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The center is open to the community and welcomes people of all faiths and the beauty inside and out is something you have to see in person.
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Marissa Perlman is an award-winning reporter for CBS News Chicago. She joined the team in February 2021.
She is thrilled to be back reporting and breaking stories in her hometown. Marissa grew up in Glenview and is a graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication.
Marissa's career as an anchor and reporter started in Elmira, New York at WETM-TV just two weeks after her graduation from Syracuse. She was the lead anchor and interim news director in 2013. She is a two-time Edward R. Murrow Award winner for reporting on winter weather coverage and participating on special report on the opioid epidemic.
She also won a New York State Broadcasting Award for her live field anchoring during major flooding in Watkins Glen, N.Y. and served as a panelist in the 2014 congressional debate.
Marissa's next stop was in Buffalo, working for WIVB where she served as both weekend morning and evening news anchor for four years. She covered everything from wild winter weather to politics. She was a part of the Emmy-award-winning team for storm coverage.
She joined the CBS family in April of 2019 as a reporter and fill-in anchor at KOVR, the CBS affiliate in Sacramento, Calif. She was recognized for her reporting for her daily investigations, state politics and covering wildfires.
You'll find Marissa in her off time exploring the Chicago restaurant scene, traveling as much as possible, spending time with her family and going on long walks throughout the city.
The center is open to the community and welcomes people of all faiths and the beauty inside and out is something you have to see in person.
The contract is signed for the Brighton Park site, which is set to house nearly 2,000 migrants. But the community said its voices are not being heard.
The president's visit will focus on the re-opening of an assembly plant that Stellantis closed back in March.
"I thought that I wasn't going to be here anymore," Michele Pettiford said of the moment she and her 12-year-old daughter were carjacked at gunpoint.
All the businesses that were targeted had doors or windows smashed, and a few cash registers were missing.
Robert Crimo Jr. was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 2 years probation.
The De La Cruz family's tree will be lit up at Millennium Park on November 17.
This year, a longtime Pilsen resident is taking the celebrations to new heights with a new display honoring those who came before us.
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced the charges Tuesday.
Robert Crimo Jr. is set to go on trial next week on seven counts of reckless conduct, in part for signing his son's application for a FOID card to buy a gun.
For both of them, Sderot will always be home – and now, they don't know when their town will rebuild.
Judith and Natalie Raanan were in Israel for Judith's mother's 85th birthday when they were both taken hostage.
Bridgeview police said the letter was sent anonymously and communicated hate toward the Muslim community.
In each case, a group of between 2 and 6 suspects got out of a white or black sedan and approached the victim at gunpoint:
The car was left flipped on its side on top of another car causing serious damage near 50th and South Racine.