Southwest Airlines fiasco: canceled flights, lost luggage keep bringing holiday woes
Days after Christmas, the crisis continues as the federal government begins to investigate what happened with Southwest Airlines.
Watch CBS News
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.
Days after Christmas, the crisis continues as the federal government begins to investigate what happened with Southwest Airlines.
On Monday, Bills fans with whom we spoke said they knew they were risking getting stuck in Chicago as the data showed a once-in-a-lifetime blizzard would fall the holiday weekend.
JT Phillis said it's the coldest Christmastime he's experienced in 20 years.
ComEd is staffing up and bringing in crews from across the country ahead of the storm. There are 1,800 utility workers are on standby including 350 line workers from around the country.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning from 9 a.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Saturday.
The bond was a huge drop from the state's attorney setting bond at $500,000 on Friday.
The Fire Department said carbon monoxide levels were near 500 ppm at the building at 1808 S. St. Louis Ave.
In each case, two to four people jump out of a car, flash guns, and demand the victims' money and car keys.
The North Central College Cardinals are playing in their third straight division three championship game.
"No one likes construction delays, but brighter days are ahead," said Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Secretary Omer Osman.
Three people are dead and another is in critical condition following a mass shooting on the city's Northwest Side early Sunday morning.
Two suspects are wounded after a concealed carry holder returns fire after being shot at during an attempted carjacking in the Loop Saturday morning.
The man was shot by officers in the finger and was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday night.
Fire officials said this has been a challenging fire to put out in-part due to a hoarding situation on the second floor.
The bar owner said he's grateful no one was injured.