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State Awards 46 Grants For Parks And Playground Projects Across Illinois
(CBS) – The state of Illinois Saturday awarded grants totaling $16.5 million to 46 park and playground projects statewide, including 29 in the six-county region. The 46 were chosen from among hundreds...
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Expo Raises Awareness Of Diabetes
CHICAGO (CBS) — Would you know the symptoms of diabetes? Knowledge could mean the difference between life and death. The search for answers brought thousands of people to McCormick place Saturday....
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Authorities: Body Found In Northbrook Is Missing Glencoe Man
(STMW) -- A man found dead near the Edens Expressway in north suburban Northbrook Saturday morning is Harvey Caplin, an elderly Glencoe man who has been missing since January, authorities confirmed...
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Could Be Out Of Federal Prison Much Sooner Than Expected
(CBS) – Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. might be getting out of prison a lot sooner than originally thought, CBS 2 has learned. Jackson has been transferred from the North Carolina prison camp...
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Police Warn Of Austin Armed Robberies
CHICAGO (STMW) — Police are warning West Side residents of several armed robberies in the Austin neighborhood since February. On three separate occasions, a lone male with his face covered approaches...
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Three Injured In Lake Shore Drive Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – Three people were injured in a crash early Sunday on Lake Shore Drive in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the North Side. The crash happened about 4:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of...
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Teen Shot To Death In Burnside
CHICAGO (CBS) –Chicago Police say a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed last night on the South Side. Police say 16-year-old Michael Flournoy was shot in the head last night – just before 8 o’clock. It...
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DCFS Investigating Death Of Harvey Infant
HARVEY, Ill. (STMW) — State child welfare officials are investigating the parents of a 5-month-old boy for allegations of neglect after the infant died Friday in south suburban Harvey. Jaylin Hampton,...
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Two Charged In East Garfield Park Drive-By That Wounded Teen, Man
CHICAGO (STMW) — Two men have been charged with attempted murder after a drive-by shooting that wounded a teenage boy and a man Friday night in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side....
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White Supremacist Hale Sues Bureau Of Prisons For Violating His Rights
(CBS) – It was nine years ago today that Matt Hale of East Peoria was sentenced to 40 years in prison – convicted of soliciting the murder of a federal judge. Now, without a lawyer, Hale is suing the...
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Wisconsin Deputies Make Arrest In Palatine Teen’s ’97 Death
RACINE, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin deputies may finally have solved a cold-case mystery involving the slaying of an Illinois teen 17 years ago. Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling emailed The...
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Elgin Police Investigating Attempted Abduction
ELGIN, Ill. (STMW) — Elgin police are looking for someone who allegedly tried kidnapping a woman from her vehicle Friday night. The woman, whose exact age was not immediately known, was sitting in her...
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Police: Body Found In Evanston Could Be Missing Des Plaines Woman
EVANSTON, Ill. (STMW) – A body found Sunday morning in north suburban Evanston could be of woman who had been missing from Des Plaines for weeks, police said. A person walking near Lake Michigan in the...
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Northwestern Medicine Marks 50th Anniversary Of First Organ Transplant
(CBS) — It’s an anniversary a lot of them didn’t expect to live to see. Organ recipients gathered this morning in Rosemont to mark 50 years since Northwestern Medicine’s first transplant. WBBM’s Nancy...
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Out-Of-Control Driver Smashes Cars, Critically Injures Bicyclist
(CBS) — A driver critically injured a bicyclist after smashing into several cars, and a scooter in the north suburbs Sunday. It started at 10 a.m. as police say an out-of-control driver hit a car on...
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Body Pulled From River On Near North Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – Authorities recovered an Elk Grove Village man’s body from the Chicago River on the Near North Side Sunday evening. The man’s body was pulled from the river in the 1000 block of West...
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Woman Seriously Injured In Chicago Lawn Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman was seriously wounded in a shooting early Monday in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The woman, 32, was walking with two males at West 59th Street and South...
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Ambulance Stolen From Stroger Hospital Found In Lyons
LYONS, Ill. (STMW) – A private ambulance was stolen from John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County Sunday night, and later recovered in west suburban Lyons. About 8:45 p.m., a suspect got into the...
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Museums To Create “Pop-Up” Displays Of Artwork
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Art Institute of Chicago and other museums will take some of their masterpieces to the streets. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports it’s a project modeled on one in Britain....
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Simeon Students Shocked At Football Player’s Slaying
Updated 04/07/14 – 5:05 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Students at Simeon Career Academy High School were mourning the death of a classmate and promising athlete who became the latest victim of gun violence in...
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