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Man Suspected Of Raping Teen Had Charges Dismissed In Previous Case
CHICAGO (CBS) — Luis Alberto Pantoja is being held on $2.5 million bond after being charged with brutally raping and beating a 15-year-old girl in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood last month. CBS 2′s...
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Referendum On Minimum Wage Increase To Appear On Primary Ballots
(CBS) – The minimum wage will be the subject of a referendum question on the March 18 primary ballot in more than 100 Chicago precincts. The question will ask voters, “Shall the city of Chicago require...
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Amtrak On Pace For Normal Operations, But Cancellations Still Loom For Wednesday
CHICAGO (STMW) – Amtrak is still struggling in its efforts to get service radiating from Chicago Union Station back on track. Several hundred people waited in line Tuesday afternoon trying to rebook...
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Burst Water Main Sets Off Sprinklers At Criminal Courthouse
CHICAGO (CBS) — A frozen sprinkler head led to a big mess in the lobby of the Cook County Criminal Courthouse on Tuesday. County spokesperson Kristen Mack said that an employee noticed the sprinkler...
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Cardinal George Letter On Sex Abuse Cases To Appear In Sunday Church Bulletins
CHICAGO (CBS) — A letter from Francis Cardinal George on sex abuse cases by Chicago area priests will appear in church bulletins throughout the Archdiocese on Sunday. The letter contains an apology and...
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Homeless Woman In Hyde Park Refuses Offers To Move Inside To Shelter
CHICAGO (CBS) — It is a question many struggle to answer: why do the homeless choose to stay outside, even in this dangerously cold weather? CBS 2′s Jim Williams found one woman on Chicago’s streets...
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Two Hospitalized As Precaution After River Grove Fire
RIVER GROVE, Ill. (CBS) – Two people were transported because of chest pains when fire damaged three apartments in a 50-unit building in west suburban River Grove. The fire broke out on the fourth...
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Firefighters Extinguish Lincoln Park Fire
CHICAGO (STMW) – Crews worked to put out an apartment fire in the Lincoln Park neighborhood early Wednesday. The blaze broke out overnight at a three-story apartment building in the 300 block of West...
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Police: Drunk Driver Kicked Cops, Bit Hospital Staff
PORTER COUNTY, Ind. (STMW) – When police confronted Donna Dankoff, 58, about whether she’d been in a hit-and-run, she reportedly kicked an officer in the groin and another in the head. Police said she...
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Elderly Blue Island Man Dies Of Hypothermia
BLUE ISLAND, Ill. (STMW) – An 80-year-old man from south suburban Blue Island who had dementia died of hypothermia Monday night after leaving his house, authorities said. Elias Contreras died at...
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Divvy Bike Stations To Reopen Thursday
CHICAGO (STMW) – Divvy bicycle stations will reopen Thursday morning after a nearly a week of closures due to severe winter weather, the agency announced Tuesday evening. Crews will be out removing...
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Man Charged In Teen’s Stabbing Death
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was charged with murder Tuesday night in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman on the Southwest Side about 24 hours earlier. Adan Montano, 37, was charged with one count...
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Slow Warming Trend Continues; Schools, Travel Getting Back To Normal
CHICAGO (CBS) – After days in the deep freeze – schools across the Chicago area have been warmed up and prepared to welcome back students on Wednesday. Sorry kids, winter break is over. It’s back to...
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Burst Pipes Damage Businesses, Flood Streets Across Chicago
CHICAGO (STMW) – Icy weather conditions and frozen pipes likely caused sprinkler systems to burst overnight, damaging businesses and making for slippery streets and sidewalks across Chicago. A leak in...
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Skull Found In Logan Square Building
CHICAGO (CBS) — A skull was discovered in an apartment building Wednesday morning in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side. A construction crew found the human skull about 7:45 a.m....
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One Dead, One Rescued In South Elgin House Fire
SOUTH ELGIN, Ill. (CBS) – One person was killed, and one other was rescued from a house fire in South Elgin on Wednesday. The fire started around 9 a.m. at a home in the 100 block of Beck Avenue in...
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One Critically Hurt In Fire At Residence In Edgewater
CHICAGO (CBS) – One person was critically injured in a fire at a residence in the Edgewater neighborhood. The fire reportedly broke out at 5820 North Sheridan Road shortly before 11 a.m. on Wednesday....
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Many Local Schools Left Without School Buses Due To Cold
Updated 01/08/14 – 1:45 p.m. (CBS) – Some school bus companies had problems getting their vehicles running Wednesday morning, after more than two weeks of sitting idle, often in subzero temperatures....
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Craigslist Ad Sells ‘Dibs’ Chairs Collected From Chicago Parking Spots
CHICAGO (CBS) – On the market for some cheap lawn chairs? One Chicagoan has done exactly what many have been dying to do. K-HITS Chicago reports that someone has been going from neighborhood to...
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Arlington Heights Officer Shot Last Month Expected To Fully Recover
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (STMW) – A northwest suburban police officer who was shot during a standoff last month is expected to make a full recovery, police said Wednesday. Arlington Heights police...
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