3-Month-Old Among 7 Hurt In Crystal Lake Crash
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (STMW) — Seven people, including a three-month-old child, were hurt in a crash in northwest suburban Crystal Lake Friday evening. Emergency crews were called about 7:04 p.m. to the...
View ArticleSnow Plow Stops Wrong-Way Driver On Kennedy
CHICAGO (CBS) — Imagine driving down the Kennedy here and then, you see a car, driving right towards you. Well that was the reality facing several drivers early Saturday morning. An IDOT snow plow...
View Article1 Dead, 4 Wounded In South Side Bar Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — Four people were wounded and one man was killed in a shooting in a bar on the South Side early Saturday. The five people were shot about 12:52 a.m. while they were attending a party...
View ArticleSpeed Cameras To Issue Tickets Near Prosser Academy
CHICAGO (STMW) – Drivers will officially be ticketed beginning Saturday if they’re caught speeding by traffic cameras near Prosser Career Academy High School in the Northwest Side Belmont Cragin...
View ArticleProsecutors: Naperville Man Was Killed By New Roommate
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (STMW) — What started with a Craigslist ad for a new roommate ended with murder on a quiet street in west surburban Naperville, DuPage County prosecutors said Saturday. Grant Muren...
View ArticleCharges Filed In 1979 Gary Homicide
GARY, Ind. (STMW) — A former Gary man has been charged with murder in a 1979 case reopened more than 18 months ago, the Post-Tribune is reporting. L.C. Strong, 64, was charged in the strangulation...
View ArticleSuspect Charged In Cicero Warehouse Fire
(CBS) – Arson charges have been filed against a teenager for allegedly starting a 5 alarm fire that destroyed an abandoned warehouse and a business on 54th Avenue in Cicero last Tuesday. Both buildings...
View ArticleDurbin Discusses Violence With Chicago Teens
CHICAGO (CBS) – Senator Dick Durbin met with Chicago teens Saturday morning to learn more about the violence that’s plaguing many of their south and west side neighborhoods. play pause Durbin Discusses...
View ArticleChicago Public Schools To Close Monday Due To Cold
UPDATE: 5:24 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — CPS cancelled school for Monday saying below zero temperatures and high winds will make it dangerous for getting to and from school. “The safety and well-being of our...
View ArticleNearly 350 Flights Cancelled Ahead Of More Snow, Bitter Cold
CHICAGO (STMW) – The latest round of severe winter weather in Chicago was causing problems at the city’s airports Sunday, before temperatures are expected to nosedive overnight into Monday. More than...
View ArticleU Of Chicago Professors To Receive India’s 3rd Highest Civilian Award
(STMW) — Pranab Mukkerjee, India’s thirteenth president, will confer the Padma Bhushan Award to two University of Chicago professors at a ceremony in Rajasthan, India this spring. Professors Susan...
View ArticleWoman Killed In Far South Side Hit-And-Run
CHICAGO (STMW) — A woman died after she was apparently hit by a vehicle Saturday in the East Side neighborhood on the Far South Side. Angelia Alvarado, 44, was found unresponsive in the street in the...
View ArticleGary Woman Admits Selling Baby For Sex
HAMMOND, Ind. (STMW) — A Gary, Ind. woman admitted this week that she sold a baby eight times to a Gary man for sex and was in the room for all the meetings except for the last one. Natisha Hillard,...
View ArticleTwo Charged In Armed Robbery Of Pizza Delivery Driver
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago Police say footprints in the snow led them to a robbery suspect hiding in a back yard this weekend. It was about 8 o’clock on Friday evening when a pizza delivery driver was...
View ArticleBoy, 15, Shot In Humboldt Park Neighborhood
CHICAGO (STMW) — A teenage boy suffered a gunshot wound to the arm Sunday morning in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The 15-year-old was shot about 11:40 a.m. in the 3700 block of North Augusta Avenue,...
View ArticleUncle Fun Closes Doors For Good On Sunday
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago store that supplied kitsch and smiles for 25 years is closing its doors for good Sunday, reports WBBM’s Nancy Harty. The name says it all: Uncle Fun, where you could find...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Searching For Indiana Man Accused Of Child Molestation
LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (STMW) – The United States Marshals Service Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force in Hammond is looking for Jose DeJesus Gonzalez-Ibarra, who was charged in Lake Superior Court with two...
View ArticleMade In Chicago: Keelan Rogue
CHICAGO (CBS) — Keelan Andrews is the man behind the business called Keelan Rogue. “Middle name is Rogue, which is where my business name comes from.” WBBM: Your real middle name is Rogue? “My dad, he...
View ArticlePolice: Girl, 4, Killed By Falling TV
AURORA, Ill. (STMW) – A 4-year-old girl in west suburban Aurora was killed Sunday evening after a TV fell on her, police said. The girl’s mother called police about 5:49 p.m. to their apartment in the...
View Article3 Killed, 14 Wounded In Weekend Shootings
CHICAGO (STMW) – Three people were killed and at least 14 others were wounded since early Saturday in shootings across the city. Miguel Naverrette, 15, was shot and killed in the Little Village...
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