HomeMade Pizza Chain Closes
(CBS) – Pizza prepped in the store but cooked in your own stove. It was a great concept to get that homemade taste. But all six of the HomeMade Pizza stores have closed without any warning in the...
View ArticleBoy, 16, Shot In Chest In Avalon Park
A 16-year-old boy was seriously wounded and a man was hurt in a shooting Monday afternoon in the South Side Avalon Park neighborhood. They were shot at 4:18 p.m., as they were sitting in a vehicle in...
View Article12-Year-Old Wisconsin Girls Charged After Nearly Stabbing Friend To Death
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors say two 12-year-old southeastern Wisconsin girls stabbed their 12-year-old friend nearly to death in the woods to please a mythological creature they learned about...
View ArticleWoman Sexually Assaulted At Wrigleyville Business
(CBS) – Police are searching for the man who sexually assaulted a 27-year-old woman at a Wrigleyville business early Sunday. The victim was attacked around 12:30 a.m. in the 3500 block of North Clark...
View ArticleSix People Shot At South Side Laundromat
(CBS) – Six people, including two teenagers, were wounded Monday night in a shooting at a South Shore neighborhood laundromat. CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports two of the six victims were in or affiliated...
View ArticleReward Increased To Find Shooter In Teacher’s Death
(CBS) – The shooting of a well-loved and highly respected teacher is prompting friends and family to take action. The reward for information in the murder of Betty Howard increased Monday – so did the...
View ArticleHillshire To Talk With Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride
NEW YORK (AP) – Hillshire Brands says it will hold separate talks with Pilgrim’s Pride and Tyson Foods, as the two meat processing heavyweights engage in a bidding war for the maker of Jimmy Dean...
View ArticleBank Robbed In Edgewater
CHICAGO (STMW) – A TCF Bank branch was robbed Sunday afternoon in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side. The bank branch at 5516 N. Clark St. was robbed about 12:15 p.m., FBI spokeswoman Joan...
View ArticleLockport Man Killed In Homer Township Crash
HOMER TOWNSHIP (STMW) – A 23-year-old southwest suburban Lockport man died Saturday when his car burst into fire after crashing into a ComEd pole on Bell Road in Homer Township, Will County sheriff’s...
View ArticleBank Robbed In Aurora
AURORA, Ill. (STMW) – A woman robbed a bank inside a west suburban grocery Monday morning. The robbery happened about 10:35 a.m. at the TCF Bank branch inside a Jewel-Osco at 1952 W. Galena Blvd. in...
View ArticleTaj Gibson’s 6-Year-Old Cousin Stabbed To Death In Brooklyn
CHICAGO (CBS) – Bulls forward Taj Gibson’s 6-year-old cousin was stabbed to death Sunday night in an elevator at a public housing development in Brooklyn. CBS New York reports Prince Joshua “P.J.”...
View ArticleAnti-War Activists To March 160 Miles To Protest Drone Proliferation
CHICAGO (CBS) – Anti-drone activists planned a 160-mile peace march on Tuesday, from Boeing headquarters to a National Guard base in Battle Creek, Michigan. WBBM Newsradio’s John Cody reports...
View ArticleTwo Girls, 12, Charged With Trying To Kill Classmate In Wisconsin
WAUKESHA, Wisc. (CBS/AP) – Prosecutors in southeastern Wisconsin were seeking to try two 12-year-old girls as adults, after they allegedly tried to stab a classmate to death. CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli...
View ArticlePolice Question Person In Fatal Forest Park Hit-And-Run
FOREST PARK, Ill. (CBS) – Detectives in west suburban Forest Park were questioning a person of interest Tuesday morning in the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist. Jeffery Schultz, 40, was riding his bike...
View ArticleGurnee Mayor Asks People Not To Give To Panhandlers
(CBS) – The mayor of north suburban Gurnee has asked residents to pull the welcome mat from under panhandlers in the village before things get out of hand. WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports the way...
View ArticleSearch Picks Up Again After “Every Boater’s Nightmare”
WBBM 780’s Mike Krauser WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – Crews were out searching Lake Michigan again Tuesday morning for two boaters who have been missing since their boat caught fire and...
View ArticlePerson Of Interest In Island Lake Death Crashes Stolen Car Into Mundelein Home
Updated 06/03/14 – 12:19 p.m. MUNDELEIN, Ill. (CBS) – A man who turned out to be a person of interest in a death investigation crashed a stolen car into a home in north suburban Mundelein, following a...
View ArticleExotic Car Rally To Pass Through Chicago On Wednesday
By Amy Raisin Darvish More than $20 million worth of luxury and exotic cars are making their way to Chicago, where Bugattis, Lamborghinis, Ferraris and dozens of other cars will kick off the second leg...
View ArticleCops To Treat ‘Wilding’ Teens ‘Like NATO Protesters’ To Avoid Trouble
CHICAGO (CBS) – Police are preparing use a tactic first developed to handle roaming protests during the NATO Summit two years ago to deal with a growing number of groups of teenagers attempting to...
View ArticleGrade School Murals Show South Side ‘Doing Some Amazing Things’
CHICAGO (CBS) – Students at a South Side elementary school were hoping to send a message to their community, despite the recent shooting of six people a mile away from their school. Three large tile...
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