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Former Metra Boss Lands New Job With California Bus System
(CBS) – Former Metra CEO Alex Clifford has a new job, and his former transit agency is off the hook for more than $200,000 of the compensation promised in the controversial severance agreement that...
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Separate Bandits Targeting Supermarket Bank Branches
(CBS) – TCF bank branches in Chicago are being targeted by separate bandits. CBS 2’s Mike Parker reports on why that may be. The FBI calls her the “Shady Bandit,” because of her dark glasses. She’s...
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Two Shot In Englewood
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men were wounded — one seriously — in a shooting early Saturday in Englewood. Both men, 21 and 39, were shot about 2 a.m. in the 500 block of West Tremont Street, police News...
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Boy, 16, Shot In Hermosa
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 16-year-old boy was shot while riding in a car in the Hermosa neighborhood on the Northwest Side early Saturday. About 4:50 a.m., the boy was sitting in the rear passenger’s side...
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Police Looking For Driver Who Crashed In Front Of Tribune Tower
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are looking for a person who crashed into a median in the Loop and fled the scene. The person was driving a vehicle about 4:50 a.m. near the Tribune Tower, 435 N. Michigan, when...
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1 Dead, 12 Wounded In Shootings Since Friday
CHICAGO (STMW) — One person is dead and 12 others wounded in shootings across the city since early Friday. A man was killed in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the South Side about 1:30 p.m. Friday....
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Police Questioning Man, Woman In Connection With Pizzeria Robbery
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police are questioning two people accused in the robbery of a Chicago pizza shop. CBS 2′s Courtney Gousman reports police officers want to know if they are the same man and...
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Hammond Man Charged In South Side Shooting That Wounded Two
CHICAGO (STMW) — A Northwest Indiana man has been charged with shooting two men last week on the South Side. Jeremiah Jones, 18, faces two felony counts of attempted murder in connection with the...
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Cops Fatally Shoot Teen Who Allegedly Pointed Gun At Them
(CBS) — Chicago Police fatally shot a 19-year-old man after he pointed a gun at them Saturday morning, according to Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Pat Camden. play pause Cops Fatally Shoot Teen...
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Man Hospitalized After Pit Bull Attack
CHICAGO (CBS) – A 58-year-old South Side man is hospitalized after being attacked by at least one pit bull this morning in the Englewood neighborhood. WBBM’s Mike Krauser reports it happened near 60th...
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‘Benchwarmer Bandit’ Robs Fourth Bank In Two Weeks
(STMW) — “The Benchwarmer Bandit” struck again Saturday morning, robbing his fourth North Side bank in a span of less than two weeks, authorities said. The most recent robbery happened just after 10...
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Man Electrocuted In Elgin Home
ELGIN, Ill. (STMW) – A man working on his microwave was electrocuted Friday night at his northwest suburban Elgin home. Leslaw Pawlica, 33, was found not breathing by his brother-in-law about 10:55...
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Clinics Sign People Up For Health Coverage Ahead Of Deadline
CHICAGO (CBS) – Monday midnight is the deadline to avoid penalties when signing up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act. A series of sign-up clinics are scheduled between now and then. WBBM’s Bob...
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13-Year-Old Boy Shot, Seriously Wounded In Washington Park
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 13-year-old boy was seriously wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side. The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the lower left leg...
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O’Hare Blue Line Station Shut Down By Derailment Reopens
(STMW) --The O’Hare station of the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line reopened about 2 p.m. Sunday, less than a week after a train rolled through the stop and kept going — onto the platform and up...
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Two Men Charged After Off-Duty Cop Shoots Home Invader
CHICAGO (STMW) — Two men have been charged after an off-duty Chicago Police officer shot one of three men who tried to break into his home Friday afternoon in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood....
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Two Police Officers Involved In Crash In Englewood
CHICAGO (STMW) –Two police officers went to a hospital after being involved in a crash early Sunday in Englewood. The crash, involving a police squad car and one other vehicle, happened about 1:30 a.m....
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Police: Fatal Crash Closes Southbound Edens For 6 Hours
SKOKIE, Ill. (STMW) – A 26-year-old Minnesota man is dead and charges are pending against a north suburban Lincolnwood man after a rear-end collision on the Edens Expressway in Skokie early Sunday. The...
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Man And Woman Charged In String Of Four Robberies
(STMW) – A man and woman have been charged in connection with a string of four recent robberies, including an early Friday hold-up of a Sarpino’s restaurant in which the man implied he was carrying an...
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Man In Custody After Hit-And-Run That Seriously Injured Pedestrian
CHICAGO (STMW) – Charges are pending against the driver who struck a woman with his vehicle Saturday evening in the North Side Norwood Park neighborhood. The 50-year-old woman was walking in the 5800...
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