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After Grace Period, Crackdown Begins On Free Parking For The Disabled
(CBS) – Thursday was crackdown day in Chicago for disabled parking. The majority of drivers with disability placards now have to feed the meter — or else. CBS 2’s Derrick Blakley went to find out if...
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Person On Red Line Tracks Disrupts Service, Traffic On Dan Ryan
(STMW) — Red Line trains were running again, but experiencing major delays, after a person walking on the tracks near the 79th Street station halted rail service during the Thursday afternoon rush....
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Ex-Con Al Sanchez Can’t Run For County Board, Elections Panel Rules
(STMW) – Convicted former Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Al Sanchez was kicked off the ballot for the Cook County Board, a county elections panel ruled Thursday. Sanchez, who was released from...
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Chicago Woman Charged In Fatal Hit-And-Run Near United Center Last Month
(STMW) – A Bridgeport woman was charged Thursday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a man last month near the United Center. Patricia Cucinotta, 53, was charged with leaving the scene...
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College Student, 19, Shot During Robbery On Southwest Side
(CBS) – A 19-year-old City Colleges student was fighting for his life Thursday after he was shot in the head during a robbery in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. Kevin Baker, a freshman at Harold...
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Hinsdale Middle School Closed Friday Over Mold Concerns
(CBS) – Officials at a middle school in west suburban Hinsdale are closing the building Friday because students may be at risk of breathing in mold there. Work crews have begun cleaning Hinsdale Middle...
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Boy Scout Saves Kid Who Falls Through Ice In Oswego
(CBS) – A suburban teen is getting a little hero treatment at home these days, for helping to save the life of another child. Earlier this week, a young boy fell through the ice on a retention pond in...
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Man Charged In West Town Crash That Injured 7
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man has been charged with misdemeanor DUI after allegedly crashing his vehicle in the West Town neighbrhood early Thursday, injuring seven people. Reginald Green, 29, was charged...
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Store Roof Collapses In Extra-Alarm Blaze On South Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – A firefighter was hurt while battling an extra-alarm fire that damaged adjoining cell phone and dollar stores on the South Side early Friday. Flames and heavy smoke were already...
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Police: Man Tried To Sexually Assault Girl, 14
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man attempted to sexually assault a teen girl on Monday in the West Ridge neighborhood on the North Side, police said. The 14-year-old girl was walking in the 2500 block of West...
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Man Charged In Elgin Home Invasion, Battery
ELGIN, Ill. (STMW) – An Elgin man is facing home invasion and battery charges after allegedly entering a home and beating a teenage boy earlier this month. Police responded to a battery call about 7:30...
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Police Department Changes Disability Policy For Military Vets
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago Police officers who were injured or wounded while serving in the military will no longer be forced onto disability, at significantly lower pay. Police Supt. Garry McCarthy...
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Enforcement Of New Disabled Parking Rules Begins
CHICAGO (CBS) – Parking is no longer free for motorists with handicaps and disabilities in Illinois, unless they display a new yellow and gray placard in their windshield. Enforcement began Thursday,...
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Metra Board To Seek Answers On Recent Weather Delays
CHICAGO (CBS) – Members of Metra’s board are expected to have some blunt questions Friday for a top-level official from the railroad that operates three of its commuter lines about its performance in...
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College Student Shot, Critically Wounded, Over Cell Phone
UPDATED: 1/17/2014 3:45 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A college student was shot in the head while walking home from school, after two men robbed him and a woman of their cell phones on Thursday. CBS 2’s...
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Chicago Launches Pothole Tracker Website
CHICAGO (CBS) – As city crews scramble to fill thousands of potholes every day, residents now can track when repairs have been made in their neighborhood. The city has launched a new Pothole Tracker on...
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Bobby Jindal To Speak At Illinois GOP Fundraiser
CHICAGO (AP) – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will speak at a fundraising event next month for the Illinois Republican Party. The Feb. 25 dinner in Chicago comes as the GOP fights to regain control of the...
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West Suburban Speed Skater Heading To Sochi Olympics
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) – A student at Oak Park-River Forest High School got a big send-off on Friday as he prepared to head to Sochi, Russia, where he’ll be participating as a speed skater in the 2014...
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Man Gets 20 Years For Kidnapping Ex-Girlfriend And Her Daughters
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Chicago man convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and holding her against her will at his home while their two children were present was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday....
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Semi Overturned, 1 Hurt In Crash On I-294 In Alsip
ALSIP, Ill. (STMW) – One person suffered minor injuries and three lanes were closed for nearly 30 minutes during the morning rush Friday after three semi trucks were involved in a crash on the Tristate...
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