Crisis response team helps teens manage conflict during "trend season"
Hundreds of teens gather on Chicago's beaches and in downtown during "trend season." What you don't see is the team of crisis responders among them to help.
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Hundreds of teens gather on Chicago's beaches and in downtown during "trend season." What you don't see is the team of crisis responders among them to help.
The South Shore Drill Team Performing Arts Ensemble has dazzled audiences for 45 years. In June, current and former members will honor that legacy with a special performance.
It's a big time of year for graduations, but one Lewis University graduate donning a cap and gown Friday night will look a little different than the others.
Officials asked parents to go over some important reminders with their children, including the fact the official opening of Chicago beaches isn't until Memorial Day.
Critics have said a plan to empower Police Supt. Larry Snelling to impose "snap curfews" with as little as 30 minutes notice would be unconstitutional.
Three teenagers were injured in separate Chicago shootings overnight Thursday into Friday, CPD said.
In past years, "teen takeovers" have been known to culminate in deadly violence, including one right in Millennium Park in 2022.
Chicago police said a 14-year-old is charged with a carjacking and robbery in the city's West Englewood neighborhood.
A Lake County, Illinois man is charged with the human trafficking of a 15-year-old girl, the sheriff's office said Tuesday.
Teens getting more hours of daily screen time are reporting increased levels of anxiety and depression symptoms, according to new data. But technology isn't always all bad, an expert explains.
National Teen Voter Registration Day falls on the same day as the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Some of the teens preparing to cast their first ballot this November.
During the six-week program, teens learned the facts of how having a gun leads to more gun violence, not less.
Temporary hoops will be set up for this weekend's events. Cole and Gray said they've also contacted the city's park district to bring back permanent basketball courts.
"This is the first time they'll be voting, and it all started with the conversation of how important it is. That judges can make a difference in your life."
The shooting that killed Daveon Gibson near Senn High School was one of just one of three that police are investigating in recent weeks that targeted or involved CPS students.
"It will bring tears to my eyes seeing everyone in here because just knowing that without them, I wouldn't be here today."
Officers are looking for anyone else who may have been part of a similar incident.
On our nation's roadways, teenagers are at the highest risk of being involved in a deadly crash, but a new study showed that risk appears to be declining.
It was tough for school community members to wrap their minds around the deadly crash involving four students.
The shooting appears to have taken place while teens were being dispersed from the group and walking through a nearby parking lot.
Many of those teenagers were looking forward to the first day of school Monday.
Robin Hood Jr. remembers raising his son Rashaun - even going to parenting class himself as a 17-year-old father - to make sure he had all the tools to raise his son right.
In 2020, more kids died by gunfire in the U.S. than in car crashes for the first time ever.
On Father's Day, Lake Michigan took a dangerous turn for a father and his teenage sons out for a jet ski ride. Video showed a father and sons in the water after the jet ski flipped.
CBS News Chicago spoke with one family who said the thermostat read 87 degrees in her mom's room at Weiss Memorial Hospital before the woman was transported.
St. Louis handed Sox rookie starter Shane Smith (3-4) his worst defeat.
The Cubs upped their division lead to 6 1/2 games over the second-place Brewers, who won the NL Central in each of the past two years.
The Mystics trailed 44-32 at halftime before doubling up the Sky in the third quarter, 24-12, to tie it at 56-all entering the fourth.
"There is absolutely no place in this country for political violence. We must be a nation that values civility and mutual respect – always," Budzinski wrote in a post on X.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are looking to limit President Trump's ability to order U.S. strikes on Iran amid its ongoing war with Israel.
An Illinois lawmaker said she hopes the horrific tragedy will lead to increased safety measures for public officials and first responders.
President Trump is cutting short his trip to the G7 summit in Canada due to the Middle East conflict.
Along with Chicago, Trump said he is focusing on Los Angeles and New York.
In March, Mark Aiello bet big on basketball, and thought he won $389,000 by correctly guessing rebounds and assists by certain Chicago Bulls players.
Salah Abukhaled says Google's grip on advertising is costing him millions, and the U.S. government shares his same frustrations.
Melissa Kingsbury said she received more than 25 calls and 30 text messages in the first hour after her page was hacked, asking if she was really selling items like low-priced cars in great condition.
Michael Flores has been through a tangle with asbestos, and he ran into a loophole in state policy that could leave anyone vulnerable.
Sara Hovey and her husband were paying for a mortgage, rent and a litigation attorney, who apparently told her she should have been protected.
Recreational cyclist Phil Fox crossed back into America around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, after spending nearly three days circumnavigating over 1,000 miles around Lake Huron by bicycle.
The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.
The norovirus strain GII.17 may have disrupted the seasonal pattern of outbreaks.
Warming temperatures due to climate change also help the arachnid survive.
As anyone who was around two years ago will remember, this is not the first time a hazy, unhealthy back of air engulfed and choked Chicago.
Gary, Indiana Mayor Eddie Melton has said Nippon Steel plans to pump $1 billion into the U.S. Steel Gary Works.
Salah Abukhaled says Google's grip on advertising is costing him millions, and the U.S. government shares his same frustrations.
White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf has reached a deal with billionaire Justin Ishbia to potentially transfer ownership starting in 2029.
For 64 of the 82 years Kaage's Newsstand has been around, Mike Kaage has been the man propped up in front from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. each day. Now, he says it's time to call it a day.
Gary Mayor Eddie Melton said Nippon Steel plans to pump $1 billion in the Gary Works U.S. Steel facility — the largest steel plant in the country.
Prison staff gave R. Kelly "an amount of medicine that could have killed him," his lawyer alleged in a federal court filing.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia, charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the "Friends" star's overdose death, will plead guilty, according to an agreement.
The judge in the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking and racketeering trial in NYC dismissed one of the jurors Monday.
Harvey Weinstein's retrial in New York took another dramatic turn when the judge declared a mistrial on the last undecided charge.
The free concert was held at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
Ash-har Quraishi found some "Made in the U.S.A." labels can be misleading.
President Trump held a national security meeting Tuesday, and sources tell CBS News he is weighing whether to join Israel in striking Iranian nuclear sites. Taurean Small reports.
U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois) said Tuesday that their names were included on an alleged target list kept by the man now charged with killing a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband, and shooting another state lawmaker and his wife.
On Father's Day, Lake Michigan took a dangerous turn for a father and his teenage sons out for a jet ski ride. As Jermont Terry reports, video showed a father and sons in the water after the jet ski flipped.
CBS News Chicago spoke with one family who said the thermostat read 87 degrees in her mom's room at Weiss Memorial Hospital before the woman was transported.
On Father's Day, Lake Michigan took a dangerous turn for a father and his teenage sons out for a jet ski ride. Video showed a father and sons in the water after the jet ski flipped.
One of the victims was stabbed in the chest, while the other suffered a laceration, police said. The victims went on to disarm the attacker and then stabbed him several times, police said.
"We're going to see more heat and more humidity, particularly in the Chicagoland area," said Dr. Sheethal Rao, an internal medicine doctor at UI Health.
St. Louis handed Sox rookie starter Shane Smith (3-4) his worst defeat.
"We're going to see more heat and more humidity, particularly in the Chicagoland area," said Dr. Sheethal Rao, an internal medicine doctor at UI Health.
"As soon as the rule was released, the EPA employees started talking about how terrible this was going to be for the state of Illinois," said Nicole Cantello, president of AFGE Local 704, the union representing EPA workers in the Chicago area.
Gary, Indiana Mayor Eddie Melton has said Nippon Steel plans to pump $1 billion into the U.S. Steel Gary Works.
Despite continuing reports of taxpayers receiving bills from the IRS for taxes they already paid on time, the agency has remained quiet about the problem and when it could be resolved.
CBS News Chicago Investigators has obtained a communication from a child protection judge responding to an ethics complaint for giving gifts to "abused and neglected" foster kids who appear before him.
St. Louis handed Sox rookie starter Shane Smith (3-4) his worst defeat.
The Cubs upped their division lead to 6 1/2 games over the second-place Brewers, who won the NL Central in each of the past two years.
The Mystics trailed 44-32 at halftime before doubling up the Sky in the third quarter, 24-12, to tie it at 56-all entering the fourth.
The package backed by the Finance Committee on Monday would call for "anti-terrorism rated security bollards" to be installed around the ballpark, and for sidewalks on Addison Street to be widened by four feet.
The Marsh men also recently sat down with CBS News Chicago to talk about their deep basketball bloodlines.
One of the robbers can be heard telling them "give me all that s***" before the man and woman toss their cell phones, keys, and her purse on the ground.
One of the victims was stabbed in the chest, while the other suffered a laceration, police said. The victims went on to disarm the attacker and then stabbed him several times, police said.
Prison staff gave R. Kelly "an amount of medicine that could have killed him," his lawyer alleged in a federal court filing.
A 36-year-old man was on the train when another man approached him and a physical fight ensued.
The drug operation spans from Frankfort to Oak Lawn, and includes a storage unit in Alsip where drugs, weapons, and wads of cash were found, according to the feds.
