CHICAGO (CBS) — A man is in custody after stabbing another man Monday afternoon on a CTA Red Line platform on the South Side.

Police said a 35-year-old man and a 37-year-old man got into an argument around 2:45 p.m. at the 79th Street stop on the Red Line. The older man then pulled out a knife and stabbed the other man in the left arm.

The victim was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

The man who stabbed him was arrested without incident, police said.

Charges were pending Monday afternoon.

Red Line trains were halted at 79th Street for about 10 minutes after the stabbing, but service resumed shortly before 3 p.m.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A driver was carjacked in broad daylight in the fashionable Gold Coast Monday afternoon, police said.

The carjacking happened around 2:40 p.m. at the intersection of Rush and Oak streets near the old Barneys store, police said.

A 40-year-old driver was in a 2019 Jeep of a Trailhawk model when a man with a mask came up, took out a handgun, and demanded the vehicle, police said.

The suspect then drove off in the Jeep, police said.

The victim was not hurt. No one was in custody as of 5 p.m.

CHICAGO (CBS) — There have been four fires at the Eugenie Terrace Apartment Tower in the past few weeks.

CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reported Monday on who may be responsible.

A teenage boy will now be placed in Chicago’s juvenile Firesetter Program, meant to educate young people caught starting small fires before they start.

“I’m mad.  Others are mad. We want answers,” said Colette Turner. She’s angry because Sunday night there was another fire in her luxury apartment building overlooking Lincoln Park.

“I’m kind of freaked out by all of this,” Turner lamented.

There have been four fires in the Eugenie Terrace Apartment Tower, at 1730 N. Clark St., since January 18.

“It’s pretty scary. Scary when you look down and see firetrucks and you can smell smoke,” said resident Michael Gagne.

Smoke that firefighters believe is the result of fires that were deliberately set by a teenage boy.

“It was a little nerve-racking being on the 19th floor and having the elevators shut down,” added resident Graham Reinbold.

That happens because the elevators go into fire safety mode when fire is detected. Building managers said the teen has been permanently removed from the 500 unit property. Residents were informed by email.

“Hopefully it’s resolved. That’s all I can say,” said resident Aaron Nowak.

Turner said she reached out to management after the second fire and basically heard nothing.

“It’s disappointing. I expected better from them,” she added, because she said running for her life down stairwells has been traumatizing.

“I actually jumped out, took the stairwell down, ran into smoke and had to switch stairwells to get out safely,” Turner added.

The building managers said they didn’t send out building-wide communications after the earlier fires because the Fire Department told them not to due to the small nature of the fires and due to the fact that the investigation was still underway.

DEERFIELD, Ill. (CBS) — A Deerfield father has made an unusual offer – promising $10,000 to the hit-and-run driver who hit his son.

The boy, Chase Thompson, is just 12 years old and has autism.

As CBS 2’s Chris Tye reported, we usually come on the news to talk about a $10,000 reward being offered for information leading to an arrest. But Chase’s father, Thad Thompson, has a message for the offending driver – turn yourself in, and you’ll get the money too.

“The idea came to me on an hour’s sleep under the greatest duress I’ve ever been in my entire life. It just popped into my head – how can I get people interested, and how can I convince this person that I’m serious?” Thompson said. “You can turn yourself in. We’re not looking for blood.

Chase was struck by a hit-and-run driver on Deerfield Road near Beverly Place shortly after 7 p.m. Friday.

“It was an accident before it was a crime, and so that’s why I can have empathy up to that point,” Thad Thompson said.

Chase Thompson, 12, was struck in a hit-and-run in Deerfield on Friday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Credit: Thompson Family)

With no jacket and no shoes, Chase made it out of the family’s home on Friday – complete with double-cylinder locked doors.

“Double cylinder, you know, keys inside, and you have to balance it against fire safety. We don’t want everybody trapped in our house,” Thad Thompson said. “We thought we had achieved the right balance between keeping Chase secure and not living in a prison.”

Chase has autism and is non-communicative.

“I have never had a conversation with him, so there’s always trying to guess what he does and doesn’t understand,” Thad Thompson said, “and unfortunately, he understood something we didn’t think he did.”

When Chase hit the street, the car hit him and left him for dead. As of Monday, Chase remained in critical condition at Lurie Children’s Hospital – and the financial incentive for the driver remained on the table.

But that’s only for now.

“It’s not going to last forever,” Thad Thompson said. “At some point, we’re going to up the criminal reward and I’ll succumb to the less empathetic feelings that our family will definitely be having.”

Police are looking for a dark-colored Ford Escape with a model year between 2013 and 2016 – with an SEL or Titanium trim package and possible front-end damage on the passenger side.

Thad Thompson said Chase is touch-and-go at the moment.

The family’s attention remains on the strong and sweet 12-year-old, and conscience of the person who put him there.

“If they don’t do the right thing now, I hope it haunts them,” Thad Thompson said.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago writer and director is now an Oscar winner, taking home the award for Best Animated Short Film.

The film has been viewed more than 16 million times on YouTube.

Former NFL player Matthew A. Cherry won for “Hair Love” — a film about an African-American dad combing his daughter’s hair.

CBS 2’s Jim Williams reports “Hair Love” is six minutes of entertainment with an important message.

At Hair Experts in Bronzeville, the Oscar winner plays on the salon’s television – and it’s striking a cord.

“Yeah, I loved it,” said salon client Khayla Alkhalidi.

“Hair Love” is the animated story of an African American father struggling to style his daughter’s hair in all of its natural glory.

It’s a comical but poignant plea to see black hair as beautiful, without chemicals or the straightening iron.

“To think positive about themselves. To go ahead and work with what you have,” said salon client Patricia Johnson Walker.

“Hair Love” was co-written and directed by Chicago’s own Matthew A. Cherry. He’s a Loyola Academy graduate and former pro football player.

“I hope we are able to just normalize about our hair,” Cherry said. “It shouldn’t be a conversation. We should be able to wear it how it grows out of our head just like anybody else.”

It is a standard beauty often not seen in popular culture.

“A lot of times, they were looking at women who are Caucasian, and some of us wanted our hair to be like that,” said Johnson Walker.

Khayla Alkhalidi admitted she was once rough on her hair.

“I was just constantly straightening my hair, cutting my hair, breaking my hair off,” Alkhalidi said.

She applauds the impact a film like “Hair Love” could have on young black girls.

“It took me until my 20s to love my natural hair,” Alkhalidi said. “So, for something to be like around for girls now, that wasn’t there for me to see at that age, is super important.”

Another significant thread runs through the film: A young, loving father caring for his daughter. A black father.

Cherry was inspired by many videos of real black men combing their daughters’ hair.

“And it felt like a really good opportunity to showcase a black family in animation which is so rarely been done,” Cherry said.

Showcasing men like the salon’s owner Vernon Spells.

“It was very refreshing, being I have a four-year-old daughter and have to wake with those hair issues every morning,” Spells said.

“Hair Love” in real life — and an Oscar winner.

What would have been my full speech. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/qeL43gqK0k

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) February 10, 2020

Matthew Cherry returns home to Chicago to screen “Hair Love” at the State Street Macy’s store on February 20.

It’ll be followed by a discussion.

LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. (CBS) — Police in far northwest suburban Lake in the Hills were searching Monday for a man they said offered at least one woman money to expose herself.

At 10:22 a.m. Monday, Lake in the Hills police were called to the area of 1350-1370 Cunat Ct. for a report that the man had come up to two different women in the parking lot.

During one occasion, he asked the woman to expose herself in exchange for money, police said.

The cases might be connected to an incident that happened several weeks ago in Pingree Grove, police said. Police were not more specific.

Police have released a sketch of the man. He is described as a white male about 20 to 25 years old, standing 5 feet 11 inches tall with a thin build and sandy dark blond hair.

A sketch of a man police said went up to two women, and offered one of them money to expose herself, in Lake in the Hills. (Credit: Lake in the Hills police)

Anyone with information is asked to call Lake in the Hills police at (847) 658-5676, send police a private message on Facebook, or submit an anonymous tip by texting “TIP LITHPD” to 888777.

JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — A man was out of jail Monday after being arrested on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography in Will County.

The Will County Sheriff’s office received a cyber-tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force about someone who was uploading and sharing child pornography, police said.

Following an investigation, sheriff’s police obtained and executed a search warrant at the home of Steven Cardenas, 30, in south suburban Frankfort on Friday.

Steven Cardenas of south suburban Frankfort is charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. (Credit: Will County Sheriff’s office)

Detectives took Cardenas’ electronic devices and brought him in for questioning, and he implicated himself during an interview, police said.

Cardenas was arrested and charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, police said.

He appeared in bond court on Saturday and his bond was set at $50,000. He was released later that day after posting bond.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A man was in serious condition late Monday after being shot in the Heart of Chicago community.

The shooting happened at 3:52 p.m., in the 2200 block of South Oakley Avenue off Cermak Road.

Police said the 38-year-old man was walking north on Oakley Avenue when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots.

The victim was shot in the left arm, right shoulder, and abdomen and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition, police said.

Area Central detectives were investigating late Monday.

NILES, Ill. (CBS) — The famous Leaning Tower of Niles is now officially a part of national history.

The U.S. Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that the tower – – which overlooks Touhy Avenue on a stretch where the road separates Niles from Chicago’s Edgebrook neighborhood – has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The tower was completed in 1934. It is a half-size replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The Niles tower has a built-in tilt of about 7 feet, but is not in danger of falling because it has a foundation anchored in solid concrete, unlike the sands and soft clay of Italy.

The tower was commissioned by businessman Robert Ilg to conceal a water tower for a recreation park for employees of his Ilg Hot Air Electric Ventilating Company of Chicago.

In 1960, Ilg’s descendants handed over part of the park for construction of the Leaning Tower YMCA, at 6300 W. Touhy Ave. in Niles. Part of the deal was that the YMCA would spend a minimum of $500 per year to keep up the tower and surrounding area until 2059, according to the Village of Niles.

The Village of Niles established a sister pact with Pisa, Italy in 1991, with a new fountain plaza surrounding it in 1997, according to the village.

But by 2013, the tower was deteriorating – with some suggesting it was in such poor shape that it should be torn down.

The Village of Niles approved the purchase the tower from the YMCA for $10 in 2015 and a new $1 million restoration effort began.

In December, the bells at the Leaning Tower were reinstalled. Structural improvements are also under way so people can once again climb the tower to the top, the village said.

The Village of Niles plans a new grand opening ceremony for the tower for the spring of this year.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Through Wednesday afternoon, all is quiet.

But snow arrives Wednesday evening and bitterly cold air follows.

(Credit: CBS 2)

For Monday night, it will be mostly cloudy with a low of 22. For Tuesday, look for partly cloudy skies with a high of 34.

Snow arrives late Wednesday afternoon or evening and continues through Thursday morning. A total of 1 to 3 inches of accumulation is likely, with higher amounts possible, especially to the south.

(Credit: CBS 2)

Thursday brings highs near 20 with lows near 0.

(Credit: CBS 2)

It’s likely we’ll see Wind Chill Advisories late Thursday night through Friday morning.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A former Chicago Police officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for shooting and killing a man when he was off duty.

Lowell Houser was convicted of second-degree murder in December for the shooting that killed Jose Nieves, 38.

Prosecutors say in January of 2017, the then-58-year-old officer shot Nieves dead outside of an apartment in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood.

Nieves was unarmed.

Houser was off-duty and on medical leave for cancer treatment at the time.

He claims he pulled the trigger in self-defense after Nieves moved as if he was reaching for a weapon while the two were arguing.

EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) — Should people with only months to live be allowed to end their lives legally?

As CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole reported, Evanston leaders had been expected to vote Monday night on whether to support new legislation. But the Evanston City Council did not end up voting and ended up removing the item from the Monday night agenda.

Supporters wanted the item withdrawn so they could have more time to talk about it.

The vote would have been the first of its kind in Illinois – but it was to be more conceptual than anything else. Evanston is deciding on whether to officially go on record in urging the State of Illinois to pass legislation allowing terminally ill patients to avoid pain and take their own lives.

The vote drew supporters and opponents to the Evanston Civic Center Monday night, from beyond the city’s borders.

“He said to me so many times, ‘I wish I could go to sleep and not wake up,’” said Fay Clayton of Compassion and Choices.

Clayton was describing the painful death of a dear and terminally-ill friend. That friend’s experience is one of the reasons she became an advocate for what’s often called “medical aid in dying.”

“I would hope that if I or any of my other friends or family members contract a terminal illness, we’ll be able to consider this option,” Clayton said.

The concept is sometimes called dying with dignity.

Oregon was the first to pass a Medical Aid in Dying Act 22 years ago. Now, nine states as well as the District of Columbia have legalized the process.

“It is not suicide,” Clayton said.

Clayton is among those urging the Evanston City Council to throw its support behind upcoming state legislation that would legalize the process.

“It’s complicated,” she said. “There are so many safeguards some people think it’s too many.”

Supporters say the concept would only be available to adults given less than six months to live, and judged by several doctors to be mentally sound regarding their decision.

If approved, they would be given potentially lethal prescriptions to use when they saw fit.

But the idea is not without detractors.

“Is this a real choice or a false choice?” said Amber Smock of Access Living.

Advocates for those with disabilities say medical aid in dying has a negative impact on their community. They said those living with disabilities make up the majority requesting what they call suicide assistance – patients who should first be offered suicide prevention counseling.

“There have been instances where health insurance companies have offered people with disabilities assisted suicide instead of life-saving treatment,” Smock said. “That’s a problem.”

Supporters say a third of people who are given lethal prescriptions don’t even use them. They find comfort in knowing it’s an option.

Opponents, who say the process is indeed suicide, said suicide rates have gone up 40% in the states where medical aid in dying is legal.

In addition to Oregon, the states that allow medical aid in dying include California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, Vermont, and Washington State.

According to the Death With Dignity National Center, Illinois last considered the issue in 1997, and there are no bills currently before legislators in Springfield.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Neighbors gathered in Chinatown Monday night to get answers and grieve following a shooting that left two men dead.

Meanwhile, a suspect was in custody with charging documents pending.

Police were seen going door to door on Sunday after the double murder early that morning. On Monday night, candles, flowers, and a memorial for the victims were set up.

CBS 2 has obtained surveillance video of a man running from the scene of the double murder. Sources said he is the one who might be responsible for killing two men in a parking lot at Tan Court and Wells Street during a robbery.

“This kind of sent shockwaves through the community,” a neighbor said at a community meeting.

Neighbors gathered to hear police updates and grieve Sunday night.

Many learned that Huayi Bian, 36, and Weizhong Xiong, 38, were shot and killed.

“Devastated, angry – just terrible,” said Chris Huang.

Huang knew the victims, calling them hardworking fathers and calling the crime shocking.

“We kind of like just woke up to this. It’s like, whoa, it actually happened,” Huang said.

Police said the robbery took place at 2:13 a.m. as three people were in a car – the two victims and a 44-year-old woman who was one of their wives.

Police earlier said the woman complied, but the two men immediately refused the robber’s demands.

The gunman fired shots, and the gunfire was overheard by nearby officers who ran toward the scene.

A source told CBS 2 the gunman took off west on China Place – making it to Archer Avenue. But he was caught 13 minutes later.

Police said the crime followed the gunman from the scene.

Chicago Police Deering (9th) District Cmdr. Don Jerome said there was “apparent blood on his shoes at that time.”

The news of the killings made headlines in China.

Meanwhile, police made a headline of their own at the meeting – announcing a 20-year-old man was charged with the murders.

“He has to face the law, but to us, it doesn’t change anything,” Huang said. “We’re heartbroken.”

While police have said they charged the killer, no formal charging documents have been filed. That could happen in the hours ahead.

Meantime, a vigil for the victims is scheduled for Wednesday. Many are expected to attend.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A suburban woman was running in the Chicago 15/5K Hot Chocolate Race back in November when her heart stopped.

The woman, Stephanie Inglesby, talked only with CBS 2’s Tara Molina on Monday about that day, and the hero runners who saved her life.

Inglesby, 30, was running a race through Chicago when her heart stopped beating.

A Chicago Police sergeant saved her life and proposed to his girlfriend minutes later – and now, Inglesby wants to thank that sergeant and a Merrillville fire captain who stepped in.

On an early November weekend, Inglesby was one of thousands of runners hitting the pavement in Chicago’s Hot Chocolate Race.

Since then, she’s learned to walk again.

“Hearing that, ‘Oh, you needed to be shocked back’ – like, ‘What?’” she said.

Feet from the finish line, Inglesby’s heart stopped.

“My heart had stopped twice,” she said.

That was when the two men whom she and her husband and daughter now call her guardian angels swooped in.

“They stopped what they were doing,” Inglesby said. “They stopped before the finish line to stop and save my life.”

One of those men was Merrillville, Indiana Fire Department Capt. Walter Cook. The other was Chicago Police Sgt. Mike Nowacki.

“I can’t ever thank them for that like enough,” Inglesby said. “They literally gave me my second chance at life back, for what they did.”

Rushed to the hospital, Inglesby said she learned about a rare heart condition she didn’t know she had.

She said it is “a case of what’s called Kawasaki’s disease.”

Now, still recovering from the quadruple bypass surgery she needed, Inglesby said she is still re-learning things.

Monday was her first back at work, and time to publicly share a thank you to her newfound family…

“That’s the story of a lifetime,” Inglesby said. “We can tell people, hey this is what happened!”

It is a story that she emphasized carries a message of “be kind.” And she said every heart can use a little bit more of that message.

“Good still does prevail, you know. It started out as a race where we are going to make a difference for some kids,” Inglesby said. “But I didn’t expect it would make a difference for not only me, but you know, my family as well.”

The Chicago Memorial Police Foundation is set to honor Sgt. Nowacki for saving Inglesby’s life in a ceremony on Tuesday.

CHICAGO (CBS) — It’s a billion dollar industry and growing, but so are the challenges for consumers buying tickets on line from secondary brokers.

CBS 2 Investigator Pam Zekman exposes a new way these online ticket brokers are leaving concert-goers stranded at the gate.

It happened to Steve Derkacy, a Bob Seger fan who wanted to see him one last time at Seger’s farewell concert last October at the United Center.

He paid more than $1,000 for six tickets he found on a website called Verified Seats. But when his group got to the gate, he said, “The last two of us tried to scan our tickets, and the ticket taker said: ‘No, this is invalid. It’s been scanned 20 minutes prior.'”

RELATED: Vivid Tickets Loses Top Rating From Better Business Bureau After Repeated Complaints

Those two seats were already taken by Cindy Rodriguez and her sister, who are also Bob Seger fans.

“Somebody that I wanted to see for so long,” Rodriguez recalled. “He was one of the people on my bucket list.”

Rodriguez’s boss bought her tickets from StubHub as a gift. They were the exact same seats Steve had, purchased more than three months earlier from Verified Seats.

Zekman: “If they had gotten there first, you would have been out in the cold,” Zekman said.

Rodriguez: “Yes, I knew right away that surely that could have happened to us.”

Derkacy purchased two additional seats and watched the concert but later demanded that Verified refund him the $458 for the two tickets that didn’t work.

That’s when the run-a-round began.

Verified said they needed a letter of “denied admission” from the United Center in order to refund the money.

The United Center refused, citing their policy to only issue that document if the tickets were purchased directly from their box office or ticketmaster.

Steve then challenged the credit card charges, but Verified objected because somebody did use the tickets — that somebody just wasn’t Steve Derkacy.

“It says on their website: ‘Total satisfaction is guaranteed. And your tickets are guaranteed to get you access to the venue. We guarantee that,'” Derkacy said. “I can’t seem to collect on that guarantee.”

Verified pointed to a document consumers agree when they buy the tickets. Steve says he never saw it. Among other things it says, “No refunds unless a concert is canceled.”

That’s not surprising to Steve Bernas who heads the Chicago Better Business Bureau.

Verified Seats has 70 complaints with the BBB — things like selling invalid tickets or over-priced tickets and consumers getting the wrong seats, resulting in an “F” rating.

“A lot of times with these ticket brokers is that the big print giveth and the little print taketh away,” Bernas said, “and consumers are not reading fully what they’re getting themselves into.”

“I believe that as a consumer that there’s a flaw in the ticketing system that allows two completly different parties to buy the same tickets,” Derkacy said.

So how exactly can this happen?

Once a ticket gets re-sold in the secondary marketplace — not by the original venue like the United Center — it should be blocked from ever being sold again. But that doesn’t work unless the re-seller opts into using an on-line clearinghouse.

And that program is strictly voluntary and only works if ticket re-sellers use it.

Otherwise, the process turns into a race to the gate. Whoever gets to the venue first, gets the seats.

That had Tammy Walczik singing the same tune as Steve last year. She’s a big Jason Isbell fan.

“I just like his whole life story and I love his music,” Walczik said.

She paid $320 for two tickets to see Isbell at Northerly Island.

“When we went to the main gates and they scanned them, and to our surprise, they were invalid,” Walczik recalled.

Once again, Verified Seats refused to refund her $320 saying her tickets were scanned an hour before she got there. She sent the company her parking ticket with the time on it as proof.

“So someone else must have purchased the same seats and were able to scan in before we did,” Tammy said.

“All consumers who are buying tickets online, they expect that to be their only ticket and to have access to it — whether they come five minutes early, a half hour late or an hour late. So that’s a concern to the Better Business Bureau,” Bernas said.

Zekman: “What do you think is going on here?”

Walczik: “Best case scenario, they just don’t honor their guarantee. Worst case, they’re fraudulent and are selling tickets they know are not usable.”

We were unable to reach anyone from Verified Seats to respond to this story.

Now the Better Business Bureau warns consumers should always try to buy tickets at the box office.

And if you get turned away at the gate because someone else has the same seats, be sure to get proof written proof right there that your tickets were deemed to be “invalid.”

Bernas also warned that consumers should know that prices on the secondary market are typically much higher than at the box office because of service fees and other additional charges.

And when you are dealing with a secondary broker or reseller they may be selling you tickets “on spec” meaning they don’t actually have the tickets and when they get them the tickets may not be for the seats you thought you were getting.

If you have complaints about ticket brokers you can contact the following agencies or organizations:

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is at 1-877-FTC HELP (382-4357). Or you can file a complaint on line at FTC.gov/complaint.

Also the Better Business Bureau 312-832-0500 or BBB.org to file a complaint online.

Meanwhile, a U.S. House subcommittee is now investigating the need for stronger regulations to curb the abuses we found.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Two Chicago Police officers were injured Monday night when their unmarked squad car collided with another vehicle in the Hermosa neighborhood.

The accident happened at 9:08 p.m. in the 2100 block of North Pulaski Road, near Dickens Avenue, police said.

Two officers were headed north on Pulaski Road in an unmarked vehicle with their emergency equipment activated, when they hit a Honda Ridgeline that was also headed north on Pulaski Road and made an illegal U-turn.

The officers taken to an area hospital in fair condition with leg and neck pain, police said.

The driver of the Ridgeline, a 23-year-old man, was taken to AMITA Health Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center for observation in good condition.

Traffic citations were pending against him, police said.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A puppy pick-me-up in an unlikely place. At the Kane County Jail, the bet is canine kisses will help drop the number of fights behind bars.

CBS 2 Morning Insider Lauren Victory went behind the scenes of two new dog-based programs offered at the jail.

Inside cell block D, an unfamiliar noise: joy at jail.

“We don’t smile, or laugh, or have a good time very much in here,” said detainee Amber Moberly.

Every so often, Kane County’s new therapy dog, KC, visits detainees; trained to love up on whoever is in the lockup.

“It brings us females together more, too; on a positive note, and not a negative note,” said detainee Lisha Lewandowski.

Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain proudly touted plummeting violent rates at the jail through other programs.

“We dropped our inmate fights by 40%,” he said. “We dropped our inmate attacks on officers by almost 95%.”

Hain said he hopes the jail’s therapy dog program will continue the trend, but said it will be a while before he can back that up with hard numbers.

“I like to use one year as a good standard,” he said.

The sheriff’s $6,000 experiment is not unheard of.

Parenting, Prison & Pups is a multi-year study of the effect of dogs on incarcerated women; 70% of whom are mothers of children under age 18.

The hypothesis is that parenting skills taught behind bars are better retained if animals come to class. New York-based researchers told CBS 2 that, preliminarily, depression is down and self-esteem is up.

“I look at animals like they’re my kids, too,” detainee Jasmine Gabler said.

Deputies at the Kane County Jail say Gabler, a mother of two, is on better behavior thanks to the program.

She recently started the jail’s second new dog-based activity: obedience training. Right now, the $1,000 program is only offered to women at the jail.

“The vast majority of women in custody – and this goes for women in custody throughout the nation – have experienced some sort of trauma,” Hain said.

Gabler said she used to feel like the failure in her family.

“Now I feel like I can get out and I can really do the things in life; like, I’m 27, and I want better things for my children. I don’t want them to be taken away like how I was when I was a kid,” she said.

Speaking of kids, 7 ½-month-old KC is fresh out of training  He’s still practicing his skills, but the women at the jail don’t mind.

“He’s more loving, and you don’t really get that in here,” Moberly said.

Aurora Animal Control transports adoptable dogs to and from the Kane County Jail for obedience training classes. Both dog programs are funded through revenue from the jail commissary.

CHICAGO (CBS)– The latest craze sweeping the internet, isn’t real.

A viral post claimed NASA said brooms would stand upright Monday because of the “gravitational pull”

NASA never actually said this, and the truth is, you can make a broom stand upright on any given day. It has everything to do with balance.

Even though the trick has nothing to do with gravitational pull, people have been trying it and sharing photos and video all over social media.

CHICAGO (CBS)– It’s going to be a mild day, but winter weather is on the way.

Today at a glance pic.twitter.com/GK8TsBs15g

— Megan Glaros (@MeganGlaros) February 11, 2020

Tuesday’s temperatures will be in the 30s with a mix of clouds and sun.

There is a potential for snow Wednesday night into Thursday and it could impact both evening and morning commutes. Chicago areas can expect 1 to 3 inches of snow and southern areas could get closer to 4 inches.

Another look at snowfall pic.twitter.com/hC3nZyaH8Z

— Megan Glaros (@MeganGlaros) February 11, 2020

Bitter cold temperatures are also on the way for the Chicago area. Thursday’s high temperature will be in the low 20s and morning temperatures are expected to be in the single digits.

Friday’s temperatures will be close to 18 degrees.

A lot of up and down this week! pic.twitter.com/1avcdkrR5b

— Megan Glaros (@MeganGlaros) February 11, 2020

Temperatures are expected to be closer to 40 by the weekend.

CHICAGO (CBS)– Charges have been filed in a double murder in Chinatown.

CBS 2 has learned police believe a 20-year-old man was the man seen running away after the murders.

Alvin Thomas, 20, of Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood is facing two counts of first degree murder.

Police said he tried to rob 36-year-old Huayi Bian and 38-year-old Weizhong Xiong in a Chinatown parking lot around 2:15 a.m. Sunday.

This is Huayi Bian.

The 36yo & another man were both shot & killed Sunday during an attempted robbery in Chinatown.

A 20yo has been charged for their murders.

Flowers & candles cover the ground as well as Bian’s SUV.

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Detectives believe the two victims were sitting in a car when they refused Thomas’ demands, so the 20-year-old shot them near Tan Court and Wells and then took off running as seen in surveillance.

Police officers nearby heard the gunfire and caught up with him quickly, arresting him just 13 minutes after the deadly shooting.

The men he’s accused of killing are described as hardworking fathers who have called Chinatown home for nearly a decade now.

Monday night, hundreds turned out for a community meeting and vigil in their honor.

Another vigil is being planned for Wednesday.

Meanwhile Thomas is expected to appear in bond court sometime around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.