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Two Found Dead In Bartlett Home
BARTLETT, Ill. (CBS) – Police in northwest suburban Bartlett were conducting a death investigation after finding a man and a woman dead inside their home Tuesday night. Police were called to a home in...
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Hometown Girl Leads ‘Motown The Musical’
(CBS) – Close your eyes, and listen to Allison Semmes sing, you might think the legendary Diana Ross is in the room. “I knew ‘Stop in the Name of Love’, I was familiar with the music.” But it’s Chicago...
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Man Burned Trying To Get Family Out From Fire In Chicago Lawn
Updated 06/04/14 – 11:14 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A Chicago Lawn man was critically injured overnight, after helping his family escape a fire in the three-flat they shared, then rushing back inside to try...
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Police: Dairy Queen Employee Helped Plan Armed Robbery
CHICAGO (CBS) – A Dairy Queen employee allegedly helped carry out an armed robbery Sunday night at the Lincoln Park store where he works. Chicago police said 23-year-old Marquise Boyd helped...
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Man Gets 25 Years For Strangling Girlfriend In 2012
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man who admitted to strangling his girlfriend in his Pilsen apartment in 2012, then tried unsuccessfully to kill himself, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday. Angel Santiago...
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Former Lawmaker Pleads Not Guilty To New Child Porn Charges
CHICAGO (AP) – A former Illinois state representative has pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges. Keith Farnham entered the plea Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Chicago. The 66-year-old...
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Fallen Soldier’s Parents Want Bergdahl Tried For Desertion
(CBS) – The mother and stepfather of a Bartlett High School graduate killed in Afghanistan say their son died while searching for Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, and they want to see Bergdahl prosecuted for...
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Man Dies After Canoe Capsizes In Wilmington
(CBS) – A 20-year-old man died in far southwest suburban Wilmington overnight, after a canoe capsized on the Kankakee River. Three other people from the boat made it to safety. The Wilmington Fire...
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Mom Gives Birth On Dan Ryan Expressway
CHICAGO (CBS) – A mother and her newborn daughter were doing just fine Wednesday morning, after the mother gave birth on the shoulder of the Dan Ryan Expressway. The mother and father were on their way...
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Feds Hit Storage Facility For Petcoke Dust Emissions
WBBM 780’s Bernie Tafoya WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has accused a company that stores huge piles of petroleum coke on the Calumet River of...
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WWII Sailor Recalls Capture Of U-505: ‘All Hell Broke Loose’
CHICAGO (CBS) – One of the last surviving U.S. sailors who helped board and capture the German submarine U-505 during World War II was at the Museum of Science and Industry on Wednesday to celebrate...
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Rush: Jobs Key To Curbing Street Violence
CHICAGO (CBS) – U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Illinois) said the coalition of political and business leaders who attended a meeting he organized Wednesday to discuss strategies to quell street violence will...
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Judge Dismisses Sexual Harassment Suit Filed By Former Rutherford Aide
CHICAGO (CBS) – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing state treasurer and failed Republican candidate for governor Dan Rutherford of sexually harassing a former top aide, and pressuring him...
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Police Still Waiting To Question Hospitalized Suspect In Island Lake Woman’s...
(CBS) – Police in Mundelein say they’ve not yet been able to question a hospitalized man about the apparent murder of an Island Lake woman. It was Monday night when the body of 48-year-old Karen...
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Barrington School Warns Parents After Students Caught Playing ‘Hanging’ Game
(CBS) — Boys, ages 7 and 8, are okay after being caught playing a potentially deadly game at the Countryside Elementary School in northwest suburban Barrington. WBM’s Bob Roberts reports that parents...
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Lawyers Defending Terror Suspect Adel Daoud Want Access To FISA Documents
CHICAGO (CBS) — The federal appeals court in Chicago is considering whether terrorism defendants have a right to know why they’ve been wire tapped by federal agents, reports WBBM’s John Cody. Lawyers...
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Truck Driver Says He Did Everything He Could To Prevent Dan Ryan Accident
CHICAGO (CBS) — Traffic on the Dan Ryan Expressway ground to a halt for hours following a multi-vehicle accident. The truck driver at the heart of the mess told 2 Investigator Pam Zekman he did...
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Northwestern Medical Students Pay Tribute To Cadavers With Memorial Ceremony
(CBS) — First-year medical students at Northwestern paid tribute Wednesday afternoon to some of their most important learning tools: the cadavers in their anatomy labs. “Our cadaver’s name is Gary. He...
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Google Workshop Aims To Help Veterans Land Jobs
CHICAGO (CBS) — Going from the military to civilian life is often tough for veterans, especially when it comes to finding a job. Certain skills get lost in translation, but CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov one...
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Suspect Arrested In Stabbing Death Of Taj Gibson’s Nephew
NEW YORK (AP) — A man believed to have stabbed a 6-year-old boy to death and critically injured a 7-year-old girl in a knife attack in a public housing building that didn’t have security cameras was...
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