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Four people are wounded following a shooting in West Garfield Park Thursday afternoon.
Police said at 9:04 p.m., a man was walking north on Springfield Avenue at Monroe Street when he took out a gun and began shooting.
The victims were all rushed to area hospitals.
A man is dead after being shot and crashing his car into a road median in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Sunday morning.
The victim was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Police said the victims were standing on the sidewalk in the 4400 block of West Jackson Boulevard around 2 p.m., when a white sedan pulled up, and someone inside started shooting.
There is a new push by the city to address violence as we head into the summer – but the plan doesn't involve extra police patrols.
There is a new push by the city to address violence as we head into the summer – but the plan doesn't involve extra police patrols. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
A man was shot and killed during the midday hours Monday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
An 11-year-old boy and three adults were wounded in a shooting Thursday night in the West Garfield Park community.
The ordinance approved by the City Council would give the Lightfoot administration leverage to buy the shuttered Aldi store n the 3800 block of West Madison Street if the company can't sell the site to another grocer.
The 3-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the right side of his face, and was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
The West Garfield Park neighborhood has a serious food insecurity problem – and it is only getting worse. And as CBS 2's Steven Graves reported Monday, free food is going in minutes at giveaways.
The last year has been "very frustrating" for Donald and Vera Rideaux. "Not being able to get in to talk to anyone. No one was getting back to us," Vera said.
A man was shot and critically wounded late Wednesday afternoon in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Heartbroken friends and family braved the cold Wednesday to say goodbye to a mom of three.
A woman was struck and killed as she tried to get into a vehicle in West Garfield Park Saturday evening.
Christmas is just days away, but people on Chicago's west side are coming together to make sure all children have toys under their trees this year.
"Why don't they go ahead and give me my money and we're done with it?" Don Rideaux said.
Some West Side youngsters are putting their skills to good use this season, creating and selling their own wrapping paper. As CBS 2's Jackie Kostek reported Friday night, it all started with a kid who was having a bad day.
In the West Garfield Park neighborhood, a grocery store moves out and hope moves in, in the form of an emergency food giveaway.
One man is dead and another was wounded in a shooting in the West Garfield Park neighborhood late Thursday afternoon.
A 16-year-old boy was shot on a porch in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Monday night.
A pedestrian was hit by a freight train on Thursday afternoon in west suburban Villa Park, leading to delays for Metra commuters on the Union Pacific-West line.
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.
All inbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway are blocked at 25th Avenue by a crash and car fire after a police chase.
An Oswego, Illinois man has pleaded guilty to phishing hundreds of women's to get access to their Snapchats and steal, sell, trade and keep nude photos.
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.
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.
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Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) wants to hear from anyone who has strong feelings about food delivery robots.
Some polls opened up for early voting on Thursday, with less than six weeks to go until primary day in Illinois.
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.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.
A 17-year-old boy was charged Thursday in a shooting that wounded seven teens in front of the Chicago Theatre downtown right after the city’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony in November.
Adopt August and Archer from Border Tails Rescue.
Drivers who receive traffic tickets in suburban Cook County could soon see their cases move faster.
Minute Maid is discontinuing its frozen juice concentrates
A 17-year-old boy is charged in a shooting that wounded seven teens downtown right after the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
A pedestrian was hit by a freight train on Thursday afternoon in west suburban Villa Park, leading to delays for Metra commuters on the Union Pacific-West line.
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.
All inbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway are blocked at 25th Avenue by a crash and car fire after a police chase.
An Oswego, Illinois man has pleaded guilty to phishing hundreds of women's to get access to their Snapchats and steal, sell, trade and keep nude photos.
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."
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.
Spencer Knight made 16 saves for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five of six.
The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White to the Charlotte Hornets, reports said Wednesday.
Chicago cut Milwaukee's lead to 90-84 late in the third quarter, but couldn't get any closer.
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, the CPD said.
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.
Investigators have no proof that the missing mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie is still alive but are holding out hope she is "still out there," the sheriff said.
A 17-year-old boy was charged Thursday in a shooting that wounded seven teens in front of the Chicago Theatre downtown right after the city's Christmas tree lighting ceremony in November.
