Remote Parking Put To The Test In Wrigley Night Game
(CBS) –It’s the first night game of the season for the Cubs and this year that means a new free place to park for fans, something that can be good, and bad news for the neighborhood. Fans lined up...
View ArticleTae Kwon Do Instructor Charged With Molesting 8-Year-Old Student
(CBS) — A local elementary school is warning parents after learning a former tae kwon do instructor there was charged with molesting one of his students. CBS 2′s Mike Parker went to the home of that...
View ArticleMan Shot In Ashburn
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was wounded in a shooting early Wednesday in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The man, 22, was in an alley in the 8000 block of South California Avenue about 1:25...
View ArticleNaperville Credit Union Robber Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison
CHICAGO (STMW) – A masked gunman who terrorized employees of a west suburban Naperville credit union before robbing them of nearly $135,000 in 2011 has been sentenced to 17 years in prison in that...
View ArticlePolice: No Trace Of Alcohol In Kids After Restaurant Served Booze
Updated 04/09/14 – 12:42 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – At least ten children were taken to the hospital as a precaution Tuesday night, after wait staff at a Little Village restaurant mistakenly served alcohol,...
View ArticleSecond Suspect Charged In Shooting Of Marshall Basketball Coach
CHICAGO (CBS) – A second suspect has been charged in a January shooting that left a Marshall High School basketball coach paralyzed from the waist down. CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reports 23-year-old...
View ArticleFeds To Investigate Death Of Man Beaten By North Chicago Cops
CHICAGO (STMW) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago will be assuming the investigation into the death of Darrin Hanna of North Chicago, who died after being arrested and allegedly beaten by North...
View ArticleMan Struck By Van, Critically Injured In West Garfield Park
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 38-year-old man driving on a suspended license struck and critically injured a pedestrian with a van Tuesday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, police said. The man was...
View ArticleCicero Youth Minister Charged With Sexually Assaulting 6 Boys
Updated 04/09/14 – 2:58 p.m. CICERO (CBS) – Police in west suburban Cicero have charged a youth minister with multiple felonies in a sexual assault case involving at least six boys, and authorities...
View ArticleTwo Shot During Fight In Englewood
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two people were shot during a fight between rival gang factions Tuesday night in Englewood. A 24-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were part of a group involved in a fight at...
View ArticleBody Found In Indiana Lake IDed As Missing Michigan Doctor
Updated 04/09/14 – 10:16 a.m. (CBS) – A body found in a lake in Porter, Ind., over the weekend has been identified as a missing doctor from Kalamazoo, Mich. A fisherman found a woman’s body in Lake...
View ArticleAlvarez Questions Wisdom Of Suggested Alternatives To Jail For Some Inmates
Prosecutor Says Some Held On Non-Violent Charges Have Violent Past WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez has expressed reservations about efforts to...
View ArticleIn Illinois, About 7.3 Percent Of Computers Run Windows XP, Potential Hacker...
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Microsoft is no longer supporting its old Windows XP operating system, potentially exposing millions of computers that still run it to security risks. But just how many...
View ArticlePolice, Firefighters Help Warn Prom Goers Of Dangers Of Drunk Driving
CHICAGO (CBS) – Prom is a terrific milestone for high school students, but with just one drink terrific can turn into tragic. CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reports, with prom season approaching, police and...
View ArticleBy Far, Illinois Has Least Trust In Government Among All 50 States
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — By an astonishingly wide margin, Illinois residents trust their government officials to handle their problems far less than any other state. With the parade of governors,...
View ArticleChicago River Bridge Lifts Start Next Week
CHICAGO (STMW) – Drivers take notice: The lifting of Chicago River bridges for recreational boat traffic resumes next week and continues through the end of June, the city announced Wednesday. The first...
View ArticleFeds Seize 100 Pounds Of Illegal Stimulant ‘Khat’ Bound For Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) – Customs agents seized 100 pounds of an illegal stimulant headed for Chicago, when the package was intercepted at Philadelphia International Airport, because the box felt too heavy to be...
View ArticleFormer Markham Deputy Police Chief Gets 5 Years In Prison
CHICAGO (STMW) – Markham’s former deputy police chief Tony DeBois has been sentenced to five years in prison by a federal judge who found that he raped a prisoner, then lied to the FBI about it....
View ArticleWindy City Times Publisher Accuses City Of Removing Newspaper Boxes
CHICAGO (CBS) — Newspaper boxes are missing from downtown Chicago – and the publisher of at least one of those papers says it’s the city of Chicago that’s removed them. Chicago’s gay newspaper, the...
View ArticleCops: Man Approaches Teen Boy For Sex On NW Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are searching for a man who approached a 14-year-old boy and asked him to engage in a sexual act Monday night in the Northwest Side Belmont Cragin neighborhood. The teen was...
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