Elburn approves $750 fines for unscheduled migrant bus dropoffs
The move comes after a bus carrying 38 migrants showed up unannounced earlier this month at the Metra station in Elburn, where migrants boarded a train to downtown Chicago.
SUV hits car, and car crashes into church in West Garfield Park
The pastor said this isn't the first time the building's been hit.
Woman charged with stabbing two girls she was babysitting in Lisle
Jennifer Kouchoukos is accused of stabbing the girls, ages 1 and 4, multiple times on Nov. 17 in at a home in Lisle.
After getting hosed twice over bogus Chicago water bill, man finally gets $5,000 refund
David Steele got the $5,000 refund he'd been wanting for months, but didn't get an explanation why the city suddenly changed its mind.
Chicago kids play in annual holiday dodgeball tournament
The Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences is hosting the 19th Ward Holiday Dodgeball Tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday.
2 injured in high-rise apartment fire on in Washington Park
Chicago Fire Department officials said the fire was contained to a single apartment on the 9th floor of the Southland Village Apartments.
Chicago shooting: man critically wounded during Little Village armed robbery
Four armed men started shooting after robbing two men near Cermak and Hamlin.
Chicago shooting: man wounded during attempted robbery in Hermosa
Police said a 29-year-old man was in the 4300 block of West Armitage Avenue around 7:20 a.m., when two armed men got out of a gray sedan and announced a robbery.
3 killed, 17 wounded in Chicago shootings during Christmas weekend
The ages of the victims range from 18 to 56.
Ed Burke Trial: Jury convicts ex-alderman on 13 of 14 counts in corruption case
CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller said he expects Burke will get 8 to 12 years in prison on one racketeering count alone.
Illinois nurse charged with diluting nursing home patient's morphine
Nickole Butler has been charged with one count of tampering with a consumer product, and pleaded not guilty at her arraignment in federal court in Chicago on Thursday.
Apostolic Faith Church hosting annual Christmas toy, coat, and food giveaway
Volunteers said giving back makes them light up.
Renovated Ramova Theatre to host first-ever live music performance on New Year's Eve
Born in the late 1920s as a movie theater, the iconic Ramova Theatre is making a triumphant return, reimagined as a 1,500-person capacity music venue in the heart of Bridgeport.
Chance the Rapper hosting 5th annual "Night at the Museum" at Museum of Science and Industry
The event will feature music, museum exhibits, giveaways, special holiday trees and decorations, and more than 50 vendors.
Texas flies about 100 asylum seekers to Chicago on private plane
The flight came after the city approved tougher penalties for bus operators who violate Chicago's rules for notifying the city about migrant arrivals, or not dropping off asylum seekers in designated areas.