Chicago alders talk disproportionate violence against Black women
Nearly 30% of all Chicago crime victims in 2022 were Black women, though they make up just 16% of the population, data show.
Watch CBS News
Dorothy Tucker is a Chicago native raised in Chicago's Lawndale and Austin communities. She has been a reporter for CBS News Chicago since 1984. Currently, she is a reporter on the station's investigative team and the immediate past President of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Tucker has been honored numerous times throughout her career. In 2022 she won a regional Edward R. Murrow for the CBS News Chicago series, "Investigating Injustice: Black Women at Risk". That same series received a national award from the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2022, she won the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership from the News Leaders Association.
In 2021, she won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and was part of the news team that won a national Murrow for overall excellence. Tucker is also the recipient of the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Association of Journalists.
She has won several local Emmys. In 2024 she was awarded two programming Emmys for Outstanding Achievement: "Call to Action, Justice for Black Women. Her report on "Eviction Moratorium Leaving Landlords Homeless" earned her a 2021 Emmy.
She also won for her breaking news reports during the 2008 Northern Illinois University shootings and two for her work on CBS News Chicago′s 2003 and 2004 broadcasts of the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon.
She has earned the Chicago Association of Black Journalists' Award for Outstanding Television Reporting and received a national UPI Spot News Award.
She joined CBS News Chicago from KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, where she worked as a general assignment reporter and talk show host. Previously, Tucker worked at KWGN-TV in Denver, as a general assignment reporter and as a reporter and weekend anchor at WREG-TV in Memphis. Tucker began her broadcasting career in Peoria at WMBD-TV. She was an intern at CBS News Chicago in 1977.
Tucker is a local board member of NABJ-Chicago. She is a former board member of the Northwestern Alumni Association and a current member of the Northwestern University Leadership Circle. Tucker graduated, with honors, from Northwestern University with a B.S. in Communications.
Tucker lives in Hyde Park and is the mother of three millennials.
Nearly 30% of all Chicago crime victims in 2022 were Black women, though they make up just 16% of the population, data show.
Chiropractor who promoted stem cell benefits for relieving arthritis pain is disciplined after six-year investigation by state
"It's not just a number. You're talking about people who have dreams, who have ambitions, who have life, who have work, and you know, they're flesh and blood. They're not just a number," Alaa Abusaman said.
About three dozen City Council members blasted the state of CPS after the resignations.
This comes as a big shake-up as all seven current members of the board saying they'll resign at the end of the month.
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling talked with CBS News Chicago about victories and challenges after a year in the job.
A nine-foot fence lined both sides of the street.
For many women, it's a deeply personal moment that some weren't sure they'd ever see.
The hottest items bear the name and face of the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris.
Thousands of delegates, volunteers, workers, and media from around the world had lined up to enter one security site.
More than 70 businesses from across the city are looking forward to showcasing themselves to tens of thousands of DNC visitors.
An alderman wants to get a new home repair grant program to help homeowners who live near where the DNC is being held.
She was not only the first Black woman in the Senate but also the only African American Senator during her six-year tenure
An average of 24 people every minute become victims of domestic violence at the hands of an intimate partner in the U.S. Precious Wright, of Chicago's Austin neighborhood, has lived through it.
A shopper discovered 10-cent bag fee instead of a 7-cent tax on a recent receipt from Mariano's.