Fans Who Want To Switch Fields, Here’s A Tattoo Deal For You
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Lakeview business group is offering free tattoos to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field. Jeff Briggs, who handles business relations for the Central Lakeview Merchant’s...
View ArticleCity To Take Public Comments On New Loop ‘L’ Stop Plan
CHICAGO (CBS) – City officials have scheduled a public meeting for Thursday to hear input on a $75 million plan to merge two downtown ‘L’ stops into one larger station along Wabash Avenue – which would...
View ArticleWhy Is City Taking So Long To Answer Animal Neglect Complaints?
CHICAGO (CBS) – During some of the coldest days of this winter, Chicago Animal Care and Control left dozens of calls unanswered about possible inhumane treatment of pets. WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller...
View ArticleSuburban Fire Lieutenant Opens Firehouse-Themed Restaurant
(CBS) – A fire lieutenant and his wife are turning work into a business by opening “The Firehouse Pizza and Grill” on the side in west suburban Geneva. Lt. Mike Huneke says the decor reflects the name...
View ArticlePolice: Man’s Body Dragged Three Miles By Semi
NORTHLAKE, Ill. (STMW) – An 89-year-old man who was struck and killed early Tuesday morning was dragged more than three miles by a semi before the driver discovered his body, police said. Investigators...
View ArticleCop Killer Sentenced To 105 Years For Shooting Alejandro Valadez
CHICAGO (CBS) — The gunman convicted in the fatal shooting of Chicago Police Officer Alejandro “Alex” Valadez was sentenced to 105 years in prison on Wednesday. Christopher Harris, 24, was the third of...
View ArticleAfter Federal Raid, Elgin State House Member Resigns
CHICAGO (CBS) — One day after the primary election and less than a week after federal agents raided his home and office, a state house lawmaker from Elgin has resigned. Citing health reasons, Democrat...
View ArticleMcCarthy Points To Significant Drop In Gang Shootings
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police Superintendent outlined a significant drop in key stats on Wednesday and as Brad Edwards reports, they used one face as a shining example of what’s right. “For the last...
View ArticleBrothers Raise Almost $200K For St. Baldrick’s
CHICAGO (CBS) — Shedding your hair in solidarity with young cancer patients is the central feature of St. Baldrick’s Day, but two Bridgeport brothers have produced donations for the cause that would...
View ArticleNew Research Shows Alzheimer’s Puts Heavy Burden On Women
(CBS) – New numbers released Wednesday show that women have a one-in-six chance of developing Alzheimer’s, and that’s not all researchers here in Chicago discovered about the brain disease. Cheryl...
View ArticleLeggings Policy Divides Evanston School
EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) – How tight is too tight? A debate is raging in the north suburbs about girls who wear leggings to school. CBS 2′s Suzanne Le Mignot reports that an Evanston school at the center...
View ArticleHusband And Wife Charged With Fatal Stabbing During Robbery
HARVEY, Ill. (STMW) — A husband and wife from Chicago fatally stabbed a south suburban man while trying to rob him at knifepoint earlier this month in Harvey. In the early morning of March 3, Harvey...
View ArticleMan Found Guilty Of Murdering Father In Arlington Heights Home
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (STMW)– An Arlington Heights man was found guilty Wednesday of beating and stabbing his father to death at their northwest suburban home in 2011. Jurors deliberated about 3 1/2...
View ArticleSuit: Uber Driver Fondled, Hit On Woman Who Ordered Ride
(STMW) – A woman is suing rideshare service Uber, claiming one of its drivers fondled and hit on her and wouldn’t let her out of the vehicle when she ordered a ride earlier this month. The woman filed...
View ArticleOrr HS Basketball Player Hits Game-Winner Nine Days After Being Shot
CHICAGO (CBS) – He feared he may never play ball again after a bullet passed directly through his leg. But less than two weeks after he was shot, an Orr Academy High School senior is celebrating one of...
View ArticlePolice Investigating Death Of Child In Lansing
LANSING, Ill. (CBS) – Lansing Police are investigating the death of a child in Lansing on Wednesday. Lansing EMS and Police were called to a home in the 179th block of Wildwood Avenue for a medical...
View ArticleCase Of Former Will County Sheriff Deputy Remains Mystery 23 Years Later
(CBS) – She’s been missing longer than Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebik combined, but you’ve probably never heard of Robin Abrams, who disappeared from Beecher Illinois back in October of 1990. Now,...
View ArticleMan Facing Sex Abuse Charges Tied To Now-Closed Lansing Daycare
MARKHAM, Ill. (STMW) – A Grant Park man was charged Monday with aggravated criminal sexual abuse, in connection with incidents that happened in the early ‘90s at a south suburban daycare center. David...
View ArticleMen Charged With Leading Police On Highway Chase
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men were charged with reckless conduct Wednesday after they allegedly led police on a high-speed chase following a robbery Tuesday night in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. The...
View ArticleProsecutors: Brothers Robbed, Killed Man At Aurora Restaurant
AURORA, Ill. (STMW) – New charges filed against two Joliet brothers accused of murdering a 20-year-old Aurora man in January put into context what allegedly went down inside the bathroom of a west...
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