Some People You Should Know: Windy City Harmonica Trio
(CBS) – You don’t need a guitar, piano or horn section to make quality music. CBS 2′s Harry Porterfield introduces us to three guys who make beautiful sounds with their harmonicas. Sometimes the...
View ArticleOberweis Was In Florida For Wife’s Birthday Instead Of Campaigning For Senate
(CBS) – The primary election is just four days away, and one candidate has been busy traveling out of state instead of campaigning. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine has been on the hunt for an...
View ArticleGun Found Near Streamwood High School
(CBS) – Streamwood High School was on lockdown Friday as police investigated a gun at the school. Students were delayed about an hour in getting dismissed from school. Police say it began with rumors...
View ArticleNew ‘Hands Free’ Cell Phone Law Not Sinking In With Some Drivers
play pause Hands-Free Law Not Sinking In With Some Motorists WBBM Newsradio's Bob Roberts (CBS) – When police say motorists in Illinois must drop their cell phones and drive, they mean it. But not...
View ArticleYour Chicago: At-Ease Clinic At National University
(CBS) – As thousands of service men and women are returning home, some after multiple tours, many are doing so with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and other injuries that rob...
View ArticleMan Wounded In Heart Of Chicago Neighborhood Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was shot early Saturday in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood. Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 1600 block of West 21st Place about 3:45 a.m. found a man...
View ArticleNorth Side Crash Sends Man To Hospital
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was injured in a car crash on the North Side Wednesday night. The 25-year-old man was driving a Honda Accord north in the 1500 block of North Broadway Street about 2 a.m. when he...
View ArticleSchool Speed Cameras Set To Start Issuing Tickets
CHICAGO (STMW) – Speeders beware–new automated speed enforcement cameras will begin issuing tickets around two high schools this weekend. On Sunday, cameras will start issuing tickets to drivers...
View ArticleWrong-Way Driver Charged With DUI After Skyway Crash
(STMW) — A wrong-way driver who collided with a semi early Thursday on the Chicago Skyway is facing DUI charges. Tywanna Peate, 27, was charged with a DUI and was cited for driving the wrong way,...
View ArticleBody Of Missing Des Plaines Woman Found Near Indiana Site Where She Went Missing
(CBS) – An autopsy has confirmed that human remains found Friday in a southern Indiana river are those of a former Des Plaines woman. The remains, found atop corn stalk debris near the mouth of a creek...
View ArticleChicago River Dyed Green For St. Patrick’s Day
(CBS) – ‘Tis the weekend when everyone in Chicago becomes Irish — and the party is on. Thousands lined Columbus Drive for Chicago’s 58th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. play pause Chicago River Dyed...
View ArticleMan Rescued From Roof In Phoenix Apartment Fire
PHOENIX, Ill. (STMW) — Four adults — including one man who was rescued from the roof — were in need of shelter Saturday morning after a fire broke out in a two-unit apartment building in south suburban...
View Article31-Year-Old Woman In Custody After Death Of Chicago Police Officer
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 31-year-old woman was in custody Friday in connection with a police chase that began in the south suburbs and ended with the death of a 10-year veteran of the Chicago Police...
View ArticleArcher Heights Man Is Cook County’s 27th Cold Death Of Season
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man who died Friday at his home in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side is at least the 27th cold-related death of the season in Cook County, authorities said. Sam...
View ArticleStreamwood High School Student Charged After Gun Found Near School
STREAMWOOD, Ill. (STMW) – A northwest suburban Streamwood High School student was charged Friday after a weapon was found near the school. Amid rumors that a gun had been brought to school, the...
View ArticleSuit: Homewood Cops Injured 82-Year-Old Woman
(STMW) – Three Homewood residents filed a federal lawsuit Friday, claiming two police officers allegedly barged in to their home and injured an 82-year-old woman. Ruth Christensen, David Christensen...
View ArticleWoman Charged With Murder In Crash That Killed Off-Duty Chicago Cop
(STMW) — A 31-year-old woman was charged with murder Saturday night in connection with a police chase that began in the south suburbs and ended with the death of a 10-year veteran of the Chicago Police...
View ArticleElgin Police Officer Among 2 Injured In Crash
ELGIN, Ill. (STMW) — An Elgin police officer was one of two people injured in a crash early Sunday in the northwest suburb. The squad car and another vehicle collided about 12 a.m. at Dundee Avenue and...
View ArticleGary Man, Shot Killed At West Englewood Party
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man from Gary, Ind., was shot and killed at a party Saturday night in West Englewood on the South Side. Michael Stewart, 35, was at a party at a home in the 2000 block of West 67th...
View ArticleMan Charged With Murder In West Side Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man has been charged with shooting a man to death Friday afternoon in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Harold Cook, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in...
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