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No One Injured In Fire At West Garfield Park Church
CHICAGO (STMW) – No one was injured when a blaze sparked at a small church in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Tuesday morning. Smoke was reported from the one-story building at 3949 W. Lake St....
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Report: No Evidence Of Daley Influence In Koschman Case
CHICAGO (CBS/AP) – A special prosecutor has released a report concluding there’s no evidence former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley or other family members sought to influence an investigation into the...
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Kirk Wants Major Credit Card Hackers To Face 25 Years In Prison
CHICAGO (CBS) – In the wake of the massive theft of information from Target customers, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) has proposed tougher federal penalties for computer hackers who steal credit card...
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Hinsdale Middle School Reopens After Mold Cleanup
HINSDALE, Ill. (CBS) – After missing three days of class and about two weeks of half days at another school, students at Hinsdale Middle School were ready to go back to their own classrooms on Tuesday,...
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Look Back: Facebook Marks 10th Birthday With Gift For Users
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Facebook turned 10 years old on Tuesday, and figured it was better to give a birthday gift than receive. To mark the occasion, Facebook has created a personalized video...
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Republican Candidates For Governor Debate Taxes, Spending
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The four Republicans running for Illinois governor agreed Tuesday the state needs to cut spending and change its tax structure, but differed on how best to do so, with all but...
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CBS 2′s Dave Savini Pleads Guilty To DUI Charge
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — CBS 2 investigative reporter Dave Savini pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving under the influence of alcohol. Savini was arrested on Jan 4 by Naperville police after a minor...
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Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman On Red Line Platform
CHICAGO (STMW) — A north suburban man charged with sexually assaulting a woman on a North Side Red Line platform Sunday is suspected of other similar attacks, police said. Barry A. Marquez, 28, of...
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Chicago Lighthouse Selling Braille Valentines To Raise Money For The Blind
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired is raising some money – and awareness – selling Valentine cards that are for the sighted and the non-sighted. play...
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Epic ‘Deer In Headlights’ Pic Is Pretty Darn Cute
CHICAGO (CBS) — To those who love Internet memes, Robert Harkey may have captured a great photo, full of potential. It’s also just an awesome moment. Harkey emailed CBS 2 this photo of a deer peering...
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In Sochi, Russia, Don’t Touch The Water
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — We all know how the old saying goes when you travel: “Don’t drink the water.” Well in Sochi, Russia, you had better not TOUCH the water, either. When Chicago Tribune...
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3 Firefighters Among 6 Injured In West Side House Fire
CHICAGO (CBS) – Three firefighters were injured after being trapped in a house fire in the Little Village neighborhood and an adult and two children were also hurt. The fire began around 1 p.m. in the...
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Is It Safer To Shop With Credit Or Debit?
(CBS) – All these recent credit card hacks might have you wondering what to do. CBS 2′s Dorothy Tucker says it all begins with a simple question. It was debit over credit in nearly half of the $110...
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Hundreds Of Flights Canceled As Snowstorm Hits Chicago Area
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the Chicago area until noon Wednesday as a snow storm could dump as much as a half a foot of snow in some areas by Wednesday morning. The snow...
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Railroad Worker Files Suit Claiming Co-Workers Taunted Him, Cut His Dreadlocks
(CBS) — For years, an Indiana man says he endured discrimination and harassment in his work place by white co-workers. When it escalated to a physical attack in which his dreadlocks were cut off, he...
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Rare Disease Traced To Fish Sold At Niles Grocery Store
NILES, Ill. (STMW) — Shoppers who purchased a specific type of fish from a northwest suburban Niles supermarket are being warned by the Illinois Department of Public Health not to eat it, or risk...
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Man Rescued From Water Near Montrose Harbor
CHICAGO (CBS) – A man has been taken to the hospital in serious-to-critical condition after he was rescued from the lake at Montrose Harbor. The man was trying to rescue one of his three dogs. It...
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Aurora Asks Residents To Help Uncover Fire Hydrants Buried Under Snow
(CBS) — With more snow coming, a lot of stuff is getting buried. Like every community across the area, Skokie is still buried under tons of snow and of course and there is even more on the way. There...
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Teen Pleads Guilty In Elderly Man’s Beating Death Posted On FB
(STMW) – One of three teens accused of fatally beating a 62-year-old man in a 2012 attack that was recorded and posted to Facebook was sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday....
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Elderly Woman Dies After Brighton Park Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – An elderly Texas woman died Monday night after she was hurt in a crash last week in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. A 2005 Saturn was travelling northeast on...
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