4 People Shot In Zion, Including 8-Year-Old Boy
An 8-year-old boy was among four people who were wounded early Sunday in a shooting in Zion.
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An 8-year-old boy was among four people who were wounded early Sunday in a shooting in Zion.
A man is dead after police say he opened fire on Lake County Sheriff's officers and United States Marshals as they tried to serve a warrant.
Justus Howell was shot in the back and killed while running away from police in Zion in 2015. The officer who fired the shots was ultimately cleared, but Howell's mother kept on fighting.
Last month, Kenosha County prosecutors charged Tolefree, 42, with three counts of felony sex assault by school staff and two misdemeanor counts of exposing genitals to a child.
Three suspects were arrested in Winthrop Harbor this week after police said they caught them trying to escape in a car wanted in connection to a shooting in Zion.
A child and a police officer were injured in an apartment fire in Zion.
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Curtiss Tolefree Junior was charged with three counts of felony sex assault by school staff and two misdemeanor counts of exposing genitals to a child.
The 62-year-old woman was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with serious injuries, police said.
A man wanted in a murder led police on a chase from Kenosha, Wisconsin across the state line to Zion.
A car accident in Zion was caught on police dash cam, as a woman screamed in pain while trapped in a burning car.
It's back to school in far north suburban Zion, and there will be a lot of new faces, after nearly 50 teachers and staff resigned last week.
Nearly 50 teachers and staff in far north suburban Zion have handed in their resignations just days before the start of school.
A man was killed on Friday during a stabbing in Zion.
A 57-year-old Zion man has been charged with killing a man who was reported missing two months ago.
A body was pulled from a pond Monday in an apartment complex in far north suburban Zion, police said.
A Zion family is frantically searching for Corey Rhinehart, 28, who went missing Friday. Rhinehart's family told Zion police they last saw him at 9 a.m. Friday.
A Zion woman hit a police squad car and slammed into a CVS with her Jeep, just one day before she was supposed to start jail sentence for driving while intoxicated.
A police chase ended with a vehicle slamming into a CVS in Zion Friday night.
A wanted sex offender from north suburban Zion who has been on the run since August after cutting off his electronic monitoring device has been captured, thanks to the Lake County Sheriff's Office's 'Wanted Wednesday' program.
A man wanted on murder charges in Mississippi was apprehended in Zion on Tuesday, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
A 61-year-old Zion man who cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet last month and was wanted for sexually abusing a 16-year-old Illinois girl at a Wisconsin motel was arrested on Wednesday.
A former Marine who was sentenced to death for killing a sailor in Virginia has pleaded guilty to fatally attacking two young girls in a park in suburban Zion in 2005.
He is also suspected in an attempted bank robbery on August 25 at 12:45 at the PNC Bank at 2900 Sheridan Road in Zion.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday will sign legislation aimed at holding artificial intelligence companies accountable.
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Another piping plover chick that recently hatched at Chicago's Montrose Beach has died, the Chicago Piping Plovers conservation organization announced.
A 72-year-old man was slashed and killed in a fight in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood early Sunday.
Navy Pier issued an apology over the weekend after fog drowned its massive July 4th fireworks display.
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President Trump hasn't committed to a firm number of people who will receive clemency — he's scheduled to have a meeting on pardons Friday afternoon, sources said.
Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned in protest from the health agency, said the spread of misinformation impacted lives.
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The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
Environmental and community groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition challenging U.S. Steel Gary Works operating permit renewal.
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The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
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Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
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.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married as they celebrated their wedding with hundreds of guests Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Renowned singer-songwriter and Chicago-area native John Prine will be honored with a mural at the Old Town School of Folk Music in the Lincoln Square community.
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A man was slashed Sunday night in a fight on the Chicago Riverwalk downtown early Sunday.
The study also found the more languages a person knows, the younger their brain appears.
A suspect was set to appear before a judge Monday on charges in a shooting that injured two Chicago police officers during a traffic stop last week.
A Delta Air Lines flight landing in Chicago was hit by a firework as it was coming to land at Midway International Airport on Saturday.
A man was slashed Sunday night in a fight on the Chicago Riverwalk downtown early Sunday.
Chicago police early Sunday were investigating a mass shooting that left multiple teens wounded in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday will sign legislation aimed at holding artificial intelligence companies accountable.
About 13,000 people were treated in emergency rooms for fireworks-related injuries in 2025, and with America's 250 birthday celebration about to start, doctors worry even more people could get hurt this year.
A new AI-powered tool being used by some police departments claims to turn a shell casing into an investigative lead in under 24 minutes.
University of Illinois - Chicago scientists took their lab work to the streets of the South Side during this week's heat wave, checking on tree cover and tree health in some of Chicago's more vulnerable neighborhoods.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
An Uber driver who was assaulted during a ride said he begged Chicago police officers not once but twice for help, but was left to fend for himself.
Briscoe held off Christopher Bell in NASCAR's return to Chicagoland Speedway, racing to his first Cup Series win of the season.
The finale was delayed by rain and unplayable conditions on the water-logged outfield warning track.
Alex Bregman doubled in a run, pinch-hitter Pedro Ramirez had an RBI and the Cubs posted two unearned runs to win for the 10th time in their last 13 games.
In less than a month, Chicago Sky rookie Gabriela Jaquez went from winning a national title at UCLA to being drafted fifth overall by the Sky.
Balogun's reinstatement came after President Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino last week to ask whether the organization was going to review the situation, sources told CBS News.
A 72-year-old man was slashed and killed in a fight in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood early Sunday.
One of the men charged with attacking a CBS News Chicago crew last week was due back in court Monday in an unrelated case.
A suspect was set to appear before a judge Monday on charges in a shooting that injured two Chicago police officers during a traffic stop last week.
A man was slashed Sunday night in a fight on the Chicago Riverwalk downtown early Sunday.
A man died after being found with gunshot wounds to the chest in Chicago's Englewood community early Monday morning.
