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Three-Alarm Blaze Burns Down Wadsworth Home
WADSWORTH, Ill. (STMW) – A north suburban Wadsworth family was displaced after a three-alarm fire Thursday afternoon left their home uninhabitable. The multiple-alarm fire started in the attic of the...
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Subzero Temps Gone — For Now — But Snow, High Winds Return
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago area has seen the last of subzero temperatures for a few days, but more snow is on the way for the afternoon and evening, and high winds will keep wind chills feeling frigid...
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Man Charged With Drunk Driving In Fatal Crash On I-80
MINOOKA, Ill. (STMW) – A southwest suburban man has been charged with DUI after a Bridgeview man in his pickup truck was killed in a crash early Thursday on I-80 in Minooka. The crash happened on I-80...
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Police: Man Who Kidnapped Daughter Still On The Loose
LANSING, Ill. (STMW) – Police are searching for a man who kidnapped his 3-year-old daughter for several hours before she was reunited with her mother Thursday night in south suburban Lansing. Lansing...
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Puppy Bowl X To Feature Two Chicago Puppies
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Bears may not have made it anywhere near the Super Bowl, but there are at least two Chicagoans you’ll be able to cheer for on February 2nd: Sharpie and Taser, two puppies from ROMP...
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Beverly Man Among Those Killed In I-94 Pileup
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago man who was killed in a huge pileup on I-94 in northwest Indiana on Thursday was headed to his lake house in La Porte at the time of the crash, and his sister said it was...
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South Shore Train Extension Picks Up Some Momentum
LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (STMW) — In March, the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District board could review proposals for an environmental impact study of an eight-mile extension of the South Shore...
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Jail Program Worker Accused Of Having Sex With Inmate
CHICAGO (STMW) – A literacy program instructor at Cook County Jail has been charged with misconduct for allegedly engaging in sex acts with a female inmate. Lester Hill, 27, is accused of having sex...
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Metra Warning About Weather Delays On Monday
CHICAGO (CBS) — Metra is warning about possible delays for Monday’s commute, when wind chills may dive to 40 below. In a service alert issued Friday morning, Metra said it will make “every reasonable...
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Kelly, Durbin, Kirk Push For National Park Status For Pullman District
CHICAGO (CBS) – Three members of the state’s congressional delegation are teaming up in a bipartisan effort to establish a national park in the historic Pullman neighborhood. U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly —...
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Interstate 94 Pileup: Miracle More Didn’t Die, Firefighters Say
MICHIGAN CITY Ind. (CBS) — After seeing the tangled mess of cars and trucks on Interstate 94 on Thursday, many are saying it’s a miracle more people didn’t die. That is thanks in large part to...
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I-94 Pileup Survivor Praises Rescuers Who Peeled Wreckage Away
(CBS) – An Ada, Mich. man is telling how first-responders peeled away layer upon layer of crushed metal over three hours to rescue him from Thursday’s horrific pileup on Interstate 94 in Northwest...
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Blame Game Begins, As Investigators Probe Cause Of I-94 Wreck
(CBS) – The State of Indiana says investigating this week’s fatal pileup on Interstate 94 will take weeks, if not months. But a state police spokesman tells CBS 2 he believes people were simply driving...
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Who’s Driving Weinermobile? ‘Hotdoggers,’ Of Course
(CBS) – Ever wonder how you get to drive one of Oscar Mayer’s iconic Wienermobiles? For Molly Segall and Hannah Carlson, it was a chance of a lifetime. “I went to University of Wisconsin-Madison, and I...
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Kirk, Durbin Effort Would Place Historic Pullman Under U.S. Parks
(CBS) – U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin say they’re introducing legislation that will turn Chicago’s Historic Pullman District into a National Park. Kirk, a North Shore Republican, says the...
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2 Catholic Schools Say They’ve Hit Fundraising Goals To Stay Open
play pause 2 Catholic Schools Get Reprieve WBBM Newsradio's Bob Roberts (CBS) – Two of the six schools slated to be closed in June by the Chicago Archdiocese have been given a new lease on life....
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Your Chicago: Honoring Violinist Maud Powell
(CBS) – On Sunday, the best in music will take a bow at the GRAMMY Awards on CBS. One Illinois woman will be receiving an honorary GRAMMY for her trailblazing work as a talented violinist. You may not...
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Cops: Woman Charged In Brother Rice Teacher’s Murder
(STMW) – An Ohio woman with a history of prostitution was charged Saturday with allegedly stabbing Brother Rice High School business teacher Alan Filan to death in his home. Alisha Walker, of Akron,...
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Man, 5 Kids Hurt In Far South Side Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man and five children were hurt in a single-vehicle crash Friday on the Far South Side. A 2000 Ford Expedition was travelling west on 103rd Street about 9:50 a.m. when it turned...
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2 Dead, 6 Wounded In Weekend Shootings
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men are dead and at least six people were wounded since Friday night in shootings across the city. A man was shot and killed early Saturday in the South Lawndale neighborhood on...
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