in early February. Find out what your early voting dates are and where you can go cast a ballot below.
Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
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.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
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.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
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.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
The 2026 Grammy Awards recognized the best of the best in music from last year, with big wins for Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Here's the full list of winners and nominees.
Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said. It's not yet clear how extensive the changes to the building might be.
A federal judge in Chicago is expected to rule on Friday on whether body camera footage will be released, showing border patrol agents shooting a woman five times in Brighton Park.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon is tracking a snowy commute on Friday.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
Illinois had more tornadoes than any other state in the U.S. last year. As the climate warms, Illinois has seen a surge in tornado activity in the last few years.
One week after a Joliet sign-making business burned down, the owner was personally delivering orders to his customers until he can rebuild.
A federal judge in Chicago is expected to rule on Friday on whether body camera footage will be released, showing border patrol agents shooting a woman five times in Brighton Park.
Illinois had more tornadoes than any other state in the U.S. last year. As the climate warms, Illinois has seen a surge in tornado activity in the last few years.
Officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of a Shiite mosque in Islamabad, killing dozens of people during Friday prayers.
One week after a Joliet sign-making business burned down, the owner was personally delivering orders to his customers until he can rebuild.
A burglary crew smashed into a restaurant in Chicago's southwest suburbs, leaving the owner cleaning up a big and frustrating mess.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
Caleb Williams certainly had plenty of big throws to celebrate in 2025, but it wasn't hard to pick his most memorable one after he launched a 46-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore to beat the Packers in overtime in Week 16.
Brandon Ingram scored 33 points, Immanuel Quickley had 24 and the Toronto Raptors beat the new-look Chicago Bulls 123-107.
Chicago Bears guard Joe Thuney was named the NFL's top offensive lineman of 2025 on Thursday, winning the inaugural Protector of the Year Award.
The Bulls on Thursday sent Ayo Dosunmu and Julian Phillips to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller and four second-round picks, as first reported by ESPN and The Athletic.
Six players made 3s for Illinois, which shot 17 of 38 from behind the arc and had just two turnovers.
A burglary crew smashed into a restaurant in Chicago's southwest suburbs, leaving the owner cleaning up a big and frustrating mess.
Six months after a well-known charter boat captain was found dead at DuSable Harbor in downtown Chicago, a man has been charged with his murder.
Three people were in custody Thursday afternoon after a Chicago police officer fired at a suspect who ran from a stolen car that had hit a squad car.
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Thursday were investigating a shooting that left one teen dead and another injured, while a third teen suffered a head injury.
Chicago police on Thursday were investigating two attempted burglaries involving ATMs in two city neighborhoods in the early-morning hours.
