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Evanston officers will soon be able to do some of their work inside an Evanston supermarket. Not everyone thinks the unprecedented move is a good idea, CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports.
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Evanston officers will soon be able to do some of their work inside an Evanston supermarket. Not everyone thinks the unprecedented move is a good idea, CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports.
One big problem the city is not happy about amid this week's heat wave: the number of open fire hydrants. Since Monday, the city has shut off more than 1,700 open hydrants, with roughly 200 still gushing as of 5 p.m. on Thursday.
A year after the murder of Chicago Police Officer Michael Bailey, no one has been formally charged with his death. But as CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports, at a memorial service on Monday, there was reason for hope.
"Be kind whenever possible and it is always possible." That's a quote from The Dalai Lama, a man whose philosophy of tolerance earned him The Nobel Peace Prize. It's a philosophy that had roughly 7,000 people visiting the University of Illinois at Chicago on Sunday to witness his teachings in person.
A 911 dispatcher for the city of Chicago was killed on her way home from work Sunday morning, when her car was struck by a stolen SUV that was being chased by police.
They did something wrong and paid the price by getting their cars towed, but to make matters worse, they had to pay too much to get their cars back.
The Bears aren't playing anytime soon, but excited Chicagoans were getting ready to fill Soldier Field on Tuesday. Many have been up since early Tuesday morning outside the stadium for the U2 concert Tuesday night.
With Americans across the nation pausing to mark the nation's birthday on Monday, many people in the Chicago area were taking their Independence Day celebrations to the suburbs, as the city has scaled back its own Fourth of July festivities.
Vice President Joe Biden has been in Chicago, speaking to a nationwide teachers union, saying Republicans are attempting to blame educators for budget shortfalls; and he said that's "one of the biggest scams in modern American history."
The only man who sat on the jury that convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of 17 corruption charges said Tuesday that the 11 women on the panel were "almost like my secretaries" because of how much better they were at taking notes than he was.
Was the vandalism of 51 floats for the Gay Pride Parade this past weekend a hate crime?
Need trees cut and cleared from your property after Tuesday's massive storms? Be prepared to wait, reports CBS 2's Vince Gerasole.
Would a $2 bottle of fattening soda have Americans drinking less and slimming down? As CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports, some doctors think a big fat soda tax is the answer.
A lot of changes are planned at Navy Pier, the state's top tourist attraction. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports.
Friends and family members on Sunday were mourning the deaths of three teenagers killed in a car crash in Prospect Heights early Saturday. Police said the youths were in a stolen car.
Two young girls, ages 2 and 7, are recovering after being hit by gunfire on the city's Northwest Side.
Imagine running from pharmacy to pharmacy to fill a prescription only to learn your much needed drugs were nowhere to be found.
A young man who collapsed and died during a half-marathon on the South Side on Saturday was being remembered as a "wonderful human being" on Sunday.
Gov. Pat Quinn has called the pending gambling expansion bill "excessive."
Three weeks of silence were broken on Sunday when Father Michael Pfleger returned to the pulpit at Saint Sabina on his birthday, full of energy and with an apology to his congregation for the public ordeal that stemmed from his dispute with Francis Cardinal George.
The warmer temperatures can't come soon enough for garden centers and nurseries in the Chicago area -- the soggy, chilly spring is keeping customers away.
Six people, including three children, were killed in an apartment fire on the east side of Aurora early Sunday.
More details are coming out about a Chicago woman's rescue of her husband and two other men Wednesday night, after a storm had overturned their sailboat on Lake Michigan.
Two flights to and from Chicago were disrupted by unruly passengers in a period of 24 hours this weekend.
Mayor Richard M. Daley's 22 years in office end in just one week, and today, he is thanking Chicagoans for their support with an open house at City Hall.
