Flights Cancelled As Chicago Area Could See 5 Inches Of Snow Saturday
CHICAGO (STMW) — Up to five inches of snow could fall in some parts of the Chicago area Saturday, causing problems for air traffic at the city’s airports. Portions of northeast Illinois and northwest...
View Article2 Dead, 7 Wounded In Weekend Shootings
CHICAGO (STMW) — Two men are dead and at least seven other people were wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday afternoon. A 26-year-old man was shot and killed early Saturday in the Austin...
View ArticleElderly Man Struck, Killed By Van In Lakeview
CHICAGO (STMW) – An 80-year-old man died Friday after he was struck by a van in the Lake View neighborhood Thursday morning on the North Side. Witnesses told police Jamie Ramirez ran into traffic...
View ArticleMan Killed In Woodlawn Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot and killed early Saturday in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side, police said. About 1:10 a.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired found the...
View ArticleMan Killed In South Side Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was killed in a crash in the Gage Park neighborhood on the South Side early Saturday. Just before 2 a.m., Tashon Krzysiek, 19, was sitting in the passenger seat of vehicle...
View ArticleFirefighter Hospitalized, 14 Displaced After South Side Fire
CHICAGO (STMW) -- A firefighter was injured and 14 people, including nine children, were displaced after a fire in the South Chicago neighborhood early Saturday. Crews responded to the blaze that broke...
View ArticleMulti-Vehicle Crash Shuts Down I-80
MOKENA, Ill. (STMW) – All lanes of Interstate 80 near LaGrange Road were shut down to traffic for more than four hours after a semi-truck tipped over Saurday morning, police said. Multiple vehicles...
View ArticlePolice: Felon Had Ammo In Candy Box, Tossed Rifle From High Rise
CHICAGO (STMW) – A convicted murderer has been charged with weapons violations after Cook County Sheriff’s police found ammunition stored in a candy box, as well as an assault rifle and a bullet-proof...
View ArticleFamily Of Murder Victim Searching For Tips To Find Killer
CHICAGO (CBS) — A grieving mother has been out leafleting a Northwest Side neighborhood today in the hopes that someone will help to solve the October 29th murder of her 23-year-old son. Family members...
View ArticleFamilies Of Cops Who Were Killed Or Injured Get Visit From Santa
CHICAGO (CBS) – The families of Chicago Police officers who were killed or badly injured are getting special visits this weekend, as the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation carries out the 7th annual...
View ArticleWheaton Man Held On $150,000 For Allegedly Striking And Killing Pedestrian, 82
WHEATON, Ill. (STMW) – A west suburban delivery man had cannabis in his system when he struck and killed an elderly woman on the Southwest Side earlier this week, Cook County prosecutors said Saturday....
View ArticleActivists, Families Call For New Laws To Combat Gun Violence
CHICAGO (CBS) — Activists and victims’ families observed the one-year anniversary of the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., Saturday by meeting in the Back of the Yards park in which 13 people were...
View ArticleTwo Charged With Robbing Loyola Campus Cafeteria
CHICAGO (STMW) – Bail was set at $325,000 Sunday for one of two men charged with robbing a Loyola University Chicago dining hall this past week and later trying to escape police. Martell Howze, 25, an...
View ArticleThree Teens Injured In Aurora Shooting
AURORA, Ill. (STMW) — Three teenagers were shot Friday night while walking in west suburban Aurora, police said. The teens, ages 13, 14 and 15, were walking in the 1200 block of Colorado Avenue on the...
View ArticleProsecutors: Man Followed Woman Home, Stole Her Electronics
(STMW) – A man followed a female commuter from the Paulina CTA station on the North Side, then forced his way into her apartment and grabbed her throat before stealing her belongings, Cook County...
View Article3 Dead, 16 Wounded In Shootings Since Friday
CHICAGO (STMW) — Three men are dead and at least 16 other people were wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday afternoon. Most recently, a 24-year-old man was found shot to death on a sidewalk...
View ArticleTwo Injured In New City Drive-By Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) -- A man and a woman were shot in the South Side New City neighborhood Sunday morning. The 23-year-old woman and the man, 36, were driving eastbound near the 4700 block of South Throop...
View Article75-Year-Old Man Beaten To Death In Gary
CHICAGO (STMW) — An elderly man was beaten to death at his Gary, Ind., home Saturday. Zan Davenport Jr., 75, suffered blunt force trauma in the 100 block of East 63rd Avenue in Gary about 5:29 p.m.,...
View ArticleGood Samaritan Killed Hours After Wedding
(CBS) – A Crown Point man has been killed – acting as a good Samaritan – just hours after his own wedding. The Lake County Sheriff’s office says a woman driving in Crown Point around midnight slid off...
View ArticleCancer Is Leading Disease-Related Killer Of Dogs And Cats
By Steve Grzanich- CHICAGO (CBS) – Cancer is the number-one disease-related killer of dogs and cats and claims the lives of millions of pets each year. According to the latest statistics, one-in-four...
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