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Man Seriously Wounded In West Side Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot in his K-Town neighborhood home on the West Side Monday night. The man, 38, was inside the home in the 4000 block of West 21st Place about 10:45 p.m. when another member...
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NTSB: Automated Stopping System Activated Before Blue Line Crash
Updated 03/25/14 – 4:21 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Federal investigators said an automated braking system known as a “track trip” activated just before a CTA Blue Line train derailed at O’Hare International...
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Aurora Man Gets 45 Years For 2011 Slaying
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (STMW) – A judge on Monday sentenced Delbert Cooper to 45 years in prison for the 2011 murder of Renee Perry in west suburban Aurora. Cooper, 33, was convicted of Perry’s murder in...
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Man Charged With Burglary After Homeowner Shoots Intruder
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (STMW) – An alleged intruder shot by a homeowner after breaking into a northwest suburban home was ordered held on $100,000 bond. Michael Huston, 26, faces one count of residential...
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Commission: Remove Juveniles From Sex Offender Registries
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Requiring juveniles to register as sex offenders impairs rehabilitation efforts for a crime that very few of them ever commit again, according to a study released Tuesday. The...
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City’s Red Light Camera Revenue Continues To Drop
CHICAGO (CBS) – Fewer Chicago drivers have been getting caught by red light cameras around the city. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports figures obtained by The Expired Meter website showed the...
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Rideshare Firms Ask Judge To Toss Cab Companies’ Lawsuit
Updated 03/25/14 – 11:33 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Ridesharing companies competing with cab drivers for fares were fighting back against a federal lawsuit seeking to force the city to regulate the new...
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Convicted Killer, Former Death Row Inmate Dies In Prison
DIXON, Ill. (STMW) – Ricardo Harris walked into an Oak Lawn liquor store on May 13, 1999 and shot four people with a handgun, killing two employees and wounding two sisters, leaving them for dead. In...
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Sanity Evaluation Ordered For Naperville Murder Suspect
JOLIET, Ill. (STMW) – An evaluation has been ordered to determine the sanity of a 54-year-old man awaiting trial in the 2011 bludgeoning murder of his sister in her home on Naperville’s far south side....
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Lou Malnati’s Voted Chicago’s Best Deep Dish; Owner Gets Sauced
CHICAGO (CBS) – Lou Malnati’s Pizza had a celebration fit for a football sideline, after being voted the best deep dish pizza in Chicago. WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports the poll was conducted by...
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Study: Parents Don’t Need More Articles About Parenting
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — New research into the roles of parents signals a significant paradigm shift in how adults are raising their children. As first reported by the New Yorker, the research...
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ATF, Joliet Fire Department Investigating House Explosion
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) – Local and federal investigators were in Joliet on Tuesday, trying to determine what caused a house to explode in flames Monday afternoon. WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports no...
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Chicago’s Crumbling Sidewalks Exposed By DePaul Students
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicagoans hear a lot about potholes and how the city is filling thousands of them to make the streets safer for motorists. What about the sidewalks? Many of them are in...
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Malfunction At BP Refinery Causes Oil Spill On Lake Michigan
WHITING, Ind. (CBS) – Crude oil spilled onto the shore of Lake Michigan in Whiting, Ind., following an accident Monday afternoon at the BP refinery. The EPA responded last night and found an area of...
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Chicago Or Not? U.S. To Host Nuclear Summit In 2016
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – President Barack Obama says world leaders will convene in the United States in 2016 for the next Nuclear Security Summit. Obama made the announcement Tuesday as this...
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3-Day Lollapalooza Passes Sell Out
CHICAGO (CBS) – Lollapalooza is proving as popular as ever, as three-day passes sold out Tuesday in less than an hour. VIP and Platinum passes are still available for the three-day music festival at...
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Ohio Man Killed In Chain-Reaction Crash On I-65
RENSSELAER, Ind. (STMW) – All lanes of northbound I-65 in northwest Indiana reopened late Tuesday morning after a chain-reaction crash involving two semi trucks and a large pickup hauling three other...
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Schaumburg Police Warn Of Serial Burglars
play pause Schaumburg Police Warn Of Serial Burglars WBBM Newsradio's Regine... SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (CBS) – Police in northwest suburban Schaumburg said neighbors who didn’t call 911 let a couple of...
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Photo Of Ice Damage On Trees Along Kankakee River
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — The massive amount of ice that developed during one of the coldest winters in Chicago history is slowly melting and revealing the damage left in its wake. A photo posted...
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Retailers Warn Of Cost Of Banning Plastic Bags
CHICAGO (CBS) – Aldermen agree something must be done to limit the number of plastic retail store bags clogging landfills, but they still haven’t decided what, exactly, to do about the problem. WBBM...
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