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Alligator Found During Eviction At Chatham Apartment
CHICAGO (STMW) – Authorities found a 13-inch long alligator while evicting a tenant from a Chatham neighborhood apartment Wednesday on the South Side. The alligator was found in a tank in the dining...
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Suit: Woman Hit With Axe At A Polish Dance Performance
(STMW) — A woman has filed a lawsuit against a local performing arts company, claiming she was hit with a rogue axe head while attending a performance in west suburban River Forest in December. Helen...
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Police Warning Hyde Park Residents After Armed Robberies Near MSI
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police are warning about a series of armed robberies occurring across the street, and down the block, from the front entrance to the Museum of Science and Industry. Police say a trio of...
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Suspect In Custody In Shooting Of Teacher Betty Howard
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting of special ed teacher Betty Howard. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s office confirms the suspect, a man in his...
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Screws Found Embedded In Slide At Oak Lawn Playground
OAK LAWN, Ill. (CBS) — Several sharp metal screws were found embedded into the slides at an Oak Lawn Park. Officials say it was done with the intent of hurting the children who slide down it. CBS 2’s...
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Libertyville Residents Say Bike Path Increases Flood Risk
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (CBS) — With more rain on the way the sandbags are out and concern is high about flooding in Libertyville. Some residents blame a state property bike path for increasing their risk...
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4 Killed, 1 Critically Injured In High-Speed Crash At Brickyard Mall
Updated 06/12/14 – 11:04 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Four people were killed and one person was critically injured early Thursday, after a car crashed in the alley at the Brickyard Shopping Center. Around 3...
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20 Years Later: Law Professor Looks Back At O.J. Murder Trial
CHICAGO (CBS) – Twenty years ago Thursday, actor and former football star O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and friend Ronald Goldman were found murdered outside of her townhouse in Los...
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Man Charged With Killing Special Education Teacher
Updated 06/12/14 – 1:49 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A 23-year-old man has been charged with killing a special education teacher who was felled by a stray bullet in the Chatham neighborhood last month. Dr....
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Judge Rejects Plea Motion In Highland Park Murder Case
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (STMW) – Prosecutors revealed this week that they have a witness who told them that Philip Vatamaniuc allegedly admitted to being the shooter in the murder of Highland Park 20-year-old...
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Elwood Warns Of Dangers From Heavy Truck Traffic
ELWOOD, Ill. (CBS) – Officials in southwest suburban Elwood have released police dashboard camera video of a semi-trailer truck going through a railroad crossing gate, to illustrate the village’s...
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Rahm Calls Trump Sign ‘Tasteless,’ The Donald Calls It ‘Magnificent’
CHICAGO (CBS) – CHICAGO (CBS) – With the mayor’s office exploring ways to force Donald Trump to change or take down the huge sign bearing his name on the Trump International Hotel & Tower, the...
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Man Behind Peoria Mayor Twitter Parody Suing Over Police Raid
WBBM 780’s Mike Krauser WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – The American Civil Liberties Union is representing of the creator of a fake Twitter account opened in the name of Peoria’s mayor, after...
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Elderly Couple Killed In Mokena Blaze Identified
MOKENA, Ill. (CBS) – Authorities have identified the elderly couple who died when a fire gutted a large section of their home in Mokena on Wednesday. Firefighters pulled 81-year-old Edwin Pauls and...
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Blue Line Service To O’Hare Resumes After Ammonia Leak Secured
Updated 06/12/14 – 1:23 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Blue Line trains have resumed service between Rosemont and O’Hare International Airport, after the airport station was closed for nearly four hours due to...
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Company Develops Bulletproof ‘Blankets’ To Protect Students
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — An Oklahoma company has developed a bullet-proof shield designed to protect students from flying debris during a disaster–or from a gunman’s bullet. According to several...
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Charges Dropped In Fatal 2008 Hit-And-Run Due To False Confession
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) – Charges were dropped Thursday morning against a man who had been accused in a deadly hit-and-run in Joliet in 2008, after it was determined the man who confessed had nothing to do...
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Former Rutherford Aide’s Lawyer Compares Treasurer To Mob Boss
CHICAGO (CBS) – The attorney for a former aide to Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford claimed the former candidate for governor acted like a “mob boss,” by intimidating employees to work on his campaign,...
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Starbucks To Offer More Than Caffeine Jolt, Rolls Out Wireless Chargers
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — While it isn’t in Chicago yet, Starbucks customers will soon be able to get a jolt of java and some juice for their wireless devices at the same time. Starting today in...
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Coalition Of Chicago Ministers Backs Quinn For Governor
WBBM 780’s Steve Miller WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday received the endorsement of a few dozen church leaders, most of them African-American ministers, but there...
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