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Men Arrested Trying To Access To Roof At Hotel InterContinental
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — One day after two men were spotted on the ledge of a posh Michigan Avenue hotel taking pictures, Chicago police arrested two men trying to gain access to the roof on...
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Target Of Alleged Murder Plot Testifies In Mandell Trial
CHICAGO (CBS) – For first time in the murder plot trial of former Chicago Police officer Steve Mandell we heard from the man prosecutors say Mandell planned to kill. CBS 2′s Jim Williams was in court...
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Eviction Of Disabled Chicago Woman Raises Red Flags
CHICAGO (CBS) – A 59-year-old disabled woman is on the brink of homelessness after an eviction, but her attorney says it never should have happened. CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov explains in this original...
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IHSA Bounces Homewood-Flossmoor Girls From Playoffs
FLOSSMOOR (STMW) — A south suburban high school girls basketball team has been disqualified from the state playoffs over bylaw violations, the Illinois High School Association ruled Wednesday....
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Officials Keeping Close Eye On Water Levels As Thaw Continues
(CBS) – Although officials in the city and suburbs are watching the approaching storm, they’re not sure what to expect. Lake County (Illinois) Emergency Management Director Kent McKenzie says flooding...
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Chicago Fire Dept. Issues Warning To Stay Off The Ice
CHICAGO (CBS) –The Chicago Fire Department is warning for anybody near any body of water these days to stay off the ice, especially with the warm-up and rain coming Thursday. But not everybody’s...
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2 Investigators: Domestic Drones Raise Safety, Privacy Concerns
(CBS) — Imagine a world where the sky is filled with buzzing, miniature planes and helicopters. The police can use them for surveillance, Amazon.com says they will use them for deliveries and your...
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Man Trying To Find Owner Of Lost Keys Blankets Brown Line Stop With Signs
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago man has blanketed the area around the Montrose Brown Line stop with signs about a lost set of keys he found – because karma counts in life, reports WBBM’s Steve Miller. “I...
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Metra Seeks More Spare Train Cars, Better E-Alerts
CHICAGO (CBS) – Metra is taking steps to address two persistent problems that have angered riders this winter: outdated or useless E-alerts and overcrowded trains. It soon hopes to give you E-alerts...
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Local Kid Comedian Going For Laughs On ‘America’s Got Talent’
(CBS) – A 12-year-old stand-up comic from St. Charles was preparing to head to New York City this weekend to showcase his talents at a taping of “America’s Got Talent.” WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller...
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Two Men Shot On West Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men were wounded in a shooting in the West Side Austin neighborhood on Wednesday night. The two men, 19 and 23, were standing on a sidewalk about 8:20 p.m. in the 1000 block of...
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Man Caught Robbing Second Cabbie In Lakeview
CHICAGO (STMW) – A South Side man arrested while holding up his second cab driver of the morning early Tuesday in the North Side Lakeview neighborhood has been ordered held on $500,000 bond. Deion...
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Expert Doubts Kustok Version Of Wife’s Death
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (STMW) – A crime scene reconstructionist cast doubt Wednesday on Allan Kustok’s explanation of how his wife died, saying it was unlikely that Anita “Jeanie” Kustok could have shot...
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Cop Testifies No Gun Found In Victim’s Car In Road Rage Murder
CROWN POINT, Ind. (STMW) – Lake Superior Court jurors on the road-rage murder trial of a former Cook County, Ill., correctional officer heard how evidence was collected at the scene where the victim’s...
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Two Injured In Chatham Fire
CHICAGO (STMW) – A fire at a three-story building sent two men to the hospital, including one who jumped out of a window, early Thursday in the South Side Chatham neighborhood. The fire started about...
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Flood Watch Continues, But Chicago Area Might Have ‘Dodged A Bullet For Now’
Updated 02/20/14 – 6:30 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Though an areal flood watch remains in effect until mid-afternoon for virtually all of northern Illinois, at least one official who monitors water levels in...
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Suspect Charged In Chatham Robbery, Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A South Side man has been charged with shooting another man during a robbery early Wednesday in the Chatham neighborhood. Melvin L. Martin, 29, was charged with attempted first-degree...
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Naperville Cops Probe Theft Of 80 Tons Of Road Salt
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (CBS) — There is a search for 80 tons of stolen property in Naperville, but finding it may be tough. A small mountain of road salt apparently was whisked away in the middle of the...
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Four Hospitalized After La Grange Park House Fire
LA GRANGE PARK, Ill. (STMW) – Four people were injured after a fire broke out at a home in west suburban La Grange Park. Emergency crews responded at 3:36 p.m. to the blaze at a two-and-a-half-story...
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Father Of Woman Convicted Of Killing Toddler Confident Case “Far From Over”
(CBS) – An Illinois Appellate Court panel has upheld the murder conviction of a Carpentersville woman accused of killing a 16-month-old boy at a Deerfield daycare center five years ago, but the woman’s...
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