
'I know it's about discrimination': South Side aldermen upset grocery store closings leaving them without fresh food options
"Where do we go? The groceries are so important to the neighborhood."
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"Where do we go? The groceries are so important to the neighborhood."
Whole Foods will be closing its store in Englewood, six years after opening a grocery store in what had once been a food desert on the South Side.
Whole Foods will be closing its store in Englewood, six years after opening a grocery store in what had once been a food desert on the South Side. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Whole Foods will be closing its store in Englewood, six years after opening a grocery store in what had once been a food desert on the South Side. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
A man was shot and wounded Sunday afternoon outside the Whole Foods store on Kingsbury Street just south of North Avenue.
Staffers at the Whole Foods stores in the South Loop and in Lakeview have tested positive for coronavirus, the company announced Sunday.
Several COVID-19 cases have been reported at Whole Foods on Kingsbury in Lincoln Park.
There could be long lines at Whole Foods on Tuesday as many workers call in sick.
Amazon is expanding delivery to its Prime members in Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan, Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa, Florida, Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Omaha, St. Louis, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Orders of $35 and up are free if pickup is in an hour.
Whole Foods' new Pullman distribution center employs 100 people and has space for both future expansion and job growth.
New owner Amazon is teasing shoppers with price reductions on a long list of products, from produce to organic meats and seafood to staples like eggs and butter. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
Online juggernaut Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at about $13.7 billion, a strong move to expand its growing reach into groceries.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Friday a partnership with Jewel-Osco, Mariano's, Target and Whole Foods to provide Chicago residents free, reusable bags ahead of the Chicago Checkout Bag Tax.
The celebrations today for many of the workers were about something more.
Aiming to boost the economy and improve the quality of food available in Englewood, Whole Foods was opening its new store on the South Side on Wednesday.
The new Englewood Whole Foods made an effort to work with local businesses, selecting 35 with very similar goals.
The 140,000-square-foot facility is expected to bring in about 150 jobs to a neighborhood that played a prominent role in the labor movement at the turn of the 20th century, and has become the focus of revival efforts in recent years.
The 140,000-square foot facility would open in 2018 at a vacant site at 720 E. 111th St., just off the Bishop Ford Freeway.
Whole Foods is recalling Maytag Raw Milk Blue Cheese products from its shelves over concerns about possible listeria contamination.
Small business owners on Chicago's South Side say Whole Foods is offering them the big shot they need to grow their business.
The company says listeria was found in a sample taken by the Nebrasksa Department of Agriculture.
Chicago area entrepreneurs filled an auditorium at Kennedy-King College on Friday, hoping Whole Foods would pick their products to fill the shelves of a store scheduled to open in Englewood at the end of the year.
Dominick's parent company Safeway Inc. pulled out of the Chicago market late last year.
Police on the scene said a stolen vehicle from an earlier carjacking just blocks away was used as the getaway car.
Police said the shooting took place around 1:30 a.m. at the intersection of Barry Avenue, Clark and Halsted streets.
A 29-year-old man is in serious condition at Northwestern Hospital.
At least five people are dead, and 22 others are wounded after shootings across the Chicago as of Sunday.
The justices heard arguments in April in the case addressing religious rights in public schools.
According to CBS 2 meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist, scattered storms develop Friday along a cold front.
At least 125,000 people applied to vote by mail.
Police said the suspects brandished a firearm and stole from a 44-year-old victim.
Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, it will be up to the states to decide if abortion is legal; and, if it is, under what circumstances.
Police on the scene said a stolen vehicle from an earlier carjacking just blocks away was used as the getaway car.
Police said the shooting took place around 1:30 a.m. at the intersection of Barry Avenue, Clark and Halsted streets.
A 29-year-old man is in serious condition at Northwestern Hospital.
At least five people are dead, and 22 others are wounded after shootings across the Chicago as of Sunday.
The justices heard arguments in April in the case addressing religious rights in public schools.
Cutting through bureaucratic red tape can be frustrating – but red tape is not the reason for one west suburban woman's frustration.
Ald. Anthony Beale has been trying for more than a year to raise the threshold for speed camera tickets from 6 mph over the limit back to the original to 10 mph.
"We've been trying to right the wrong on this corrupt red light camera/speed light camera system," said Ald. Anthony Beale (9th).
One Chicago alderman is hoping the fourth time is the charm when it comes to changing Chicago's speed camera tickets and fines.
CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey spoke with two organizers from Auntie Network USA as they were preparing for the justices' decision.
"The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote.
Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, it will be up to the states to decide if abortion is legal; and, if it is, under what circumstances.
The rally and march comes after the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe V. Wade decision Friday.
Former President and former Kenwood neighborhood resident Barack Obama and a surprise visit to Chicago on Friday.
"Everything is on the table now, and it's all going to be affected," said Ryan McIntyre, "and I think that this is just the first strike – the first blow."
Rental income was part of a Chicago man's retirement plan, but that hit a snag when his renters lost their jobs during the pandemic.
There's nothing wrong with the medication, but the bottles don't meet standards for child resistance.
Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg was the site of a post-Christmas shopping spree that Cynthia DeSimone still regrets months later – and it wasn't her idea at all.
What if there were a way to get warnings about high water usage before the bill arrived in the mail?
How does a City of Chicago water bill for $70 turn into a $10,000 tab from one bill to the next?
The Supreme Court Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which guaranteed a woman's right to abortion. The ruling sends the issue back to the states. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford reports.
Wisconsin has an 1849 law that bans abortion, except to save the life of the mother, but whether that law is enforceable is expected to be challenged in court.
A Kaiser poll taken earlier this spring found fewer than one in five parents would get their children under 5 vaccinated right away.
Panels of outside vaccine advisers to the CDC and FDA both voted unanimously this week to back the shots from Moderna as well as Pfizer and BioNTech.
"We have been trending in the right direction of late with lower case rates and very few hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19, so we're happy to see this," Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said.
In a note to employees at Citadel, Griffin announced he already has moved his family to Miami, and will soon be bringing the company with him, though some Citadel employees will remain in Chicago.
The edible fungi was discovered as part of a NASA-funded research mission about life in extreme environments.
The coffee shop wants to support Black, Latinx, and women entrepreneurs get their own start.
The snack company – which accounts for 80% of Kellogg's current sales – will have dual campuses in Battle Creek and Chicago, with its headquarters in Chicago.
The company will get the Clif, LUNA and Clif Kids brands of bars.
The Chicago Wolves are now the first American Hockey League team in 22 years to achieve two shutouts in the finals.
Austin Voth and four relievers combined on a one-hitter, Jorge Mateo had a heated exchange with White Sox starter Michael Kopech after getting nailed by a pitch and the Baltimore Orioles beat Chicago on Friday night.
Kyle Hendricks carried a shutout into the eighth inning and Nico Hoerner homered to help the Chicago Cubs to a win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.
The Wolves are now one win from the Calder Cup, after they topped the Springfield Thunderbirds in Game 4 of the finals.
Curry has helped start a new tour to help some potential future greats, and provide opportunities, especially for those underserved and underrepresented in the game of golf.
The official debut of the 200-seat space Tuesday evening featured magician Carisa Hendrix – better known by her stage name, Miss Lucy Darling.
For the last three quarters of a century, the Jolly Boys have shared their song throughout Chicagoland.
Hudson produced the new musical "A Strange Loop" which won for Best Musical Sunday night.
The judge said state law caps punitive damages at $350,000, meaning Depp's award would total $10.35 million.
The Sueños Music Festival transformed Grant Park into a colorful celebration of Latino culture this past Memorial Day Weekend.
Chicago police continue their search for whoever opened fire on a crowd of people in Lakeview East early Monday morning. The shooting left three people wounded.
"I grabbed onto the door, he dragged me with my car," The victim said. "That's when the vehicle hit another car over there, so then he jumps out the passenger side and runs and gets into another vehicle and they take off."
CBS 2 meteorologist Laura Bannon has a look at the extended forecast.
The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners said, for the first time, all of the city's early voting sites will be open on Election Day.
Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, it will be up to the states to decide if abortion is legal; and, if it is, under what circumstances. That adds weight to the importance of the abortion issue in Illinois' upcoming primary elections.
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