Highland Park dad, Little League coach is thrilled by show of support by opposing team from Wilmette
As Highland Park remains in shock and grief following the massacre a week ago at the July 4th parade, support is pouring in from other communities.
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As Highland Park remains in shock and grief following the massacre a week ago at the July 4th parade, support is pouring in from other communities.
As Highland Park remains in shock and grief following the massacre a week ago at the July 4th parade, support is pouring in from other communities. CBS 2's Irika Sargent talked with one Highland Park dad and Little League coach who saw that spirit firsthand.
Anyone with information is asked to call Wilmette police.
At 4:13 p.m., the Wilmette fire and police departments at an unspecified point on the lakefront after a boater reported finding a dead body about a mile offshore.
Illinois Education Association vice president Albert Llorens said the stress has already caused some school board members to quit, and he's hearing teachers say this is their last year teaching.
As the snow begins to slow, one of the hardest-hit places is north suburban Wilmette.
Police are investigating two overnight break-ins in north suburban Wilmette.
A 17-year-old Chicago boy has been charged in an attempted carjacking this week in north suburban Wilmette, while another suspect has also been arrested and a third remained at large late Wednesday.
An SUV crashed into a medical spa in north suburban Wilmette.
Just hours into summer break, a 16-year-old Wilmette girl made a fatal mistake while hanging with a friend on the CTA Purple Line tracks – and now she is dead.
A fire in the north suburbs may be a cautionary tale in the cold weather Sunday, as the residents think it may have been started by an electric blanket.
Two suspects identified in a bank robbery in Wilmette this week are also suspected in similar incidents the same afternoon in Lombard and Naperville.
Rainn Wilson took to Twitter to ask New Trier High School for a vote recount for a class election.
Police and the FBI were searching Monday evening for two men who robbed a Byline Bank branch in Wilmette.
"For him to let these little ones know that someone's looking out for them, and is taking care of the United states and everything that it stands for, it would mean so much to him."
The man, who appeared to be in his 30s, was in the water about a quarter mile offshore when rescue crews arrived.
Loyola Academy high school in Wilmette will reopen Wednesday after being closed two days due to concerns about coronavirus.
Classes are canceled at Wilmette's Loyola Academy.
Snowy and icy roads were causing accidents around the Chicago area Monday evening, and prompted police in some areas to shut down streets.
Police in Wilmette announced Wednesday that they have busted a sophisticated fencing operation – in which they say the suspects took in stolen merchandise from retail stores and sold them online.
A gunshot wound that left a teenage boy dead in Wilmette late Monday turned out to be self-inflicted.
There are rules to protect historic homes and buildings, but in many places no such laws exist to preserve magnificent towering trees.
Mosquitoes in Skokie and Wilmette tested positive for West Nile Virus.
A former soccer coach from Wilmette's Loyola Academy who was fired for inappropriate comments is now suing the school.
"Wilmette and Evanston city officials don't want this. The board and membership of Canal Shores don't want this. The neighbors don't want this."
A power outage shut down the Fifth Municipal District Cook County Courthouse in Bridgeview, Illinois, on Tuesday.
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum said "Bug Squad" provides hands-on learning opportunities in a world inspired by fictitious superheroes and real science.
It's Lollapalooza week, and the Better Business Bureau wants to ensure Chicago concertgoers are not falling for ticket scams.
The U of I Board of Trustees has launched a national search, aided by a search committee and the executive search firm AGB Search, which will help evaluate candidates.
Thousands of people are still in the dark after two rounds of storms swept through the area on Monday afternoon.
Candidates for Chicago mayor may start circulating petitions on Tuesday for the election in February 2027.
The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.
President Trump cracked jokes at the redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night, after an armed assailant upended April's dinner.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased commercial spyware that can covertly take control of phones, collect messages, photos and location information.
A new lawsuit argues that Wisconsin's elections commission is wrongly blocking absentee voters from canceling their ballots and requesting new ones, with nearly 91,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Iowa announced a fall exhibition game against Kansas at the Field of Dreams ballpark, where major and minor league games have been played since 2021.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
Get ready for 75 stage performances with 50 renowned speakers this weekend at the annual Black Women's Expo Chicago.
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum said "Bug Squad" provides hands-on learning opportunities in a world inspired by fictitious superheroes and real science.
From impacts in a search for a missing contractor and severe home damage, Darius Johnson and Lauren Victory have the latest reports.
The U of I Board of Trustees has launched a national search, aided by a search committee and the executive search firm AGB Search — which will help evaluate candidates.
High winds slammed the south suburbs during the storms Monday, tearing off the tops of homes. Lauren Victory reports.
Thousands of people are still in the dark after two rounds of storms swept through the area on Monday afternoon.
Homes were left damaged in Glen Ellyn and a recovery mission for a missing contractor is being conducted by search crews in Downers Grove as a result of Monday's severe storms.
High-speed winds ripped through a row of townhomes, leaving dozens of people displaced and many others in the area still without power.
A power outage shut down the Fifth Municipal District Cook County Courthouse in Bridgeview, Illinois, on Tuesday.
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum said "Bug Squad" provides hands-on learning opportunities in a world inspired by fictitious superheroes and real science.
While Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn't announced if he will run for re-election next year, he's boasting about lower vacancy rates for Mag Mile buildings and taking credit for the positive changes.
A Lockport foster parent said he lost his kids, job and home for months after a mix-up that landed his name on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.
Record heat and major air quality issues created by wildfire smoke were key topics as some of the top climate leaders from around the world gathered in Chicago this week for the Aspen Institute's annual climate summit.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
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The New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series between playoff contenders.
The son of Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy has been arrested and charged with a shooting that wounded his mother, Mia Bieniemy, according to authorities in Virginia.
Center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones and second baseman Jeff Kent were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Murakami hit a 385-foot, two-run homer in the bottom of the first that gave Chicago its first lead of the game. It was his first homer since May 27th.
The son of Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy has been arrested and charged with a shooting that wounded his mother, Mia Bieniemy, according to authorities in Virginia.
Chicago police issued an alert this past weekend about a string of ATM-related thefts on the city's South and Southwest sides.
Crash-and-grab burglars hit a Shell gas station on the cusp of Chicago's Lakeview and Lincoln Park communities early Monday morning.
A robber jumped through a drive-thru window at a McDonald's in Chicago's Belmont Cragin community early Monday morning.
Police believe a suspect in the deadly shooting at a food festival in Seattle was among those who were killed, as another suspect remains on the loose and a teenager is in custody.
