After losing 7 deaths in shooting, Joliet family moves forward "moment by moment"
The pain of losing so many at once rocked the Joliet neighborhood. CBS 2 spoke with a family member to learn more about those they lost.
Oak Park school among first to teach AP African American Studies class
Oak Park and River Forest High School was the first in the state to offer a new Advanced Placement African American Studies course.
CPS Safe Passage worker, 4 others injured in South Side Chicago crash
Witnesses said the crash resulted in a light pole hitting the worker, who was taken to the hospital.
Car flips over after crash on Chicago's South Side
The violent crash was being investigated by the U.S. Marshals.
Suburban Chicago firefighter rescues 120-pound dog from icy waters
"They've got all that wet fur afterward. You're looking at hypothermia fairly quickly."
Distracted driver crashes, causing power outage for over 200 in Chicago
Video shows the SUV drive through the poles and trash cans and even hit garages.
One-stop-shopping and information for Chicago small business owners
"This is an event that helps me with identify sources, resources, and potential contracts for them."
Metra reports Ventra app outage as new fares begin, ticket windows close
Riders can show their phones to prove their screen is frozen to board trains while the issue is resolved by Cubic, the company that runs the app, a spokesperson said.
Elgin holds open house to warn about high lead levels in some homes' water
CBS 2 talked with one homeowner who has been living with the lead problem already for about a year.
3 water main breaks repaired in Dixmoor; boil water order remains
"We are working as fast as we can to identify the problem so we can fix it," Village President Fitzgerald Roberts said.
Family, friends remember seven killed in Joliet murders
One family member says this tragedy will not define her family.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorated in Carol Stream
"They had piles of dead, as high as that TV set or higher, piled up. Just very thin, naked because we would take their clothes."
Indiana oil refinery tank leak causes odor in south suburbs
A spokesperson for BP's refinery in Whiting said it experienced a leak from a storage tank in the fields.
Illinois wants to ban food chemicals found in candy, soda
"You can't eat this stuff in Europe. You can't eat this stuff in Japan, but we just jam it down our kids' throats here in the United States of America."
Dixmoor residents told to boil their water as it deals with more water woes
"Of course, you have breaks in other areas because all the pipes are the same age."