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Teen Charged In Murder Of 14-Year-Old Girl
Updated 04/29/14 – 8:16 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A 14-year-old girl has been charged as a juvenile in the shooting death of a Tilden High School freshman who was killed Monday afternoon on her way home...
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Mother Charged With Trying To Suffocate Daughter
Updated 04/29/14 – 2:33 p.m. CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman drove her daughter to Rosehill Cemetery, tried to suffocate the 4-year-old with a plastic bag, then trieed to kill herself before changing her...
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Eisenhower Lanes Reopen After Beer Truck Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – All lanes have been reopened to traffic after a crash on the Eisenhower Expressway that left one person injured and a semi truck hauling beer rolled onto its side early Tuesday. The...
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Ban On Indoor Use Of E-Cigarettes Begins In Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) – Starting Tuesday, it’s illegal to smoke an electronic cigarette inside virtually all public buildings in Chicago. Earlier this year, the City Council voted to add e-cigarettes to the...
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Man Charged With Murder For West Side Hit-And-Run
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man has been charged with intentionally striking and killing another man with an SUV early Saturday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. Darrell Cooper, 41, is charged with...
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Quinn, Emanuel Still At Odds Over Pension Reform
Quinn Offers More Income Tax Revenue For Pensions WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – Gov. Pat Quinn’s offer to give cities a bigger cut of income tax revenues to help with pension debts without...
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Mother Gives Birth To Baby Girl Along I-88
(CBS) – A woman gave birth to a baby girl on the shoulder of the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) early Tuesday. Ray Shishkoff was driving his wife, Elizabeth, to Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital...
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The World’s 50 Best Restaurants: Chicago’s Alinea Cracks Top 10
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — One of Chicago’s most highly acclaimed restaurants has been named one of the 10 best fine dining destinations in the world. Grant Achatz’s Alinea ranked No. 9 in the The...
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Christ Hospital Lauds Success Of New Heart Pump
Patient Says New Heart Pump Turned His Life Around WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – A Chicago area hospital said it’s having success with a new heart pump it’s testing. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine...
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Four Charged Sexually Abusing Child Met Through Craiglist Ad
EVANSTON, Ill. (STMW) – Police have arrested four men in connection with the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy who offered to perform sex acts through Craigslist. The investigation began in August 2013...
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Rare Frank Lloyd Wright Row House For Sale On South Side
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Fans of Frank Lloyd Wright currently have an opportunity to snap up a rare Wright-designed row house in the city. One of the Roloson Row Houses just hit the market for...
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Park Forest Cop Pleads Not Guilty In WWII Vet’s Death
MARKHAM, Ill. (CBS) – A Park Forest police officer has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in connection with the death of a 95-year-old man at a suburban senior facility last year. Craig Taylor,...
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Sandwich Me In: One Restaurant. Two Years. Zero Garbage
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — One restaurant. Two years. Zero garbage. That’s right, Sandwich Me In, which we first profiled a few months ago, has not thrown out a single piece of garbage in two...
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Quinn’s Lawyer Acknowledges Inspector Probe Of Hiring
CHICAGO (AP) – An attorney representing Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration publicly acknowledged Tuesday an ongoing investigation by Illinois’ inspector general of hiring practices under the one-term...
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Mobile Home Falls Off Trailer Onto I-94 In NW Indiana
CHESTERTON, Ind. (STMW) – Half of a double-wide mobile home broke free from its bindings and fell off a semi trailer onto I-94, blocking two lanes in northwest Indiana on Tuesday morning. Indiana State...
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Woodridge Schools On Guard In Wake Of Armed Robberies
Woodridge Schools On Guard In Wake Of Armed Robberies WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause WOODRIDGE, Ill. (CBS) – Every school in Woodridge District 68 was taking precautions Tuesday – and most likely through...
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Schaumburg Cop Pleads Guilty In Drug Case, Gets 26 Years
WHEATON, Ill. (STMW) – One of three Schaumburg police detectives accused of withholding and reselling illegal drugs they seized from dealers was sentenced to 26 years in prison Tuesday. Matthew Hudak,...
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Zion Man Charged With Sexual Assaulting Two Girls
ZION, Ill. (STMW)– A north suburban man has been charged with sexually assaulting two young girls after an investigation into child pornography revealed he’d had sexual contact with them, according to...
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West Suburban Cops Get Training To Handle Coyotes
(CBS) — West suburban police are learning how to handle coyotes peacefully, though not quietly. Human Society coyote specialist Lyndsey White Dasher told police one strategy is to use an air horn and...
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UIC Students Robbed At Gunpoint Near West Side Campus
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two University of Illinois at Chicago students were robbed at gunpoint Monday night near the West Side campus. The students were walking in the 800 block of South Laflin about 11 p.m....
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