Businessman gets 6 years for embezzling from COVID-19 testing kit company
Dennis Haggerty admitted he embezzled the money from his Willowbrook-based company while already facing charges for swindling two hospitals.
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Dennis Haggerty admitted he embezzled the money from his Willowbrook-based company while already facing charges for swindling two hospitals.
ChiTown Muslimah Athletics is a women's Muslim athletics group for women 23 and over.
Many young Muslim girls did not play sports growing up – as fights to get exceptions for uniform restrictions often requiring a waiver and leading to embarrassment, or even rejection. Now with ChiTown Muslimah Athletics, some women are now able to choose both faith and sports. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The 2-year-old and his father are staying at the Ronald McDonald House while he is treated for his leg injury.
The 2-year-old and his father are staying at the Ronald McDonald House while he is treated for his leg injury.
The DuPage County Sheriff's office released images from the second incident.
The DuPage County Sheriff's office said a man invaded a home in Willowbrook last month, and then returned with a knife early Thursday morning.
Haggerty allegedly stole while he was free on court-ordered release as a different federal fraud case against him was pending.
Anthony Mothershed, 19, has been charged with one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm, and one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
Antonio Garcia-Dealba, 52, is charged with one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm.
A total of 23 people were shot, and one of them was killed, in the mass shooting early on the morning of Sunday, June 18.
A total of 23 people were shot, and one was killed, in the mass shooting just over a week ago.
The video is so disturbing that we froze it before shots rang out and people hid for cover.
New video provided by attorneys shows the mass shooting as it happened during a Juneteenth celebration this past weekend. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
The video was released by the attorney for Reginald Meadows – the 31-year-old father who was killed in the mass shooting. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
Reginald Meadows was a family man – a devoted fiancé and a loving dad to a son and daughter. Now, those two kids are without a father. CBS 2's Jermont Terry talked with Meadows' brother.
"He was very loved by a lot of people," said brother Darren Meadows. "A lot of people."
Gunfire claimed the life of Reginald Meadows – a 31-year-old father from Willowbrook – and left at least 22 others hurt early Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, some business owners were left having to clean up damage from the barrage of bullets that came flying through the parking lot. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
Meanwhile, officials say the Juneteenth party where the shooting broke out did not have the proper permits. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
One person was killed and 22 others were hurt in the mass shooting during a Juneteenth celebration.
Investigators remained on the scene of the shooting nearly 48 hours later. The shooting left a man dead and 22 other people injured. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Mariah Dixon spoke to CBS 2's Charlie De Mar from her hospital bed.
Twanda Carroll said her apartment was left looking like a war zone.
Twanda Carroll said she was in Wisconsin visiting family over the weekend, and she came back to find her home damaged by a mass shooting in a nearby Willowbrook parking lot. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports.
In a surprise move, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday that he is putting a pause on all new state tax incentives for data centers and calling on lawmakers to pass new data center reforms during the fall veto session.
An explosion killed a man in an SUV on the Eisenhower Expressway on Thursday and led to an hours-long closure.
Anthony Head played librarian and mentor Rupert Giles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and recently appeared in "Ted Lasso."
The Chicago Bears Board of Directors has voted to advance stadium developments in Hammond, Indiana.
Police are searching for two people wanted in connection with a battery in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood.
In a surprise move, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday that he is putting a pause on all new state tax incentives for data centers and calling on lawmakers to pass new data center reforms during the fall veto session.
CBS News obtained a brief voice memo from Iranian American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who is being detained in Iran's Evin Prison and is pleading for help for him and other American captives.
New legislation in Illinois means new rules for electric bikes, scooters, and similar devices. Supporters of the legislation said the goal is to prevent injuries and fatalities, but some e-bike riders question the additional cost that would be involved.
Senate Republicans passed funding for the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agencies following a "vote-a-rama." The measure didn't ban the administration's "anti-weaponization" fund.
At least 207 people have been killed since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in September.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
June is World Infertility Awareness Month, and Northwestern Medicine on Monday shared the story of a woman who is celebrating the birth of her second child after a tumor disrupted her fertility.
The Centennial Park Aquatic Center in the southwest Chicago suburb of Orland Park has been closed to the public after two recent cases of E. coli infection.
Menopause can feel like a major turning point for millions of women, with symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, and brain fog can make women feel like their bodies aren't their own.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
Anthony Head played librarian and mentor Rupert Giles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and recently appeared in "Ted Lasso."
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is on the cover of Madden NFL 27, the first Bear ever to grace the primary cover of the massively popular video game.
Peabo Bryson, a two-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter known for Disney movie hits "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World," has died at age 75.
You may never have heard about it, but before Bob Dylan got to Manhattan and blazed his trail to fame, he spent about a month on and around the University of Chicago campus.
Joe Negri, known to many as Handyman Negri on "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood," has died at the age of 99, just days shy of his 100th birthday.
Jumpstart your day in Wilmette for the 2026 Glasa Great Lakes Games.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has the extended forecast.
Gold Star Families Memorial honored Fallen CPD Officer Krystal Rivera on Friday.
Get an inside look at the American Writers Festival happening this weekend.
The Chicago Hornets, a wheelchair basketball team, has become a place of healing for athletes with disabilities, including some who have survived gun violence. Meet two of the survivors bonding over basketball who are featured in CBS News Chicago's "Miracle Shots" series. The episode following the team airs Saturday 10 p.m. and on CBS News Chicago's platforms.
The Chicago Bears Board of Directors has voted to advance stadium developments in Hammond, Indiana.
Two men are dead, and five others were injured after a mass shooting in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood overnight.
An explosion killed one person in an SUV on the Eisenhower Expressway on Thursday and led to an hours-long closure.
In a surprise move, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday that he is putting a pause on all new state tax incentives for data centers and calling on lawmakers to pass new data center reforms during the fall veto session.
Anthony Head played librarian and mentor Rupert Giles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and recently appeared in "Ted Lasso."
The Obama Presidential Center has been built with sustainability literally in its foundation. But its infrastructure for clean energy, environmentalism and climate change resiliency will also help the communities around it on Chicago's South Side.
A driver in Carol Stream says a band of hungry squirrels caused nearly $30,000 in damage to three different luxury vehicles because of plant-based parts they view as a tasty snack.
Legislation protecting Illinois customers receiving professional massages from sexual assaults and harassment is now on its way to Gov. JB Pritzker for his signature.
Could banning cell phones make Illinois classrooms better places to learn? State lawmakers are betting on it, sending a bill to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk to do exactly that.
Feel Free, a kratom drink, is easy to buy and increasingly popular, even as doctors and medical experts grow more concerned about its health impacts, addiction rates and deaths.
Pete Crow-Armstrong's bloop RBI single capped a four-run ninth inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the Athletics 7-6 to avoid a three-game series sweep.
Nick Kurtz singled in automatic runner Alika Williams in the 10th inning, and the Athletics rallied for a second straight win, 5-4 over the sliding Chicago Cubs.
With the NBA Finals tipping off Wednesday night in San Antonio, New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson has a chance to add another title to the championship résumé he started building at Stevenson High School in Chicago's north suburbs.
Erick Fedde pitched five scoreless innings for his first win in 10 months as the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 8-0.
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is on the cover of Madden NFL 27, the first Bear ever to grace the primary cover of the massively popular video game.
A man was ordered detained Thursday in a crash that killed an Illinois Tollway on the Tri-State Tollway last weekend.
Michael Gledhill, 44, was arrested on suspicion of murder after he turned himself in following the fatal stabbing of Handy, the LAPD said.
Students at Tilden High School in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood took part in a peace walk Thursday morning to remember one of their own who was killed in a drive-by shooting.
A man suffered cuts to his neck and body during a fight on board a CTA Blue Line train on Wednesday evening in the Loop.
The discovery comes in the midst of a U.S.-backed military crackdown on the organized crime gangs in Ecuador.
