Many Hot Jobs For 2014 Offer Good Pay Without Needing A Suit And Tie
(CBS) – The hot jobs for 2014 are out and this year’s list includes much more than the usual high tech white collar finance careers. Some of the fasting growing jobs not only pay well, but don’t...
View ArticleWould-Be Burglar Thwarted After Pulling Door Marked ‘Push’
CHICAGO (CBS) — Ever walk up to a door, give it a tug, then realize you’re supposed to push, to get it open? Well that’s exactly what happened to a would-be burglar in Wicker Park who was caught on...
View ArticleRev. Jeremiah Wright Takes Shots At Mayor Emanuel At CTU Breakfast
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago Teachers Union has a new, more outspoken image courtesy of the fiery preacher, Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Wright spoke at a Martin Luther King breakfast hosted by the CTU....
View ArticleMan Charged With Shooting Aurora Woman To Death
Updated 01/16/14 – 11 a.m. AURORA, Ill. (STMW) – A man who allegedly shot a woman multiple times Monday in west suburban Aurora has been charged with first-degree murder. Christopher Whetstone, 45, was...
View Article2 Killed, 3 Wounded In Shootings On Wednesday
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two people are dead and three were wounded in shootings Wednesday on the West and South Sides. A man died Wednesday evening after he was shot in the South Lawndale neighborhood on the...
View ArticlePolice Kill Gunman Who Killed 2 Women At Indiana Grocery
UPDATED: 1/16/2014 – 2:50 p.m. ELKHART, Ind. (CBS) – A gunman shot and killed two people in a grocery store in Elkhart, Ind., on Wednesday, before turning his gun on responding police officers, who...
View ArticleExtra-Alarm Fire Guts Berwyn Bike Shop
Updated 01/16/14 – 11:28 a.m. BERWYN, Ill. (CBS) – A family-owned bike shop in west suburban Berwyn was a total loss, after an extra-alarm fire early Thursday. The fire started shortly before 4 a.m.,...
View Article7 Hurt In 4-Car Crash In West Town
CHICAGO (STMW) – At least seven people were injured in a four-car crash early Thursday in the West Town neighborhood on the North Side. About 1:30 a.m., a 29-year-old man was driving eastbound in the...
View ArticleNew Plan Would Turn Historic Mansion Into Offices, Education Center
EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) – Roughly 100 Evanston residents Wednesday night applauded a proposal to lease a historic mansion on Evanston’s lakefront to the state’s coastal management program for its offices...
View ArticleTwo Brothers Charged With Killing Man At Aurora Restaurant
Updated 01/16/14 – 11 a.m. AURORA, Ill. (STMW) – Two Joliet brothers have been charged with the murder of a man inside a restaurant in west suburban Aurora Monday night. Jaquan D. Hosey-Green, 19, and...
View ArticleSuspect In 2011 Murder Caught In Ohio
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man who was wanted by police in connection with a fatal shooting from July 2011 has been captured in Ohio. Louis Tabor, 23, was charged with first-degree murder for the shooting...
View ArticleTeen Charged In December Fatal Shooting Of Parolee
Updated 01/16/14 – 1:47 p.m. CHICAGO (STMW) – A South Side high school student was ordered held without bond Thursday after being charged with the fatal shooting of a man last month in Englewood....
View ArticleBilly Joel To Return To Wrigley Field For Solo Concert
CHICAGO (CBS) – Five years after teaming up with Elton John for a concert at Wrigley Field, Billy Joel will return this summer for a solo concert. Joel will perform at Wrigley Field on July 18 at 8...
View ArticleOne Dead, Seven Sickened In Oak Brook Carbon Monoxide Leak
UPDATED 1/16/2014 1:10 p.m. play pause 1 Dead, 7 Injured From Gas Leak WBBM's Terry Keshner OAK BROOK (CBS) — A carbon monoxide leak Thursday morning in west suburban Oak Brook left an 84-year-old man...
View ArticleGOP Rivals For Governor Pounce On Rauner At Candidate Forum
MT. PROSPECT, Ill. (CBS) – For the first time this year, all four of the Republican candidates for governor were on the same stage, and there were some fireworks. WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig...
View ArticleRep. Smith’s Bribery Trial Delayed
CHICAGO (AP) – A Chicago federal judge has delayed the bribery trial of state Rep. Derrick Smith after prosecutors said they needed time to locate phone records. The matter arose at a status hearing...
View ArticleSuspicious Package Cleared In Hyde Park; Metra Trains Running Again
CHICAGO (STMW) – A suspicious package at a Metra station in the Hyde Park neighborhood halted trains on the South Side early Thursday afternoon. The Chicago Police Bomb and Arson Unit responded about...
View ArticleJoliet Man Found Dead In Lewis University Dorm
(STMW) — A Joliet man visiting a friend at Lewis University was found dead Thursday morning in a campus dormitory at the southwest suburban school. Elvis Dominguez-Mejia, 22, was found dead in...
View ArticleCook County Leads Concealed-Carry Permit Applications
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Almost one in four of the roughly 23,000 Illinois residents who have applied for concealed carry permits live in Cook County, but new figures from the state police show most...
View ArticleBotanist Pleads Guilty To Threatening Cops After Police Killed Mountain Lion...
(STMW) – A botanist pleaded guilty Thursday to sending letters threatening to kill Chicago Police officers and their families soon after cops fatally shot a wild cougar in Roscoe Village. Rich...
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