Parents, Teachers Urge Early Testing For Autism
If you feel your preschooler might have autism, follow your gut and get your child tested. A mother, along with an award winning teacher, both say that early intervention makes all the difference.
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If you feel your preschooler might have autism, follow your gut and get your child tested. A mother, along with an award winning teacher, both say that early intervention makes all the difference.
Herman Cain, the surprise winner in the Florida Republican straw poll, spoke before an appreciative crowd at the Midwest Tea Party Convention in Schaumburg.
Former employees of Moo & Oink meat markets have been fighting to force the chain to pay them pension and health benefits they are still owed from the months before Moo & Oink stores started closing.
Remember John Stone? He's the south suburban car salesman who got the boot for refusing to take off his Green Bay necktie early this year after the Packers trounced the Bears in the post-season. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot catches up with him.
Students of the acclaimed Urban Prep Academy say they're being bullied beaten up, and that's before they even get to school. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
A woman sporting a pony tail and wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses robbed a Chase Bank branch in downtown Chicago on Tuesday morning.
A 14-year-old boy was on life support Wednesday morning, after being brutally beaten as he walked home from studying with his girlfriend in the Logan Square neighborhood.
While the debate over a longer school day in Chicago continued to heat up, the heads of the teachers union and the Chicago Public Schools held a spirited debate Tuesday evening on the future of the school system.
CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot talks with train passengers about enhanced security at stations as the Sept. 11 anniversary nears.
The family of a Chicago woman who was struck and killed on the Eisenhower Expressway last week has filed a lawsuit against Illinois State Police, who dropped the woman off at a gas station a couple hours after she was arrested for drunk driving.
Experts and former athletes are joining forces to provide area student athletes with protection from concussions in sports. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports on an effort to educate coaches in Chicago Public Schools.
As many as 2 million people were expected to take in the Chicago Air & Water Show on Saturday and Sunday and that means a big job for Chicago police.
A newborn baby was fighting for his life Wednesday afternoon, after his mother was shot and killed on the city's Southwest Side.
Three Illinois hospitals have been told they'll have to start paying property taxes, but the hospitals warn the move will affect everyone's health care.
Julius Claybron was always empowered with the vision of what he wanted in his future. He spent his life growing up in Chicago public housing. Now, as CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports, he's heading to prestigious Cornell University.
The search continued Tuesday for a gunman who shot a man at the State Street Bridge during the afternoon rush on Monday. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot spoke with the 29-year-old man's wife on Tuesday. She said her husband was resting and trying to recover.
Chicago police were stepping up patrols along the lakefront this weekend to handle the large crowds expected at the city's beaches and for the Lollapalooza music festival.
With a summer heat wave upon us, beaches are already packed and the popular Air & Water Show is just around the corner. So why aren't police officers going to be patrolling the lakefront on ATVs?
The storms Wednesday night and Thursday morning couldn't have come at a worse time for residents of the northern suburbs.
It's hard to imagine, but some children are going to school without air conditioning during this heat wave. Parents with children in summer school at William Penn Elementary School were gathering Thursday morning to speak out against what they're calling "unbearable conditions" in the classrooms.
She lost her life over an iPhone at a CTA train stop. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot has exclusive new details about what led police to Sally Katona-King's possible killer, a teenager who is being questioned in the case.
Chicago officials warn residents to take the heat and humidity seriously over the weekend, as temperatures hit the 90s and above.
This week's major storm has been a nightmare for residents, with thousands of homeowners going more than 48 hours without power. But imagine owning a restaurant and having no power for more than two days. Imagine the mess and the smell of all the spoiling food.
Rubin Robinson was walking with some friends last weekend when an insult ignited a brawl that left him stabbed multiple times. He talked with CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot.
Claire Blumenthal and Bernard Miller tied the knot in Glencoe on Thursday after knowing each other since the 1940s.
