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Man Charged With Stealing From Church Donation Baskets
A southwest suburban man is facing felony charges for stealing money from donation baskets in at least three churches. David A. Kost, 28, of Orland Park, was charged with two felony counts of theft...
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Quinn To Push Legislation Requiring All Workers To Get Paid Sick Days
CHICAGO (CBS) – Governor Pat Quinn says he’s ready to make another push for a law mandating that businesses give employees at least some paid sick days. Governor Quinn says not everyone realizes that...
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Plainfield Man Asks To Serve Detention In Place Of His 3rd Grade Daughter
PLAINFIELD, Ill. (CBS) – A third grader at a Plainfield elementary school has to serve detention tomorrow – but her father has offered to receive the punishment instead. play pause Plainfield Man Asks...
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Chicago Teens Ask Justin Bieber For Help In Stopping Deportations
CHICAGO (CBS) — Some Chicago teenagers who are close to the immigration issue asked for the support of Justin Bieber for their cause today at a church in the heavily-Latino Pilsen neighborhood. play...
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17-Year-Old Charged With Vandalizing McHenry Church
(CBS) — Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old McHenry boy with another act of vandalism at a Catholic Church in the far northwest suburb. That brings to three the number of incidents in which he is...
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Mom Defends Teen Son Charged With Hate Crime: ‘He’s A Good Child’
CHICAGO (CBS) — On Tuesday, CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov broke the story about a 14-year-old student who was charged with a hate crime against a fellow classmate. The in-school attack happened Monday in Crystal...
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Dolton School Closed Since Monday Due To Water Problems
(CBS) — More than 500 elementary and junior high students in Dolton haven’t had classes this week because a water problem forced the school district to close two schools. No water. No working toilets....
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GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Continue Barrage Of Attack Ads
(CBS) — GOP frontrunner Bruce Rauner is asking outside political groups to stay out of the Illinois Governor’s race. Rauner is also responding to an organized labor’s charge linking him to a convicted...
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Metra Boss Gave Riders A Lift Home After Train Breakdown
(CBS) – The next time a Metra train breaks down, it may be the boss who gives you a ride home. It happened Jan. 26, when a Metra Rock Island District train broke down inbound near New Lenox. New...
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Mother Of Armed Robber Doesn’t Blame Officer For Shooting Her Son
(CBS) — 16-year-old Deonta Dwight Mackey died after he held the off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s sergeant at gunpoint. CBS 2′s Suzanne Le Mignot spoke exclusively with his mother in this Original Report....
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Police: 1 Dead, 3 Injured In Romeoville Crash Involving Pace Bus
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (STMW) – An Oak Forest man was killed and three other people were hurt in a head-on crash involving a Pace bus Wednesday morning in southwest suburban Romeoville, police said. The...
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Teenage Boy Fatally Shot In Woodlawn Neighborhood
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 14-year-old boy was shot in the head and died, in a drive-by attack in the south side Woodlawn neighborhood. Police are withholding identification of the victim pending notification...
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St. Charles Police Searching For Man Who Tried To Lure Young Girl
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (CBS) — Police are searching for the man who tried to use cold weather as an excuse to lure a young girl into his warm car as she waited for a school bus. It happened Tuesday at...
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Crown Point Baby Fighting For Its Life Against Rare Disease
CROWN POINT, Ind, (CBS) — A Crown Point couple is hoping for a miracle for their little baby. In this original report Pamela Jones looks at his rare disorder and his parents plans, against the odds, to...
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The Snowiest Winters Ever In Chicago
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — With eight inches of snow possible on Monday, this winter stands to become the fourth-snowiest ever–and there are still several more weeks of winter left. So far this...
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Yard Signs Proclaim Skokie Work Crews As ‘Snow Heroes’
(CBS) — With yet another snow coming down in this endless winter, residents of one suburb are saying a very public “thank you,” to the crews who clear their streets, reports WBBM’s Regine Schlesinger....
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Man Charged In Palos Hills Stabbing
PALOS HILLS, Ill. (STMW) — A man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a person during a fight in southwest suburban Palos Hills Sunday afternoon. Michael Furlano, 47, of Burbank, was charged with felony...
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Officials: 20 Hurt After Student Sprays Mace In Bronzeville Classroom
CHICAGO (CBS) — Mace released at a Bronzeville school has sent 20 people to hospitals – and police say a female student is in custody. play pause Officials: 20 Hurt After Student Sprays Mace In...
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Did NBC Bode Miller Interview With Christin Cooper Go Too Far?
By John Dodge- CHICAGO (CBS) — In an Olympics that has generally lacked dramatic story lines for American athletes, Bode Miller’s tearful interview on NBC on Sunday provided some emotional spark but...
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Chicago Labor Unions Form Coalition To Protect Pensions
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago labor unions just announced a new coalition, We Are One Chicago, designed to defend the pensions of city employees and retirees, reports WBBM’s Kimberly Easton. “We Are One...
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