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Made In Chicago: Knitting Shop ‘We’ll Keep You in Stitches’
(CBS) — What started as a hobby has turned into a 45-year-old business for a Gold Coast woman, reports WBBM’s Regine Schlesinger. 83-year-old Betty Goldstein says as her children began growing older,...
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Biker Airlifted To Hospital After Crashing Into Truck
RICHMOND, Ill. (STMW) – A man was ejected from his motorcycle Saturday after making contact with a Freightliner truck in northwest suburban Richmond. The incident happened at 5:18 p.m. in the 3900...
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Suspect In Custody For Fatal West Side Hit-And-Run
CHICAGO (CBS) – Police were questioning a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 67-year-old woman in the Austin neighborhood Sunday night. Jennie Davis was crossing North Avenue at Luna Avenue...
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At Least 9 Dead, 36 Wounded In Weekend Shootings
CHICAGO (CBS) – Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said a bloody holiday weekend that saw at least nine people shot and killed and dozens others wounded “doesn’t wipe out” reductions in violent crime in the...
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Two Officers Hurt In Calumet Heights Rollover Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two Chicago Police officers were hurt in a rollover crash Sunday night in the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood. The officers were responding to a call and heading north in the...
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Pastor Of Couple Dead In Murder-Suicide: ‘Everybody Has Their Breaking Point’
Couple, Both Officers, Dead In Murder-Suicide WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – Friends and neighbors are remembering a Southwest Side couple who died yesterday in a murder-suicide; both of...
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Two Dead In South Lawndale Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men are dead after a gang-related shooting Sunday afternoon in the South Lawndale neighborhood. About 1 p.m., an orange Hummer blocked a Lincoln Navigator head-on at the corner of...
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Feds: Credit Card Fraud Boss Threatened Rival Would Be ‘Cut Into Pieces’
CHICAGO (STMW) – The alleged Chicago boss of an international credit card fraud racket has ties to organized crime in Bulgaria, kidnapped a man in Chicago and robbed him of $800,000, ordered a beating...
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Sunday Was One Of Warmest Easters On Record
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — After one of the most brutal winters ever in Chicago, the Easter weekend weather was well-earned. The official high of 79 degrees on Sunday tied for the eighth warmest...
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Martial Arts Studio Destroyed By Fire In Lombard
Firefighters Extinguish Blaze At Lombard Strip Mall WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause LOMBARD, Ill. (CBS) – A fire caused up to $300,000 in damage to a strip mall building in west suburban Lombard early...
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As Illinois Struggles, Animated Map Shows Stark Unemployment Contrasts In...
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — As most of the nation continues to slowly come back from high unemployment from the Great Recession, Illinois continues to struggle in its job recovery, according to data...
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Study: 1 in 5 Children At Risk Of Hunger In Cook County
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Nearly 800,000 people in Cook County, including one in five children, struggle to have access to healthy food and are at risk of hunger, according to a new study. Rising...
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Cubs Give 100-Year-Old Fan Second Chance To Deliver Game Ball
CHICAGO (CBS) – A 100-year-old Cubs fan from central Illinois will get a second chance to present the official game ball at Wrigley Field this summer. WBBM Newsradio’s Lisa Fielding reports that on...
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Suburban And Downstate Mayors Call For Police And Fire Pension Reform
(CBS) – More than two dozen mayors and village presidents from Chicago’s suburbs and downstate are warning Illinois lawmakers not to forget that they are undergoing a police and fire pension crisis of...
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Public Defenders Team Up Decades After Their Fathers First Worked Together
(CBS) — This is a big week for two families of attorneys who have made their marks in the Cook County public defender’s office. Three decades ago, young attorneys Scott Slonim and Vito Colucci teamed...
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Chicago: A Journey From The Center Of The Earth
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — For all the discussion about Chicago as the Great American City and a World Class City, it was once depicted as the Center Of The World. An old promotional poster for the...
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Republican House Leader Opposes Using State Funds For Potential Presidential...
Republican House Leader Opposes Using State Funds For Potential Presidential Library WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) — A top Republican state lawmaker has accused Democrats of using an “under-handed...
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10 Charged With Stealing More Than $1M From Social Security
CHICAGO (STMW) – Ten people in the Chicago area have been charged in separate federal cases with stealing more than $1.27 million by receiving fraudulent Social Security benefits. Many of the charged...
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Man Charged With Fatal Shooting In East Garfield Park
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man has been charged with the fatal shooting of a man found dead in an East Garfield Park neighborhood alley Saturday morning. Eugene Andrews, 37, has been charged with one count of...
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16-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shot Near Joliet
JOLIET, Ill. (STMW) — A 16-year-old boy died Monday afternoon after he was shot in near southwest suburban Joliet. Will County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 400 block of Algonquin Street in...
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