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Chicago Families Remember DUI Victims
CHICAGO (CBS) – Through song and candlelight, families who lost loved ones to drunk drivers remembered their lives and their legacies. play pause Chicago Families Remember DUI Victims WBBM Newsradio's...
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Three Hurt In Chatham Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — Three men were hurt in a shooting in the South Side Chatham neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. The shooting happened at 4:41 p.m. in the 8200 block of South Evans Avenue, police News...
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Servers Get Thousands From Anonymous Tips For Jesus
(CBS)– It’s a mystery that’s creating intrigue from coast to coast. Someone is visiting restaurants, including right here in Chicago, and leaving astronomical tips for the wait staff, like $5,000 tips....
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Will County, Employees Reach Labor Deal To End Strike: Union
play pause Will County Employee Strike Ends WBBM Newsradio's Regine... JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Hundreds of striking Will County employees are getting ready to return to work after union officials say they...
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USOC Encourages Chicago To Bid For 2024 Summer Olympics, But City Hall Says...
play pause Chicago Encouraged To Be For Olympics Again WBBM Newsradio's Steve Grzanich CHICAGO (CBS) – The U.S. Olympic Committee says it intends to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, but only if a...
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Cop, Two Paramedics Attacked While Responding To Emergency Call
(STMW) — A highly intoxicated northwest Indiana man who allegedly hit, punched and kicked a police officer and paramedics trying to assist him was ordered held on $150,000 bond Wednesday. Joseph Zajac,...
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Pizza Delivery Man Robbed, Pistol-Whipped In Aurora
AURORA (STMW) — A pizza delivery man was robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday morning in Aurora, the Beacon-News is reporting. The 27-year-old delivery driver said he was bringing an extra-large pepperoni...
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Foot Doctors Offer Exams, Shoes To The Homeless
play pause Doctors Donate Foot Exams To Homeless WBBM Newsradio's Bernie Tafoya (CBS) – Dozens of homeless people will benefit tonight from free foot exams on the city’s West Side. Dr. Simon Lee has...
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Grinch Steals Frankfort Man’s Shedful Of Christmas Decorations
play pause Shedful Of Christmas Donations Stolen WBBM Newsradio's Regine... (CBS) – A homeowner in the southwest suburbs was disappointed when he went to put up his Christmas decorations last weekend....
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Midlothian Cop Used Excessive Force Twice, Federal Prosecutors Allege
(CBS) – A south suburban Midlothian police officer has been indicted for allegedly beating two different people in separate incidents. Steven G. Zamiar, 46, is charged with two counts of violating the...
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Suburban Bus Driver Calls It A Day After Nearly 40 Years
Peggy Figgins is retiring as a bus driver. ( Oswego School District 308) play pause Bus Driver Retires After Nearly 40 Years WBBM Newsradio's Regine... (CBS) – A suburban woman is calling it a career...
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Face-Transplant Recipient: ‘My Entire Story Is A Miracle’
play pause Face-Transplant Recipient Speaks In Chicago WBBM Newsradio's Mike Krauser (CBS) – The Texas man who received the nation’s first full face transplant spoke Wednesday at a Chicago medical...
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Standoff After Homewood Bank Robbery Ends, Three Suspects In Custody
HOMEWOOD (CBS) — It was a tense afternoon for everyone living or working near a Bank of America branch in Homewood following a robbery and manhunt. Charges are pending against three suspects who...
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Authorities: Person Struck, Killed By Red Line Train In Englewood
(STMW) –Red Line trains are resuming normal service after a woman was struck and killed by a train Wednesday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said. The person was struck...
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Disney’s Boyhood Home In Chicago Could Become Museum
(CBS) – The Northwest Side home where film legend Walt Disney was born could soon become an historical site. The residence in the 2100 block of North Tripp, in the Hermosa neighborhood, was home to the...
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Police Warn Of Kidnapping Attempt
(STMW) – Police are warning Austin neighborhood residents of two men who attempted to abduct a young girl Tuesday afternoon. The 10-year-old girl was walking in the 5200 block of West Van Buren Street...
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Stagg High School Evacuated Because Of ‘Unusual Smell’
PALOS HILLS, Ill. (STMW) — Students and faculty at a southwest suburban high school were evacuated Wednesday after an ‘unusual smell’ was reported in a classroom, the SouthtownStar is reporting....
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Police: Cougar Sighting In Glencoe Unsubstantiated
GLENCOE, Ill. (CBS) — A possible cougar sighting was reported in north suburban Glencoe this week, but officials believe it may have been a bobcat known to frequent the area. Glencoe Police Deputy...
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Letters To Santa Available At Chicago’s Main Post Office
Letters To Santa from needy Chicagoans at Chicago’s main post office, 433 W. Harrison. (Credit: Steve Miller/WBBM Newsradio) CHICAGO (CBS) – 3,000 have already picked up “Letters to Santa” at the main...
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George Lucas Makes $25 Million Donation To After School Matters
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago’s kids are back on the bus to After School Matters thanks to a $25 million donation from film maker George Lucas who married a Chicago woman this summer, reports WBBM’s John...
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