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."
Suburban Chicago CEO killed in freak accident before packed audience at company party
Video on social media captures the company's silver jubilee celebrations--and the freak accident.
Warm Up Wednesday: Volunteers provide clothing, food to those in need in Lawndale
The Fuel Movement Community Center gets 50 to 100 clothing items every Wednesday.
Kankakee River ice jam causes flooding 50 miles southwest of Chicago
It might have been a pretty sight, but residents said the problem was very dangerous.
Suburban Chicago students focus on legislative action to celebrate MLK Day
"We are there regularly. They know us and I'm proud of the work that we do there."
2 Chicago firefighters injured while fighting house fire in Grand Crossing
The fire happened while the city is dealing with dangerous cold temperatures. Frozen helmets and pipes show what kind of elements they had to endure.
First Lady Jill Biden visits UIC to talk women's health, menopause
It's part of a White House initiative on women's health research that launched back in November.