Chicago police investigate string of armed robberies on West Side
Surveillance video from the most recent robbery shows a pair of gunmen robbing a man as he opens the security gate of a store.
Men posing as NIPSCO workers restrain woman in Indiana home invasion
Police believe the two men were driving a yellow rental van with a Penske logo.
After alderman spoke in front of burned American flag, some colleagues seek formal punishment
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez has said he wasn't aware a flag was burned before he spoke at a protest rally. Some colleagues want him to lose his seat as Housing Committee chair.
Blommer Chocolate laying off more than 200 workers with plant closure
Layoffs at the plant at 600 W. Kinzie St. will begin at the end of May.
Chicago Park District union authorizes strike, asks mayor to intervene in contract talks
The union representing 2,200 park workers claimed management has given no written responses to its contract proposals at the last three bargaining sessions, and has made little movement on its top demands.
Man dies in Chicago motorcycle crash after running red light
Police said a 19-year-old man was headed west on a motorcycle on Irving Park Road shortly before 2 a.m., when he ran a red light at a high rate of speed at Central Avenue, and hit a car headed north on Central Avenue.
Boy charged in Chicago shooting that caused rollover crash in Auburn Gresham
The boy has been charged with two felony counts of attempted murder, two felony counts of aggravated battery, and one misdemeanor count of battery.
Chicago veterinarian arrested for child porn; FBI says he boasted of drugging, abusing kids
The FBI says Adam Stafford King also chatted online about planning to sexually assault his newborn son.
Parole board chair and board member resign amid controversy over case of suspect in Edgewater stabbing, murder
After the CBS 2 Investigators pressed the state for days, they finally admitted mistakes involving the release of Crosetti Brand from prison.
Car hits Illinois State Police car, IDOT truck on Dan Ryan Expressway
The driver of the Jeep was ticketed for DUI and violating Scott's Law.
Former Ald. Ed Burke retires as Illinois attorney after corruption conviction
Earlier this year, the Illinois Supreme Court was unable to rule on a bid to disbar Burke.
Migrants to be moved out of five Chicago Park District sites
The number of migrants staying in city-run shelters has dropped significantly in recent months, and the mayor's office said the five Park District sites are no longer needed to house migrants.
Blommer Chocolate Company closing Fulton River District manufacturing plant
Soon the sweet familiar smell of chocolate from the Fulton River District plant will be just a memory.
Pro-Palestinian groups sue Chicago over denial of Democratic National Convention protest permits
The groups had sought permits for protest marches on the first and last days of the Democratic National Convention in August, with parade routes that would have taken them within one block of the United Center
Judge quotes Dr. Seuss in tossing out Blagojevich lawsuit: "Will you please go now!"
"The simple reality is that federal courts have no role to play when it comes to a state impeachment," Judge Steven Seeger said.