Cook County Cracking Down On Illegal Cigarette Sales
(CBS) – Cook County is cracking down on illegal cigarettes being brought in to our area from out-of-state and being sold at deep discounts. There was a steady stream of customers headed for archer...
View ArticleCoast Guard Sends Ice Breaker To Southern Lake Michigan
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Commander acknowledges there’s some irony in the name: Biscayne Bay, for a Coast Guard ice breaker which is moored at Navy Pier. Commander Thomas Przybyla says he brought the 140...
View ArticleSecond Woman Dies From Oak Lawn Fire
OAK LAWN, Ill. (STMW) – A second woman has died following a house fire that killed a 73-year-old woman early Saturday in the 10100 block of Lawrence Court, Oak Lawn Fire Chief George Sheets said...
View ArticleFrankfort Cop Convicted Of Punching, Choking Girlfriend
JOLIET, Ill. (STMW) – A southwest suburban Frankfort police officer who was found guilty Tuesday of misdemeanor domestic battery will lose his job with the police department, Frankfort Mayor Jim...
View ArticleTeen Extradited From Georgia To Face Murder Charges
CHICAGO (STMW) – An 18-year-old man was extradited from Georgia and charged with murder in connection with the January shooting death of a 19-year-old man on the Northwest Side. Tramian Barnes, of...
View ArticleMan Gets 50 Years For Shooting Harvey Cop
MARKHAM, Ill. (STMW) – The gunman who shot and wounded a Harvey police officer was sentenced to 50 years in prison Tuesday after he admitted his role in the 1998 crime. Corey Safford shot patrol...
View ArticleFeds: Ex-Cop Planned Murder With Meat Cleaver, Ambien, Torture Chamber
CHICAGO (CBS/STMW) – It was July 2012, and former Chicago cop Steve Mandell was being introduced to notorious former banker George Michael. Their table at Near West Side Italian restaurant La Scarola...
View ArticleSalt Helping Keep Roads Safe, But It Could Be Hurting Your Car
CHICAGO (CBS) – All the salt that has been spread on local roads this winter has been working to keep your drive safer, but it might also be working against your car itself. WBBM’s Steve Miller reports...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To 2008 Drug Murder, Gets 25 Years
JOLIET, Ill. (STMW) – The last of four men charged in the drug-related, 2008 murder of a man in west suburban Naperville was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for his part in that crime. Tyrell...
View ArticleFormer Counselor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (STMW) – A northwest suburban man has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl who he previously counseled. Kelvin A. Perry, 51, has been charged with one...
View Article$2.5M Bail For Suspect In Murder Of Bensenville Store Clerk
WHEATON, Ill. (CBS) – Bond was set at $2.5 million on Wednesday for a 20-year-old man charged with murder in the slaying of a convenience store clerk in west suburban Bensenville last month....
View ArticleCrazy Stuff You See While Riding The CTA
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Oh, the things you will see on the CTA. Just last night, a Red Line commuter spotted a well-dressed gentleman focused on his phone, while straddling a keg of some sort of...
View ArticleCouple Likes Icicles So Much, They Let Massive One Block Their Front Door
GLENVIEW, Ill. (CBS) – Icicles decorate the front of many a home in Chicago and the suburbs, thanks to the weather we’ve been having, but few are like those on the front of a home in north suburban...
View ArticleFormer FOP Boss Can’t Get On Ballot For Next Union Election
CHICAGO (STMW) – Ousted Fraternal Order of Police President Mike Shields has been thwarted in his attempt to stop the union election for the same reason he cost his members their automatic right to a...
View ArticleNaked Man Walks Into Chicago McDonald’s, Chaos Ensues
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — In a bizarre scene caught on tape, a man walked into McDonald’s in Chicago–completely naked. The video was posted on Live Leak three days ago. It shows the man parading...
View ArticleHearings Begin As Labor Panel Weighs Northwestern Players’ Bid For Union
CHICAGO (CBS) – The National Labor Relations Board has set aside three days next week for testimony on whether Northwestern University football players can form a union and have protections as...
View ArticleAbout One-Third Of Illinois Covered In At Least 10 Inches Of Snow
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — In yet another measure of the severity of this year’s winter, about one-third of Illinois is covered in at least 10 inches of snow. The map above was released by the...
View ArticleOhio-Based Grocery Chain Buys Former Dominick’s In Bannockburn
BANNOCKBURN, Ill. (CBS) – Another former Dominick’s store is getting a new owner. The Dominick’s store in far north suburban Bannockburn, which closed its doors this past weekend, will reopen in the...
View ArticleShe Might Be Tiny, But Leo H.S. Boxing Coach Packs A Mean Punch
CHICAGO (CBS) – When Kim Hickey walked into Leo High School on the South Side and applied for a job as a math teacher and boxing coach, the principal said to the petite blonde woman, “You’re kidding!”...
View ArticleLawmakers Seek Changes To Concealed Carry Law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois lawmakers are considering a series of changes to amend the state’s new concealed carry legislation, even though the first concealed carry permits haven’t been issued....
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