DJ Rashad Found Dead On Lower West Side
CHICAGO (STMW) –DJ Rashad, a house music icon in Chicago whose new EP is set to be released next week, was found dead of an apparent drug overdose Saturday afternoon on the Lower West Side. Rashad...
View ArticlePolice: Two Dead, Three Hurt In Southwest Side Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) — Two people were killed and three others were critically injured in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday in the Southwest Side Brighton Park neighborhood, police said. The silver sedan...
View ArticleSW Side Parish Celebrate Canonization Of John Paul II, John XXIII
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Catholics watched on TV as Popes John Paul II and John XXIII were canonized in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican Sunday. At Five Holy Martyrs Church in Brighton Park, prayers...
View ArticleThree Men Charged In Home Invasion, Shooting On West Side
CHICAGO (STMW) — Three men were charged with a home invasion and shooting of a 24-year-old man Friday on the West Side. Michael Raggs, Ambrose Walker and Sidney Gullens were arrested and charged Friday...
View ArticleRiders Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Skokie Swift
SKOKIE, Ill. (CBS) — Can you imagine people by the dozens leaving a CTA ‘L’ train and telling the crew, “Thank you?” It happened Saturday as hundreds of people jammed the CTA’s antique 90-year-old ‘L’...
View ArticleThree Injured In Hit-And-Run Crash On I-290
CHICAGO (STMW) –Two men and a woman were seriously injured in a three-vehicle, hit-and-run crash involving a semi truck on the outbound Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) Sunday afternoon on the West Side....
View ArticleChicago-Area Couples Resell Items At 2nd Annual Wedding Recyclery
CHICAGO (CBS) — The second annual Wedding Recyclery has been going on today in the West Loop, giving couples a chance to recycle a lot of things that were once very important. By “recycle,” we mean...
View ArticleTeenager Shot In Morgan Park
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 17-year-old boy was shot Sunday afternoon in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side. The boy was shot in the lower right leg about 1:20 p.m. near West 113th Place and...
View ArticleFeds Charge Former Elgin State Lawmaker With Possession Of Child Porn
(CBS) – A former state representative who abruptly resigned earlier this year following a federal raid faces child-pornography charges. Keith Farnham, 66, of Elgin was charged Monday with possession of...
View ArticleWATCH: Mississippi Meteorologist Forced To Sprint From Set As Tornado Hits
(CBS) — A tornado tore through Tupalo, Miss., on Monday afternoon, forcing a local news station there to quickly abandon their newscast. There were some tense moments for the crew and on air talent as...
View Article2 Teen Girls Shot, One Fatally, In Back Of The Yards
(CBS) – A 14-year-old girl was fatally shot Monday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, and a social-media feud may have played a role in the killing. Endia Martin, a Tilden High School...
View ArticleSponsors Ditching Clippers After Owner’s Alleged Racist Comments
(CBS) — Several sponsors of the Los Angeles Clippers announced Monday that they will end their relationship with the team after owner Donald Sterling’s alleged racist comments. CBS 2′s Jim Williams...
View ArticleSuburban Man Found Guilty Of Sending Threatening Notes To Pols
(STMW) – An angry suburban loner was found guilty Monday of mailing fake anthrax, shotgun shells and death threats to Chicago politicians, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Ron Haddad, 38 — a...
View ArticleThree-Alarm Fire Consumes Abandoned SW Side Building
(STMW) – An abandoned building on the Southwest Side was in the midst of collapsing as a result 3-alarm fire earlier Monday evening. The blaze broke out in an abandoned building in the 3600 block of...
View ArticleMagic Johnson On Clippers Owner: ‘He Has To Lose The Team’
Magic Johnson Responds To Donald SterlingWBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause (CBS) – A visibly upset Earvin “Magic” Johnson offered more pushback Monday night against Donald Sterling, the L.A. Clippers owner...
View ArticleFor Some, Caffeine Addiction Is Doubly Dangerous
(CBS) – You want to cut back on caffeine, but you can’t — even if your doctor says you have to. Now, new research is saying that dependence on caffeine is not just a physical issue. As CBS 2’s Roseanne...
View Article1 Dead, 1 Critically Injured In Crystal Lake Crash
Updated 04/29/14 – 1:46 p.m. CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (STMW) – A Crystal Lake man was killed and another person was critically injured in a traffic crash involving three vehicles Monday evening in the...
View ArticleBody Pulled From Chicago River
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police recovered the body of a middle-aged man from the Chicago River near the Harrison Street bridge Monday evening. Police Marine Unit officers responded to the area near the 400...
View ArticleMan Seriously Wounded In Belmont Central Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot and seriously wounded early Tuesday in the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The 26-year-old man was in a garage with a friend about 12:30 a.m. in the...
View ArticleMan Charged In Roseland Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man has been charged with shooting another man in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side Sunday night. Russell Jones, 35, faces one count of first-degree attempted murder in...
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