Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers to march for higher wages, staffing
Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers gathered outside the Chicago Board of Education downtown Monday morning.
UChicago researchers use "mummies" to learn about a dinosaur's appearance and life
Researchers now have a new idea of what a certain type of duck-billed dinosaur looked like, thanks to experts from the University of Chicago who uncovered dinosaur mummies.
Burglars steal ATMs from businesses in 2 Chicago neighborhoods
Burglars made off with ATMs after breaking into businesses in Chicago's Logan Square and Rogers Park neighborhoods early Monday morning.
2 men, ages 66 and 70, shot and wounded on South Side
Two men, ages 66 and 70, were shot and wounded outside a business on Chicago's South Side Sunday morning.
Shooting leaves woman dead on Chicago's Southeast Side
A woman was found dead with two gunshots to the head on Chicago's Southeast Side Sunday morning.
2 teens shot, wounded in Bronzeville
At 5:53 a.m., the victims — men ages 18 and 19 — were in a business in the 100 block of East 51st Street when a man came up and shot them both, police said.
Man hospitalized after fight, beating on CTA Red Line train
Chicago police on Sunday morning were looking for multiple people who beat up a man on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train the night before.
Does a headless horseman haunt a Back of the Yards rail overpass?
A crumbling rail overpass in Back of the Yards was the site of a violent riot that erupted during the Pullman strike of 1894, and also where a headless horseman has reportedly been spotted.
Mysteries at the Benton House in Bridgeport
Benton House declined to talk about ghosts or hauntings or to let CBS News Chicago inside its facility. But the facility was the subject of an episode of the Syfy Channel series "Ghost Hunters" back in 2014.
Siku, Lincoln Park Zoo polar bear, is moving to Madison, Wisconsin
Siku, a 15-year-old male polar bear, is moving in the coming weeks to Madison, Wisconsin — home, of course, of the University of Wisconsin Badgers.
Chicago City Council approves plan to upzone Broadway in Edgewater, Uptown
The plan is officially called the Broadway Land Use Framework, and it would simplify the regulatory process for constructing mid-rise residential buildings in the Edgewater and Uptown neighborhoods by changing the way Broadway is zoned.
Chicago International Film Festival begins Wednesday
"One Golden Summer" premieres at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., and director Kevin Shaw will be in attendance.
Loyola University Chicago campus to give last respects to Sister Jean
Loyola University Chicago was preparing Wednesday to celebrate the life of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM, the beloved chaplain of the Loyola Ramblers basketball team.
Father, 2 sons were killed in fire in West Ridge, family says
A woman remained in critical condition after a fire left her husband and two sons dead in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood last week, according to family.
Semi-trailer truck slams into median wall on Kennedy Expressway
The crash happened at 5:31 a.m. on the inbound or southbound Kennedy at Madison Street in the West Loop, Illinois State Police said.