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Defendant Goes Through 8 Lawyers Before Cutting Deal
CHICAGO (STMW) — It took eight lawyers and most of his money, but Ronald Mackin finally got justice this week. Mackin was facing a charge of attempted murder for stabbing a woman in his South Side home...
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Male Stabbed In Clearing
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was stabbed during an attempted robbery in the Clearing neighborhood on the Southwest Side Saturday morning. The 24-year-old man was stabbed in the chest during an attempted...
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Dad Sentenced To Prison For Battering Infant Daughter
CHICAGO (STMW) – A father convicted of shaking his 3-month-old daughter so violently it damaged most of her brain was sentenced to 14 years in prison Friday, the Herald-News is reporting. Carl R....
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Emanuel Announces Pick To Replace Indicted Comptroller
CHICAGO (STMW) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday announced Daniel Widawsky as his choice to replace Amer Ahmad, who abruptly resigned as city comptroller in July and weeks later was indicted in an alleged...
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Bicyclist Killed On West Side
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was struck and killed while riding his bicycle late Friday night in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood. Hector Avalos, 28, was traveling in the 2500 block of West Ogden Avenue...
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Bitter Cold Weather Hits Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) – Unseasonably cold weather will stick around Chicago for the next week, with a chance of snow accumulation this weekend. Temperatures plunged into single digits Saturday morning,...
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Prosecutors: Robber Tracked By iPad He Stole
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. (STMW) – A south suburban man allegedly stole more than $88,000 worth of Apple products and cell phones during a hold up in a Mount Prospect Sprint store, but was quickly arrested...
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Porter County Teen Who Tied Boy To Chair Is Headed Back To Prison
VALPARAISO, Ind. (STMW) — The woman who was sentenced at 17 years old to four years in prison for the sexual abuse of a high school boy will return to prison for four more years. April Lynn Kuchta, now...
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Police Searching For Suspect In Peeping Tom Incident
(CBS) — Chicago Police are looking for a man wanted in a peeping tom/unlawful restraint incident that occurred on Nov. 23 in the 2100 block of S. Lumber. The man was observed on video watching the...
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Firefighters Collect Christmas Toys In Annual Parade
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago Firefighters Union’s 15th annual toy parade wound its way from the South Side to the West Loop late Saturday morning. play pause Firefighters Collect Christmas Toys In...
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Chicago Mourners Share Thoughts, Memories In Condolence Book For Nelson Mandela
CHICAGO (CBS) — People who have been showing up to sign the condolence book for the late South African president Nelson Mandela at the Harold Washington Library have said they felt compelled to share...
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Prosecutors: Man Punched, Blinded Motorist In Road Rage Incident
CHICAGO (STMW) — An Oak Park man blinded a motorist after punching him in the eye during road rage incident on the Near West Side, Cook County prosecutors said. After Terrell S. Brown, 36, allegedly...
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Wrigleyville Bar Sign: ‘Remember Pearl Harbor With Bombs And Kamikazes’
Not the way to remember a tragedy. http://t.co/JZk8kxFwYM— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) December 07, 2013 CHICAGO (CBS) — A drink special Saturday backfired at a well-known Chicago bar. To mark Pearl...
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Man Dies After Being Shot At Hammond Sports Bar
HAMMOND, Ind. (STMW) – A man died Saturday morning after being shot at a sports bar Friday night in Hammond, Ind. Thomas Ferrell, 38, of the 2500 block of River Drive in Highland, Ind., was pronounced...
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Man Killed In Evanston Shooting
EVANSTON, Ill. (STMW) — A 30-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday evening in north suburban Evanston. The man was shot about 6:20 p.m. in the 2000 block of Darrow Avenue, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay...
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2 Killed, 10 Wounded In Weekend Shootings
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men were killed and ten other people were hurt in shootings across Chicago since Saturday morning. A 22-year-old man was shot to death in the Englewood neighborhood on the South...
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Three Hurt In Shooting Near South Side Bar
CHICAGO (STMW) – Three men were shot near a bar in Englewood early Sunday. Two of the men, 30 and 31, were at a bar in the 1100 block of West 63rd Street when four people on foot fired shots from...
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Man Shot To Death In Austin
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot and killed in Austin early Sunday morning. The 26-year-old man was shot in his chest and side of his body about 1:35 a.m. in the 5600 block of West Bloomingdale Avenue,...
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Man Charged With Fatally Striking Bicyclist On West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) – Bond was set at $400,000 today for a Riverside man charged with driving drunk when he struck and killed a bicyclist in Chicago. The family of Hector Avalos believes the court was far...
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Blue Line Trains Won’t Reach Speeds Promised In 2007
CHICAGO (CBS) – Although CTA is promising faster trains when the latest round of renovations to the Blue Line are complete, they will not be as fast as riders were promised a few years ago. play pause...
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