Rauner Picks Up Endorsement From Cook County GOP
(CBS) – For the first time in more than 25 years, the Cook County Republican Party has made an endorsement in the governor’s race before the primary, reports WBBM’s Nancy Harty. Winnetka businessman...
View Article11-Year-Old Killed In Carjacking Crash On South Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police are looking for whoever is responsible for two carjackings on Chicago’s South Side – with deadly results. Chicago Police News Affairs says officers were investigating a...
View ArticleMixed Bag Of Weather Expected Today Through Chicago Region
(STMW) – A mixed bag of precipitation is expected to hit the Chicago area Sunday, making some roads hazardous for holiday travelers. The National Weather Service warns that a wintry mix will move...
View ArticleSuspects In Custody In Fatal Shooting Of Sheriff’s Officer
(CBS) – Multiple suspects are in custody in connection with Friday’s fatal shooting of a Cook County sheriff’s officer, a spokesman for Sheriff Tom Dart tells CBS 2. Cuauhtemoc Estrada, 50, was gunned...
View Article3 Dead, At Least 15 Injured, In Weekend Shootings In Chicago
(STMW) – Three men were killed and at least 15 other people were injured in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon. The most recent fatal shooting happened Saturday night when a man was shot...
View ArticlePolice Searching For Carjacking Suspect
(CBS) – Chicago and state police officials are still searching for a serial carjacking and robbery suspect blamed for causing a fatal traffic accident that killed an 11-year-old boy this weekend....
View ArticleMetra Chief Says Rail Agency Doesn’t Have Enough Money For Brake-Safety Mandate
play pause Metra Chief Seeks Delay In New Braking System Startup WBBM Newsradio's Craig Dellimore (CBS) – The head of Metra is explaining why the agency is asking for a delay in the deadline for a new...
View ArticleChurch Remembers Slain Deacon
play pause Slain Deacon Remembered WBBM Newsradio's Steve Miller (CBS) – A South Shore church offered special prayers Sunday for a 74-year-old deacon who was fatally shot in what may have been a...
View ArticleFlossmoor Boy Held On $2M Bond In Brother’s Murder
(STMW) – A Flossmoor boy was ordered held with a $2 million bond Sunday after he was charged with murdering his older brother. Michael Tigue, 15, has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder...
View ArticlePolice Canvass Neighborhood Where Girl Was Attacked
play pause Police Seek Tips In Assault On Girl WBBM Newsradio's Nancy Harty (CBS) – Five days after a teen girl was beaten and raped, Chicago police were back in a West Side neighborhood asking the...
View ArticleEmanuel Travels To China To Promote Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel is traveling to China to promote trade with Chicago and city tourism. He’s set deliver remarks at Tsinghua University in Beijing on Monday morning and later at a...
View ArticleAt Least One Shot By Police In Roseland
(STMW) – At least one person was shot by Chicago police Sunday afternoon in the Roseland neighborhood, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 5:20 p.m. near the intersection of 95th and La Salle...
View ArticleBoy, 4, Killed In Crash On Dan Ryan
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 4-year-old boy was killed in a crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway Sunday evening. The crash occurred about 5:20 p.m. in the northbound lanes on the expressway near 87th Street,...
View Article3 Critically Hurt In NW Side Hit-And-Run
Updated 12/23/13 – 9:25 a.m. CHICAGO (STMW) — Three people were critically hurt by a hit-and-run driver Sunday night in the West Ridge neighborhood on the North Side. The three were crossing in the...
View ArticleNo Bail For Pair Charged With Murder Of Sheriff’s Deputy
Updated 12/23/13 – 11:18 a.m. BELLWOOD, Ill. (CBS) – Two men have been ordered held without bond, accused of shooting and killing a Cook County Sheriff’s deputy as the officer tried to stop them from...
View ArticleMan Shot During Robbery In West Pullman
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot multiple times during a robbery on the Far South Side in the West Pullman neighborhood early Monday. The 35-year-old man was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 12000...
View ArticleBond Set At $750K In Meat Cleaver Attack
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Chicago Heights man was ordered held in lieu of $750,000 bail Sunday after he allegedly attacked a 19-year-old man with a meat cleaver. Brian Herman, 31, and Shaquietta Brison, 25,...
View ArticleMaywood Building Destroyed In Fire
MAYWOOD, Ill. (STMW) – Police and fire officials responded to a residential fire in west suburban Maywood early Monday. The blaze occurred in the 0-100 block of South 21st Street around 2 a.m., said...
View Article3 Questioned In Fatal Chicago Lawn Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – Three men are in custody in connection with a fatal shooting early Monday in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the South Side. The man, 23, was walking on the sidewalk in the 3400 block...
View Article4 Dead, 17 Wounded In Shootings Since Friday
CHICAGO (STMW) – Four men were killed and at least 17 other people were injured in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon. The most recent fatal shooting happened about midnight Monday in the...
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