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Chicagoans Affected By Violence To Gather At Vigils Thursday Night
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago-area people touched by violence will gather on the South and West Sides Thursday night as part of the National Vigil for Victims of Gun Violence. The organizer, Gwendolyn...
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Police: DNA Links Man To Sexual Assualt Against Teen
(STMW) – A south suburban man was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on the South Side last month. Arteria Austin Jr., 23, of the 4100 block of West 127th Street in Alsip, was...
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Infant Girl Found Dead Inside West Side Apartment
CHICAGO (CBS) — The body of an infant girl was found dead inside an apartment on the West Side, fire officials said Wednesday. The 9-month-old baby girl was found dead in a car seat in the 3700 block...
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Enthusiastic Safe Passage Workers Brave Cold
CHICAGO (CBS) – While it may be too soon to grade the CPS school closings and consolidation with other neighborhood schools, one aspect of that plan seems to be working well. Keeping those students...
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Child Among Five Injured In Crash On Inbound Skyway
CHICAGO (STMW) – A child was critically injured and four other people were also hurt in a multi-vehicle crash on the Chicago Skyway late Wednesday afternoon. At least two semi trucks and three other...
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Cold Not Stopping Our Lady Of Guadalupe Celebration
DES PLAINES, Ill. (CBS) — The bitter blast is not enough to keep the Hispanic community from observing the Our Lady Of Guadalupe religious celebration. CBS 2’s Derrick Blakely reports this is the 25th...
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Family Of Girl Who Died Under Suspicious Circumstances Demand Arrest
(CBS) – The extended family of a two-year-old girl who died under suspicious circumstances over the weekend in the South Chicago neighborhood are demanding an arrest in the case. WBBM’s Bob Roberts...
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2 Investigators: Stolen Keys Can Be Used To Access CTA Trains
CHICAGO (CBS) – The 2 Investigators uncovered an alarming security breach involving the CTA as trains and other access points can be breached with keys that have been stolen. Dave Savini has this...
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Man Shot And Killed In Logan Square
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 68-year-old man was shot to death during an attempted robbery in the Logan Square neighborhood early Thursday. Cayetano Sandoval, 68, was found in the 1900 block of North Spaulding...
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Man Shot To Death In Back Of The Yards
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot to death in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Wednesday night. Anthony Rivers, 30, was in a vehicle in the 5400 block of South Bishop Street about 10:15 p.m. when...
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Victims Detain Two Would-Be Robbers In Austin
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two of four crooks were detained by their victims and injured Wednesday evening, while robbing a party in the old Zenith TV plant in the Austin neighborhood. The party was being held...
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No Bond For Man Charged In Thanksgiving Stabbing Death
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man charged with stabbing a woman to death on Thanksgiving in the Northwest Side Portage Park neighborhood was ordered held without bond Thursday. Alberto Gaytan, 42, of the 3000...
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With Subzero Temps Gone, Weather Will Be A Bit Less Brutal
Updated 12/12/13 – 10:34 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – First came the snow, then the bitter cold. A brutally frigid blast of air overnight is gradually leaving the area, though temperatures will stay below...
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Three Arrested For Looting In Tornado-Ravaged Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) – Three Peoria men are in custody after investigators say they were looting a tornado-damaged home in the central Illinois community of Washington. The Pekin Daily Times reports...
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Mayor, Aldermen To Fast In Support Of Immigration Reform
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, several city aldermen and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin plan to fast for 24 hours to support immigration reform efforts. The mayor’s office says the 54-year-old’s...
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Hispanic Activists Criticize Herbalife As ‘Pyramid Scheme’
CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois Hispanic activists are calling the Herbalife company a pyramid scheme and a fraud that the state Attorney General should investigate. play pause Herbalife Under Fire WBBM...
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Fatally Poisoned Lottery Winner’s Daughter, Wife Divvy Up His Estate
CHICAGO (STMW) – The widow and daughter of a West Rogers Park man who died from cyanide poisoning after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot have reached an agreement on how to divide his estate and...
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Rape Case Against Torture Victim Officially Dismissed
CHICAGO (CBS) — Prosecutors on Thursday said they will not retry a rape case against a man who spent 30 years behind bars after he was tortured into confessing to the crime. The case was officially...
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Student, 7, Brings Loaded Handgun To Elgin School; Adult Charged
ELGIN (CBS) – Felony charges have been filed after a seven-year-old boy took a loaded handgun to school in Elgin Thursday morning. play pause Gun In Elgin School WBBM Newsradio's Steve Miller It’s an...
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$5,000 Reward Offered For ‘Hooded Bandit’ Bank Robber
CHICAGO (CBS) – A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the capture of the “Hooded Bandit,” a man suspected of committing at least five bank robberies in the northwest...
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