CHICAGO (CBS) — Former President Barack Obama was back in Chicago on Tuesday, to host a summit of 500 civic leaders.

The Obama Foundation was hosting the two-day summit at the Marriott Marquis McCormick Place and the neighboring Wintrust Arena.

Obama announced the inaugural leadership summit more than a month ago on YouTube. The two-day forum will feature keynote addresses from the former president, former first lady Michelle Obama, and Britain’s Prince Harry.

More than 500 civic leaders from around the globe were expected to take part in the summit, which is aimed at inspiring young people, entrepreneurs, and other leaders to take action to spark change in their communities.

“This is a big brainstorming session. This is a big hack-a-thon,” President Obama, appearing with  his wife, Michelle, told attendees.

When he announced the summit in September, Obama said he originally launched the Obama Foundation to hear from the nation’s future leaders.

“One of the things you told us is how much you want from one another, from folks who aren’t like you, who live in different places, and are tackling unique challenges of their own. That’s why we’re bringing together hundreds of leaders from all around the world for a hands-on exchange of ideas,” Obama said when he announced the summit in September.

Obama and Prince Harry kicked off the summit Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Obama will speak on Wednesday.

The summit also will include musical guests Chance The Rapper, Gloria Estefan, and The National.

CHICAGO (CBS) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed a former campaign aide who became the first to plead guilty in special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, saying George Papadopoulos “has already proven to be a liar.”

Papadopoulos, who grew up in the Chicago area, was one of the first three people charged in connection to Mueller’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, and the foreign power’s meddling in the 2016 election.

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business associate Rick Gates also have been indicted on tax fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy charges that appear not directly related to their work on the campaign.

Papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents working for special counsel Robert Mueller as part of his probe into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia.

In a pair of tweets Tuesday morning, President Trump said Papadopoulos “has already proven to be a liar” and sought to deflect attention to the DNC, which contributed funding for research that culminated in the infamous dossier alleging Trump’s connections to Russia.

A former British spy, Christopher Steele, complied explosive allegations against Trump in a 35-page dossier for Fusion GPS during the 2016 campaign. The dossier alleged connections between then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and the Kremlin. Some of the information in the dossier is now under investigation by Mueller. According to the Associated Press, Steele met with investigators earlier this month.

Trump’s description of Papadopoulos as a “low level volunteer” and a “liar” is a stark contrast to his assessment during the 2016 campaign. In an interview with the Washington Post editorial board, then candidate Trump called Papadopoulas an “excellent guy” while naming members of his foreign policy team.

“George Papadopoulos, he’s an energy and oil consultant, excellent guy,” Trump said.

Papadopoulos, a graduate of Niles West High School and DePaul University, pleaded guilty on Oct. 5 to one count of making false statements to federal investigators. He admitted to lying to FBI agents about the nature of his interactions with “foreign nationals” who he thought had close connections to senior Russian government officials.

The plea was unsealed Monday.

Papadopoulos is the first person to face criminal charges that cite interactions between Trump campaign associates and Russian intermediaries during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Cramer, who now is managing director of consulting firm Berkeley Research Group, said Papadapoulos’ plea signals he’s cooperating with the investigation.

“They’re clearly looking at connections, or relationships, or meetings that happened between the Trump administration and Russian representatives; and certainly on that level, that question, this individual played a role,” he said.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders downplayed Papadopoulos’ role within President Trump’s campaign, referring to him as a “volunteer.”

“He was a volunteer member of an advisory council that met one time,” Sanders told reporters Monday afternoon during the White House press briefing.

Papadopoulos, who is 30 years old, joined the Trump campaign in early March 2016 as a foreign adviser.

Sanders claimed that Papadopoulos was unpaid and asserted that his activities were considered “unofficial.”

“It has nothing to do with the campaign’s activities,” she said of Papadopoulos’ plea.

Sanders emphasized that she’s “not sure that the president recalls specific details” of a March 31 national security team meeting at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. in which Papadopoulos was present.

“He asked to do things, he was basically pushed back or not responded to in any way,” Sanders said of Papadopoulos’ efforts within the campaign, which included sending out emails that offered to set up “a meeting between us and the Russian leadership to discuss U.S.-Russia ties under President Trump.”

According to court documents, Papadopoulos lied about his meetings with a Russian professor who had ties to the Russian government and who claimed to have “dirt” on Hillary Clinton–in the form of thousands of emails.  He also lied about his contacts with a female Russian foreign national and his efforts to arrange a meeting between Russian officials and the Trump campaign, according to court filings.

At one meeting with the Russian professor in London, the female Russian national was introduced to Papadopoulos as a relative of Russian president Vladimir Putin with “connections to senior Russian government officials,” according to court documents. In a subsquent email to unnamed Trump campaign advisers, Papadopoulos refered the the woman as “Putin’s niece.”

That meeting took place on March 24, just a few weeks after Papadopoulos was named as a foreign policy aide to the Trump campaign. His primary role, according to investigators, was to develop relationships between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.

On March 31, according to court documents, Papadopoulos attended a national security briefing in Washington with President Trump and senior campaign officials. At the meeting, Papadopoulos told the group that he had connections that would be able to arrange a meeting between then-candidate Trump and Putin.

On the same day, the Trump campaign posted a photo of the meeting on Instagram. Papadopolous is seated at the center of the conference table.

Meeting held March 31 with then candidate Trump and campaign officials. (Credit: Instagram)

Over the course of the next several weeks, emails were exhanged about developing further relations and meetings between Russia and the Trump campaign.

In one of them, the female Russian national stated: ” I have already alerted my personal links to our conversation and your request. As mentioned we are all very excited by the possibility of a good relationship with Mr. Trump. The Russian Federation would love to welcome him once his candidature would be officially announced.”

Into the summer, Papadopoulos worked to arrange his own visit to Russia on behalf of the campaign. That meeting did not take place.

Trump aides have said he played a limited role in the campaign and no access to the president.

Papadopolous’ attorneys, in a statement, said: “It is in the best interest of our client, George Papadopoulos, that we refrain from commenting on George’s case.

“We will have the opportunity to comment on George’s involvement when called upon by the Court at a later date. We look forward to telling all of the details of George’s story at that time.”

CHICAGO (CBS) — An Elgin man has been charged with killing his elderly mother, dismembering her body, and dumping it in Chicago. Parts of her body were believed to have been found in the Lincoln Park lagoon.

Brian Peck, 55, has been charged with first-degree murder and concealment of a homicide in the death of his mother, 76-year-old Gail Peck, according to Elgin Police and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office.

Brian Peck is charged with first-degree murder and concealment of a homicide in the death of his mother, 76-year-old Gail Peck. (Credit: Elgin Police)

At a bond hearing Tuesday afternoon in Rolling Meadows, Cook County prosecutors said Brian Peck admitted to killing his mother, and then putting her body in a bathtub, and hacking it up. He was ordered held without bail at a bond hearing Tuesday afternoon in Rolling Meadows.

Brian Peck reported his mother missing on Friday, telling police she left home to walk her dog, and then the dog came back alone. Elgin police said further investigation revealed “Gail Peck’s disappearance may not have occurred as reported.”

Gail Peck (Source: Elgin Police/Facebook)

On Saturday, a fisherman found human remains and a hand saw in a duffel bag in the South Lagoon at Lincoln Park, and called 911, according to police and prosecutors. Police divers and detectives went to the scene, and found another bag with more remains from the same body.

The remains included the torso and parts of two legs of a white woman who had a scar on her back from surgery. The victim remained unidentified as of Tuesday morning, but an autopsy determined the scar was consistent with a spinal fusion surgery, and prosecutors said in court that Gail Peck had spinal fusion surgery. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office was waiting for the results of DNA testing to confirm their findings.

Prosecutors said police have evidence of Brian Peck withdrawing $500 from his mother’s checking account at a drive-through ATM two days before she was reported missing, hours after her last contact with anyone but her son. About a half hour later, Brian Peck was caught on video buying carpet cleaner and Oxyclean at Walmart. A few hours later, he called their cleaning woman, and told her not to come that day. The same afternoon, he was caught on video buying bricks, tarps, and nylon cord at Home Depot.

The next day, Brian Peck allegedly bought a 5-piece luggage set, a duffel bag, and a steam cleaner at Home Depot. The luggage and duffel bag were identical to those that contained the body parts discovered in the Lincoln Park lagoon and pieces found in a closet at the Pecks’ home.

A red towel in the suitcase that contained a torso matched towels found in the Peck’s home, and a cadaver dog alerted to human remains in the trunk of Gail Peck’s car, according to prosecutors.

Prosecutors said, after Gail Peck was reported missing, police discovered a blood stain on the carpet of her bedroom, and a bottle of carpet cleaner nearby. A larger blood stain had soaked into the wood floor beneath the carpet, and into the ceiling tile of the basement below. More blood stains also were found on an armchair, a table, a washing machine, a sink, and the steam cleaner Brian Peck had purchased the day before.

When police confronted Brian Peck with the video evidence from the stores, and the luggage containing the body parts, he allegedly told investigators his mother had been complaining Wednesday morning about him playing loud music at 3:30 a.m., and told him to leave. He allegedly admitted he then knocked her leg out from under her, and stomped on her head and neck, and realized she was dead, so he put her body in a bathtub and hacked her up.

Brian Peck allegedly confessed to dumping his mother’s head and arms into Montrose Harbor in Chicago on Wednesday, and tossed the rest of her body in the Lincoln Park lagoon on Thursday.

Brian Peck previously was charged with domestic battery in 2016, after allegedly striking his mother in the face during an argument, threatening to kill her, and picking her up by the neck and choking her.

He also has previous convictions for identity theft, aggravated battery, computer fraud, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and theft by deception, according to prosecutors.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans was on the hot seat again at budget hearings on Monday, as aldermen repeated criticisms of what they view as a shortage of minority hiring and contracting at the city’s airports.

Evans has had a sometimes contentious relationship with some members of the City Council since she was hired in 2015, but she said there has been an increase in contract payments for businesses owned by women and minorities.

However, Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) told Evans she still is not satisfied with the number of minority businesses that have received contracts and payments from the department.

“It is still below what it needs to be, as you are well aware, as you have been well aware since you have gotten here, and things have not improved,” she said.

Minority contracting at the Aviation Department has been a sore subject at budget hearings in the past, and Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd) told Evans she wants to see detailed numbers regarding the increase in contracts to women and minority business enterprises.

“It appears here that your MBE numbers for African Americans is on a decline,” she said.

“For that particular period of payments, yes, but I think the contract values are higher than that,” Evans answered.

Aldermen also had questions about the status of the airports’ security officer force, which was in the spotlight earlier this year after three officers dragged Dr. David Dao off a United Airlines flight, bloodying his nose and giving him a concussion in the process.

Evans assured aldermen the force wasn’t being privatized.

The officer who yanked Dao out of his seat has been fired, as has a sergeant who supervised the three officers, after the sergeant allegedly removed “material facts” from a report on the incident. The other two officers involved in the incident were suspended for five days for “misleading statements” and “material omissions” in their reports.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Halloween is a busy day for veterinarians, as candy is the most common hazard for pets.

Chocolate is toxic for dogs, and for those pets trying to sneak a snack, candy wrappers can cause vomiting or potentially block a pet’s digestive system.

Dr. David Gonsky, who is the founder and chief medical officer at West Loop Veterinary Care, says it’s best to keep your pet inside during the Trick-or-Treat time of the holiday.

“Some people love to play pranks and unfortunately some of our cats, especially black cats, are really at risk during Halloween,” Dr. Gonsky said. “If you have those kinds of pets, keep them inside — it’s just safest for them.”

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According to the Anti-Cruelty Society, wires and plugs from electrical lights can also post a threat to pets. “Electrical shock from chewing on cords or injury from plastic or glass bulbs is possible,” the organization’s website says. “Make sure they are kept out of your pet’s reach.”

Dr. Gonsky added that costumes with masks could also cause anxiety for dogs and cats because they can’t read facial clues.

If you think your pet may have ingested something harmful, the Anti-Cruelty Society recommends calling your vet or going to your nearest animal hospital immediately.

CHICAGO (CBS) — The Will County Forest Preserve District has joined a long-time DuPage County effort to preserve a type of turtle that’s native to Illinois.

The hatchlings are being kept at an undisclosed location for protection from poachers, but you can see Buddy, a 12-year-old Blanding’s turtle, at the Isle a la Cache Museum in Romeoville. (Photo: Bernie Tafoya/WBBM)

Known to some as “smiling turtles,” there are 49 Blanding’s turtles currently being cared for in Will County. Their shells are the size of a half-dollar coin.

“They’re in big trouble in the wild. The wild populations are not doing well,” says Chris Guttman on baby Blanding’s turtles.

Guttman, who is a facility supervisor for the Will County Forest Preserve District, says the hatchlings (young animals who have recently emerged from their eggs) will be released into the wild in about a year when they are bigger and therefore more able to fend for themselves.

“Raccoons, coyotes, skunks will raid the nests. In some areas, over 90 percent of the nests are lost. They just have too easy of access to them,” Guttman said.

He added that Blanding’s turtles have also been run over by cars, and have been part of an illegal pet trade. Taking care of the turtles for the next year will make it less likely they’ll be eaten when released.

“This helps prevent some of those early losses,” said Gutmann. “We’re giving them a fighting chance.”

Once those turtles are released, the Forest Preserve District will get another batch to shelter for a year.

Since 1996, the DuPage County Forest Preserve District has been raising baby Blanding’s and later releasing them into the wild. So far, 3,000 of the turtles have been released.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Hillary Clinton brought her current book tour to Chicago Monday, and told a crowd that Russian interference in the presidential election is a “clear and present danger.”

Clinton said if she were president, she would form a commission to look into the role social media has on elections. “We need to make it clear to these incredible tech companies, that every one of us uses, that they’ve got to be part of the solution — not part of the problem.”

Clinton went on to say that Russia is engaged in a new kind of Cold War.

“No foreign power in modern history has attacked us with so few consequences.”

She says social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, must disclose more about where content comes from, and that President Trump should enforce Congressionally-backed sanctions against Russia.

Some of those in attendance at the Auditorium Theatre remarked on the timing of Clinton’s visit, which came on the same day as charges against President Trump’s former campaign manager were disclosed.

Hundreds stood in line to get an autographed copy of Hillary Clinton’s political memoir, at The Book Stall in Winnetka on Monday. (Helen Marshall/WBBM)

“It’s a little bit of positive karma for her,” one woman said.

Clinton avoided direct references to the charges against Paul Manafort, but did say her book, “What Happened,” has a “great” chapter about Russian interference in the presidential campaign.

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After scripted remarks Clinton took questions from author and moderator Cheryl Strayed about how she’s dressing up for Halloween.

“I think I will maybe come as the president,” Clinton retorted.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman was killed and her ex-husband, a former Chicago Police officer, was found dead later Saturday in an apparent murder-suicide in southwest suburban Plainfield.

About 12:30 p.m., officers were called when Elaine M. Zene, 65, was shot in the parking lot of a Jewel-Osco at 1340 S. Route 59 in Plainfield, according to Plainfield Police Chief John Konopek and the Will County coroner’s office.

Zene, who lived in Woodridge, was taken to Bolingbrook Hospital, where she died at 1:08 p.m., according to the coroner’s office. Preliminary autopsy results found she suffered multiple gunshot wounds, but it did not rule on final cause and manner of death pending further reports.

A short time later, investigators identified a suspect and went to a home on Walnut Circuit near 119th Street in Plainfield, Konopek said. When officers arrived, they heard a gunshot, and a SWAT team and other police agencies were called to set up a perimeter.

When officers were unable to make contact with a person inside, a SWAT team was sent in and found Raymond T. Zene, 72, dead inside a vehicle in the garage, authorities said. The Plainfield resident is believed to have shot himself in the chest.

Raymond Zene was a Chicago Police officer from 1966-96.

Preliminary autopsy results found he suffered a gunshot wound, but did not rule on final cause and manner of death pending further reports, the coroner’s office said.

The two incidents are being investigated as an apparent murder-suicide, Konopek said. He said the victims were once married.

“There is no lingering threat to the community,” he said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2017. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

CHICAGO (CBS) — A political activist has accused Illinois State Sen. Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago) of sexually harassing her while the two were working on legislation to help crime victims last year.

During a House committe hearing about sexual harassment by lawmakers, lobbyists, and staffers in Springfield, Mothers on a Mission to Stop Violence founder Denise Rotheimer detailed a pattern of harassment by Silverstein, accusing him of invading her privacy.

“He would Facebook me at midnight, call me at midnight,” she said. “You have no idea the torment.”

A Republican now running for state representative, Rotheimer helped author a 2011 law to increase penalties for violent sex offenders. She said she was working with Silverstein to pass legislation to help crime victims get free legal representation during ongoing criminal cases, when the senator killed the bill because he thought she had a boyfriend.

“Once I explained to him I don’t have a boyfriend, my bill came back alive,” Rotheimer said.

Rotheimer said she felt like she “had no control in the situation” because of the senator’s power to move or block her legislation. She said she asked her local state’s attorney to take her place in writing the bill, because she couldn’t take Silverstein’s behavior anymore.

“He had so much power over me, and the mind games he played, the tactics he played, and he knew this is my heart,” she said.

Rotheimer claimed Silverstein would tell her things like, “You look like a movie star. I like having meetings with you, because you’re pretty to look at.”

“It dumbfounds me to think that any person thinks a woman wants to be told she’s intoxicating, especially if you’re a married man,” Rotheimer added. “It’s so unfortunate that we are used for whatever is going on.”

She said Silverstein’s comments and phone calls took a physical toll: “I ended up six weeks in a crisis. I lost 20 pounds. My hair fell out. I was so scared that I would have to admit myself into a hospital, because I went down to like 109 pounds,” she said.

Rotheimer said she filed a complaint with Senate President John Cullerton’s office.

“I want him to answer for it, and to know that it is wrong, it is unconscionable, and I for one do not tolerate it,” she said.

Cullerton’s office said they received the complaint in November 2016, and referred the matter to the General Assembly’s Legislative Inspector General’s office and Legislative Ethics Commission. The Legislative Inspector General position has been vacant for years.

In a telephone interview with CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez, Sen. Silverstein denied he did anything inappropriate.

“I apologize if I made her uncomfortable but I will let the commission do its job. I don’t want to try this in the press,” he said.

The House committee passed legislation that includes requirements for sexual harassment training and defines circumstances that trigger investigations.

CHICAGO (CBS) — During the latest round of City Council budget hearings, Chicago’s health director says more mental health services are now available for residents even though there are fewer city-run clinics.

Aldermen reflected health advocates’ concerns for the future since the city turned over operation of one of its mental health clinics to the Cook County Health and Hospitals System.

“The CPH intend to close another clinic next year to increase staff at the four remaining clinics, then the following year cut staff again saying you don’t need as many staff because there are only four clinics,” Ald. Ricardo Muñoz said.

Public Health Comr. Dr. Julie Morita says the city believes it needs five clinics, and gave up one to improve services at that Roseland clinic.

“We left that space because they could provide more comprehensive services than we could provide,” Dr. Morita said. “And it allowed us to then ramp up and increase our sport within the five clinics that we have.”

There are no plans to close any of them, but some still worry that Chicago’s mental health services might suffer due to the city’s public heath budget.

“We had a numerous amount of mental clinic shops close — how are we doing in addressing those concerns?” Ald. Aerial Roboroz questioned.

What was once 12 clinics, has now been cut down to six.

CHICAGO (CBS) — The Lake County sheriff’s office saved a 25th person from overdosing on opioids this year on Friday.

At 11:44 p.m., sheriff’s deputies were called to a parking lot in the 20500 block of North Rand Road in north suburban Deer Park for a report of an overdose, according to a statement from the sheriff’s office.

Deputies found a 23-year-old man unconscious and not breathing inside in the passenger seat of a vehicle, sheriff’s police said. The other people inside the vehicle told the deputies that the man injected heroin and lost consciousness.

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Sheriff’s deputies administered Naloxone and the man regained consciousness and began breathing again. He was taken to a local hospital for assessment.

Sheriff Mark Curran said, “It’s clear we are in the midst of an opioid epidemic – and our statistics prove this.  This year alone, we’ve saved the lives of 25 people to opioid overdose. …We want the community to know – if you are in need of help, just ask!  Please visit our website to see a list of resources available to you and your loved ones.”

Of the 25 people saved by the sheriff’s office this year, the average age is 29, the statement said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2017. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

CHICAGO (CBS) — It’s Halloween and it is time to grab a bag, through on your costume and hit the town to gather loads of candy!

Although Halloween, Oct. 31, falls on a Tuesday this year and it is a weeknight, Chicago and it’s surrounding suburbs are still observing the holiday on the exact date. But don’t worry, most cities are holding trick-or-treat hours early, so that everyone can get to bed on time.

So whether you spent months planning your costume or you grabbed one last night, you have your costume on, are all dressed up and now the question is where to go?

Here are the trick or treat times for local cities:

Chicago
3 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Northern Suburbs:
– Deerfield 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Evanston 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Glencoe 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Glenview 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Highland Park 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Highwood 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Kenilworth – after school until Dusk
– Lake Bluff 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Lake Forest 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Libertyville 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Lincolnwood 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Northbrook 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Northfield 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Skokie 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Vernon Hills 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Wilmette 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Winnetka – after school until Dusk

Northwestern Suburbs:
– Addison 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Arlington Heights 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Bensenville 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Barrington 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Bartlett 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Bloomingdale 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Buffalo Grove 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Des Plaines – no mandated hours
– Elk Grove Village 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Franklin Park 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Grayslake 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Hoffman Estates 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Itasca 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Mount Prospect 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Niles 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Norridge 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Palatine 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Park Ridge 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Prospect Heights 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Rolling Meadows 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Roselle 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Rosemont 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Schaumburg 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Wheeling 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Wood Dale 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Western Suburbs:
– Berwyn 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
– Bolingbrook 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Brookfield 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Burr Ridge 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Carol Stream 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Dairen 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
– Downers Grove – no mandated hours
– Elmhurst 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
– Forest Park 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
– Glen Ellyn 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Glendale Heights 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Hillside 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
– Hinsdale – no mandated hours
– La Grange 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Lisle 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Lombard 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Melrose Park 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Naperville – no mandated hours
– Oak Brook 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Oak Park 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– West Chicago 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Westmont 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Wheaton 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Woodridge 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Southwestern Suburbs:
– Alsip 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
– Blue Island 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Braidwood 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Bridgeview 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Chicago Heights 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Chicago Ridge 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
– Crest Hill 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Homer Glen 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Joliet 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Justice 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Lemont 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
– Lockport 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– New Lenox 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Oak Forest 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Oak Lawn 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Orland Park 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Palos Heights 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Palos Hills 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
– Palos Park – no mandated hours
– Park Forest 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Plainfield 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Romeoville 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Tinley Park 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Willowbrook 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Willow Springs 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Worth 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

South Suburbs:
– Beecher 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Flossmoor 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Frankfort 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Homewood 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Matteson 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Mokena 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Monee 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Orland Hills 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Richton Park 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Sauk Village 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– South Holland 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Summit 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Thorton 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
– Oak Lawn 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Emergency crews were called Tuesday afternoon to one of the parking lots of the Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie.

Skokie Police said a construction crew struck a natural gas main shortly before 2 p.m., while working in the parking lot between Nordstrom’s and Skokie Boulevard, on the southeast side of the mall.

Nicor was on the scene within minutes. The Skokie Fire Department stood by as a precaution.

Police said no roads were closed, and personnel at Nordstrom’s, Maggiano’s and Barnes & Noble, the closest stores, all told WBBM that they remained open, as usual.

No injuries were reported.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Two upscale restaurants in Pilsen have been hit by vandals with graffiti that tells them to leave the neighborhood.

The act is believed to be a response to the gentrification of the changing Mexican community.

“We woke up and we were greeted by a lot of spray paint that was letting us know that a certain group of people don’t welcome this space being here. Which is unfortunate for us, at least – you know?” said Stephen Gillanders.

Stephen Gillanders is the chef and owner of S.K.Y. Restaurant, which is set to open in less than three weeks at 18th and Allport.

“The entire face of the building had been marked up,” he said.

Employees of the soon-to-open restaurant spent the day Tuesday washing away the messages left by vandals, demanding that non-Mexican owners here and across the street get out of Pilsen. The messages contained anti-white gentrification hate messages.

Stephen Gillanders is the chef and owner of S.K.Y. Restaurant, which is set to open in less than three weeks at 18th and Allport. (WBBM/Steve Miller)

“I’m Filipino. My wife’s Korean. Not to say that if we were white, it would be understandable. But we’re not. I don’t know that we necessarily fit the profile that they’re unhappy with,” he said. “We’re trying to do what we can to have jobs here. A place where people hang out. We live here. We want to be a part of Pilsen. We want the opportunity to live here.

“To think that a couple of people are trying to scare us or make a statement – it’s not going to change that we’re here now,” Gillanders said.

And most residents, like Maria, who chose not to give her last name, welcome them.

Employees of the soon-to-open restaurant spent the day Tuesday washing away the messages left by vandals, demanding that non-Mexican owners here and across the street get out of Pilsen. The messages contained anti-white gentrification hate messages. (WBBM/Steve Miller)

“I’m really upset. This should not happen here. We are a very diverse neighborhood. Everybody is welcome here,” she said.

Gillanders said the graffiti comes a few days after activists met in the neigbhorhood to protest gentrification, accusing new business owners of indirectly causing rents to rise and pushing poor people out.

Neither police or residents are linking the group to the graffiti, but Alderman Daniel Solis said whoever did this needs to punished.

“The question of how to deal with gentrification is a legitimate one, but that tactic of using racist methods to say that is not welcomed, not acceptable and will not be tolerated,’ Ald. Solis said.

At this point, no one is in custody, but police are asking residents to call if they have information and businesses in the neigbhorhood are asked to check their security cameras.

There’s also a meeting on Wednesday among retailers, community groups and police.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Alderman seem to give Chicago’s Streets and Sanitation Commissioner high marks, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t have some complaints at a long budget hearing on Tuesday afternoon.

Among overall complaints among Aldermen on the City Council Budget Committee, the recycling program comes up time and again. Some say residents aren’t getting adequate instructions about exactly what should be recycled and how, and the program has changed. WBBM’s Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports.

Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Charles Williams acknowledged the concerns of Committee Chairman Alderman Carrie Austin.

“We are working with recycling partners right now…again, recycling is an issue to address very vigorously in the coming years, so we get our recycling to improve. We know we have challenges ahead,” Williams said.

Williams admits Chicago’s recycling program, which has gone through some changes, is not as successful as officials would hope. But he said, it’s a nationwide problem.

He agrees with Alderman Joe Moore that recycling is succeeding in San Francisco, where the culture is a bit more attuned.

“A lot of it is done, not just because the people are different out there, but because there has been an aggressive public education effort over many, many years,” Williams said.

Moore said Chicago should fund more aggressive public education efforts and Commissioner Williams agrees.

“Budget has increased our budget going into 2018 for that effort. We’ve gone from $250,000 to $400,000, so it has increased. In addition to that, we are also working with the recycling partnership. They are going to help us produce a television commercial that we are hoping to get out,” he said.

Several Aldermen also have concerns about rat problems, illegal dumping, and tree trimming. Those are perennial issues.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police have heightened security throughout the city following an incident Tuesday in Manhattan, during which a motorist deliberately plowed into pedestrians, killing at least eight.

The NYPD says a man intentionally drove a rented Home Depot truck onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial, hit several people and a school bus, and emerged from the vehicle screaming and brandishing firearms.

Chicago Police say there is no known threat in the city, adding, “Additional police officers will be placed in high-traffic areas downtown and at parks, out of an abundance of caution.” Shortly after the incident, officers could be seen patrolling State and Randolph equipped with high-powered rifles.

The Chicago Division of the FBI also issued a statement saying they are working closely with Chicago Police, and are not aware of any threat to the Northern district of Illinois.

Law enforcement officials, as well as witnesses, say the driver, 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, of Tampa, Florida, yelled “Allahu Akbar” — God is great in Arabic — as he exited the truck.

An officer shot Saipov — who came to the U.S. in 2010 from Uzbekistan — in the abdomen. He was subsequently transported to a hospital.

Despite some initial reports of gunfire, Saipov had a fake gun. In fact, some witnesses thought the whole incident was a Halloween stunt at first. A paintball gun and a pellet gun were both recovered at the scene.

“This was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a statement following the attack:

“Chicago stands in solidarity with New York City in the wake of today’s horrific attack. The thoughts and prayers of every Chicagoan are with the victims, their families and all New Yorkers on this difficult day. The strength and resilience of the great people of New York will outshine the darkness and cowardice of this evil act of terror.”

The White House also put forth a statement Tuesday evening saying, “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of today’s terrorist attack in New York City and their families.  My Administration will provide its full support to the New York City Police Department, including through a joint investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  We offer our thanks to the first responders who stopped the suspect and rendered immediate aid to the victims of this cowardly attack.  These brave men and women embody the true American spirit of resilience and courage.  I will continue to follow developments closely.”

Furthermore, Trump took to Twitter several times. He initially tweeted, “In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. Law enforcement is following closely. NOT IN THE U.S.A.!”

“We must not allow ISIS to return, or enter, our country after defeating them in the Middle East and elsewhere. Enough!” another tweet said.

As of early Tuesday evening, 11 other people had serious but non-life threatening injuries, according to the NYPD. This is the deadliest act of terror in New York City since 9/11.

The New York victims were on the mind of revelers at the 21st annual Halloween Parade in Chicago’s Boy’s Town neighborhood on the North Side.

Parade-goers told WBBM’s Bob Roberts they were not deterred and were determined to enjoy themselves.

(CBS) – CBS 2 News is learning there’s  a Chicago connection to Paul Manafort, the indicted former campaign manager for President Donald Trump.

A local bank CEO has been talking to the FBI.

In August 2016, Chicago banker Steve Calk cited his hometown in explaining why he was supporting Republican Trump for president.

“I want to see my town, Chicago, back on top, and I think the best way to do that is to help bolster our economy,” he told CBS 2 Political Reporter Derrick Blakley.

Calk is the founder and CEO of The Federal Savings Bank in Chicago. Last year, he was a Trump campaign adviser.

Published reports say Calk’s bank provided as much as $16 million in loans to Manafort, the one-time chairman of the Trump presidential campaign, who is accused of money-laundering, among other charges.

Calk told CBS 2’s Jim Williams on Tuesday he cannot discuss his financial connection to Manafort.

“It would be a breach of my fiduciary responsibility, possibly against the law,” he said.

He added he has been asked by the FBI not to discuss the case.

There is no indication Calk himself is the focus of an investigation.

But CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller says the feds, in investigating Manafort, would have wanted  unlimited financial records, including those with Calk’s bank.

“They will look at everything under the sun and show it all to a gentleman they call a forensic accountant. And the forensic accountant will look all this stuff, and he will be able to tell you purchasing habits, where money came from.”

Calk says the bank has been thorough in cooperating with the investigation.

“We’ve dotted every I, crossed every T,” he said.

Calk suggested people not make too much of his dealings with Manafort.

“We make thousands of loans, many to high-profile people on both sides of the aisle,” he said.

The city of Chicago in 2012 provided $3.56 million in job training funding to Federal Savings to train more than 400 employees when the bank moved here, a spokesperson for the Emanuel Administration says.

State government, meanwhile, in 2012 promised up to $10 million in tax credits to the bank. Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office says the bank did not collect on those credits because it did not provide enough information to the state.

A Chicagoan has been charged in connection with Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation: George Papadopoulos. He pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his ties to Russia.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A bank was robbed Tuesday morning in southwest suburban Orland Park.

The Fifth Third Bank branch at 15330 Harlem Ave. was robbed about 10:30 a.m., according to FBI spokesman Garrett Croon.

A man in his late 60s to early 70s walked in and handled a teller a note demanding money, according to Orland Park police. He got an undisclosed amount of cash and then left the bank.

The Fifth Third Bank branch at 15330 Harlem Ave. was robbed about 10:30 a.m., according to FBI spokesman Garrett Croon. | Orland Park police

The suspect was described as a 5-foot-10 to 6-foot-2 white man, weighing 180 pounds with gray hair, police said. He was wearing a gray jacket, gloves and sunglasses, Croon said.

The incident was described as a non-takeover robbery and no one was injured, police said.

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(CBS) – Four people have been shot – one fatally – in Hammond, Ind.

Police say they were called around 4 p.m. to an apartment building in the 500 block of Pointe Drive and found the four victims. A 19-year-old male was later pronounced dead.

Additional information was not available.

(CBS) — There’s no question Ronald Johnson was running from Chicago Police in October 2014, before he was shot dead in the back by an officer.

But did Johnson, 25, have a gun?

Three years later, that’s the question still swirling around his death.

Anita Alvarez, the Cook County state’s attorney at the time, declined to criminally charge the officer who shot Johnson.  The reason, she said in a nationally televised press conference in December 2015, was because evidence showed Johnson was armed.

That evidence included grainy police dashboard video, which had been sent to the FBI’s Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory to be enhanced.

Alvarez said the enhanced video appeared to show Johnson holding a gun.

But now, a forensic video analyst tells 2 Investigator Brad Edwards that the video was resized incorrectly, possibly producing a false image.

“If the question is what was in his hand, the answer should be, ‘We can’t tell,’” Grant Fredericks, the analyst, tells Edwards.

Fredericks says the FBI lab made a series of errors that, in part, stretched the pixels and ultimately fabricated the shape of a gun.

“It’s a false image,” he says.

Fredericks viewed the video at the request of Michael Oppenheimer, an attorney representing Johnson’s mother in a civil lawsuit against the city.

“We don’t make these allegations lightly,” Oppenheimer says. “Nobody has told us we got it wrong.”

The 2 Investigators asked Alvarez, the Emanuel Administration and the FBI to discuss Fredericks’ findings on camera. All said no.

The officer who fatally shot Johnson was cleared partly because all the evidence showed Johnson was armed. Police said they found a Browning 9-millimeter pistol in his hand.

Tests revealed a drop of Johnson’s blood was on the weapon. But his fingerprints were not. Oppenheimer claims police planted the weapon.

“How in the world, unless that gun is glued to his hand, is it staying in his hand after he fell,” the attorney says. “I simply don’t believe it.”