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Teen Girl Shot At Bus Stop While On Her Way To School
UPDATED: 1/13/2014 4:10 p.m CHICAGO (CBS) – A 17-year-old girl was shot at a CTA bus stop Monday morning on the South Side, while on her way to school. Police said the girl was waiting for a bus near...
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Oak Lawn Man Charged With Arson
OAK LAWN, Ill. (STMW) – An Oak Lawn man has been charged with arson stemming from a Saturday morning explosion and fire that destroyed his residence, according to Oak Lawn police, the Southtown Star is...
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City Council To Petition Feds For More Rail Car Safety Regulations
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago City Council committee is issuing a watered down response to recent incidents of deadly railroad tank car accidents, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore. play pause...
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Car Owners Can Get Compensation From Chicago For Pothole Damage
CHICAGO (CBS) – If a Chicago pothole damages your car, you can apply for compensation from the city. Within the past week, the City Clerk’s office has received nearly a hundred claims from car owners...
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Damage From Potholes, Icy Roads A Boon For Car Repair Shops
CHICAGO (CBS) – Icy conditions Friday night and the explosion in the number of potholes throughout the weekend have made for some pretty busy auto repair places. Jim Hess, owner of Naper Auto Works in...
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Chicago Horse Carriage Operator Slams Proposed NYC Ban
CHICAGO (CBS) – The owner of a Chicago horse and carriage business is blasting a New York City effort to end urban horse rides all together, reports WBBM’s John Cody. New York’s new Mayor Bill DiBlasio...
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Quinn Plans To File Emergency Rules For “Petcoke”
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois officials are finalizing statewide regulations for the storage and handling of petroleum coke. Gov. Pat Quinn announced Monday that emergency rules are being filed this week...
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With Ventra Back On The Rails, Transition To The New Fare Payment System...
CHICAGO (CBS) – According to the Chicago Transit Authority, there could be a new transition schedule for the Ventra fare payment system as early as next month. This comes after the CTA set three...
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UIC Student Dies From Cliff Fall In San Diego
(CBS) – A University of Illinois-Chicago graduate student died over the weekend when she fell to her death from a seaside cliff in San Diego. Anna Bachman, 25, was visiting her sister when the accident...
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Cubs To Introduce New Mascot ‘Clark’
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Cubs are set to introduce the first official mascot in modern team history, according to Cubs.com. The bear cub “Clark” will officially make his debut Monday night with a...
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Five Years After It Was Stolen, Dog Reunited With Illinois Family After Being...
(CBS) – A dog stolen from the backyard an Illinois family more than five years ago was found wandering in South Carolina, and is now back with its rightful owners, reports WBBM’s Terry Keshner. play...
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Rauner Defends Making Call To Overturn Daughter’s Rejection From Elite High...
play pause Rauner Blasted For School Donation WBBM Newsradio's Nancy Harty (CBS) – Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Rauner is blasting his GOP opponents amid the latest claim against his...
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Search Scaled Back For Des Plaines Woman Swept Away By River In Indiana
(CBS) — The search for 31-year-old Cathryn McGill, a former Des Plaines woman who was swept away in a river in southwestern Indiana in late December, has been scaled back. Officer Joe Haywood with the...
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Legal Settlements Could Hit $16M In Gold Coast Crash Caused By Drunken City...
(STMW) – Cash-strapped Chicago will spend at least $16 million to compensate victims of a 2011 accident caused by a drunken laborer who plowed his city truck into a crowd of pedestrians on a Gold Coast...
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Man Charged In Eisenhower Crash That Killed Two Women
(STMW) – A man has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs in connection with a crash that killed two women on the Eisenhower Expressway in west suburban Forest Park Sunday...
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Chicago Chef Sour On Babies At Fancy Restaurants
(CBS) – Should babies be banned from restaurants that provide fine dining? It’s a question a world-famous Chicago chef is asking on Twitter after a weekend incident involving a baby. CBS 2’s Mike...
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2 Investigators: Cops Assigned To High-Crime Area Watch Bears Game — For...
(CBS) – A CBS 2 viewer was startled to see large groups of Chicago police officers watching Bears games at a suburban bar, so he contacted the 2 Investigators to see what was going on. In an email to...
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Man Fatally Shot At Aurora Restaurant
(STMW) – A man was shot to death in the bathroom of a restaurant in west suburban Aurora Monday night, police said. About 7:35 p.m., the 22-year-old was shot while he was in the restroom of the...
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Judge: Ex-Alderman Medrano Pulled Off ‘Corruption Trifecta’
CHICAGO (STMW) – Telling three-times convicted former Chicago alderman Ambrosio Medrano that he had pulled off an “unprecedented . . . corruption trifecta,” a federal judge on Monday tacked an extra 2½...
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Prosecutors: Dispute With Wife Might Have Prompted Man To Blow Up House
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (STMW) – A heated argument with his wife and his anger over the couple’s smashed wedding photo apparently led an Oak Lawn man to burn down his house early Saturday, Cook County...
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