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Four Charged With Robbing Niles Woman At Gunpoint
(STMW) – Four people are facing charges after police said two of them robbed a woman at gunpoint on her driveway in north suburban Niles early Thursday, while the other two sat in the getaway vehicle....
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Police: Man Kept Drugs, Guns In Building That Houses Daycare
(STMW) — A man was arrested and charged after police said they found guns, drugs and cash at an Austin apartment building that houses a daycare in the basement. Keith Lee, 52, is charged with two...
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Group Of Chicago-Area Nuns Pressuring Congress On Immigration Reform
CHICAGO (CBS) — A group of nuns from the Chicago area are hoping they can push Congress to pass immigration reform at last, reports WBBM’s Nancy Harty. Sister Simone Campbell spoke to a group of...
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4-Year-Old Merrillville Boy Dead After Shooting Self With Parents’ Gun
(CBS) – A four-year-old boy is dead after accidentally shooting himself Saturday morning in Merrillville, Indiana. According to Merrillville Police, the boy took the gun from his parents’ bedroom and...
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Teen Shot In Greater Grand Crossing
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 17-year-old boy was shot Saturday afternoon in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side. The teen was standing in the 7000 block of South Vernon Avenue when he was...
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Illinois Man Who Had Contact With Indiana MERS Patient Tests Positive For Virus
(CBS) – An Illinois man has become the third person to test positive for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and had close contact with an Indiana MERS patient, according to the Centers for...
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Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Gives Advice To Harper College Grads
(CBS) — More than 500 Harper College graduates got advice from U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Saturday during graduation ceremonies. U.S. Commerce Secretary warmly congratulated Harper College...
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Man Robs Southwest Suburban Bank
(STMW) — A man robbed a bank in southwest suburban Burbank Friday afternoon. The man walked into PNC Bank, 4900 W. 87th St., at 5:14 p.m. and made off with an unknown amount of cash, according to the...
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Man Shot Multiple Times, Killed In Austin Neighborhood
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 32-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. The shooting happened at 4:26 p.m. in the 200 block of North Pine Avenue, police...
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Police Warn Of Home Burglaries On Southwest Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are warning residents of home burglaries in the Garfield Ridge and Clearing neighborhoods on the Southwest Side. Four separate burglaries were reported in April and May,...
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Man Shot Multiple Times, Killed In Garfield Park
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man died after being shot multiple times in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side Saturday night. The 20-year-old was in the 3400 block of West Madison Street about 11:30...
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Man Charged After Near West Side Police Chase, Crash; 4 Taken To Hospital
CHICAGO (STMW) — A Cook County judge ordered a suburban man held on $50,000 bail Sunday, after he allegedly led Chicago police on a car chase that ended in a crash on the Near West Side, authorities...
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Woman Dies After Being Pulled From Montrose Harbor
CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman died after firefighters pulled her from Montrose Harbor Saturday afternoon. Firefighters were notified at 5:48 p.m. about a person in the water at 501 W. Montrose Ave., and...
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Lemont Veteran Dies In Motorcycle Crash Ahead Of Graduation From U Of I
(CBS) – Family members of a Lemont Township native who’d hoped to celebrate his college graduation this weekend are instead mourning his death in a motorcycle crash. 30-year-old Paul Davidson was about...
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$750K Bond For Man Charged With Fatal Stabbing In Little Village
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man charged with stabbing a west suburban man to death last month in the Little Village neighborhood was ordered held on $750,000 bond Sunday. Jose Marroquin, 34, faces one count of...
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National Restaurant Association Show Gets Underway At McCormick Place
CHICAGO (CBS) — More than 60,000 people are in Chicago for the 65th National Restaurant Association show at McCormick Place. WBBM: All right, so what are we looking at here? “Dead fruit flies,” says...
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Chicago 4th Grader Raising Funds For Bosnian Flooding Victims
(CBS) — A ten-year-old Chicago girl is doing her part to bring relief to Bosnians suffering through historic mudslides, reports WBBM’s Nancy Harty. Layla Mranic was born in the U.S. but her parents are...
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Teen Seriously Wounded In Kenwood Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 15-year-old boy was seriously wounded in a shooting in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side Sunday afternoon. The boy was in the 4700 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue just...
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Agent: Wiretap Request Misstated Informant Record
CHICAGO (AP) – An FBI agent has testified at a Chicago Democrat’s bribery trial that an application asking permission for an informant to wear a wire greatly understated his criminal background. Agent...
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UPDATE: Toddler Found Alone In Englewood Placed With Family Friend
CHICAGO (CBS) – A little boy found alone Friday morning on an Englewood sidewalk has been identified and placed with a family friend, while the child’s mother was being questioned by authorities....
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