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Mom Of Heroin Addict Takes Her Family’s Story To Police Departments — If...
(CBS) – You don’t want to hear there’s a heroin problem in the suburbs? Too bad, says one suburban mom. She’s now taking her awareness message to police. As CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov reports, she has a very...
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Rutherford Stands Firm, Won’t Release Harassment Report
(CBS) – Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford has again refused to release a taxpayer-funded report into allegations of sexual harassment at his office – a report that, it turns out, is missing a key...
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Federal Jury Convicts Ex-Cop In Torture, Murder Plot
CHICAGO (AP) –A former Chicago police officer who spent years on death row before his murder conviction was overturned was found guilty Friday of a grisly plot to kill a businessman but was acquitted...
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Someone You Should Know: Members Of Delta Sigma Theta
(CBS) – It’s a sorority, but lots more. To be a member you are asked to give back to the community because that’s what Delta Sigma Theta is all about. CBS 2’s Harry Porterfield says these women are all...
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Illinois Lawmaker: Legalization Of Recreational Marijuana Inevitable Here
play pause Lawmaker: Legalization Of Recreational Pot Inevitable In Illinois WBBM Newsradio's John Cody (CBS) – A state lawmaker predicts the legalization of recreational marijuana is inevitable and...
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Your Chicago: Black Ensemble Theater
(CBS) – It is a theater that has been making a name for itself in Chicago for 30 years. Its primary mission is to end racism, CBS 2’s Rob Johnson reports. This month at the Black Ensemble Theater in...
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Masked Gunman Shoots Three Inside Maywood Restaurant
(STMW) – Three men were shot by a masked gunman as they ate at inside a restaurant in west suburban Maywood on Friday. The shooting happened about 5:45 p.m. at Pumpkin’s Place, 1426 S. 5th Ave.,...
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383 Coyote Sightings Reported In Riverside Last Year
RIVERSIDE, Ill. (STMW) — Riverside police say there were 383 coyote sightings last year in the west suburb. About 70 percent of the town’s coyote sightings in 2013 happened in the area bordered by...
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Officials: Arson Likely In ‘Suspicious’ Naperville Area House Fire
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (STMW) – A fire Tuesday afternoon that caused no injuries but did more than $200,000 worth of damage to a house near west suburban Naperville appears to have been deliberately set, the...
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Three Women Injured In Pilsen Gas Explosion
CHICAGO (STMW) – Three people were injured in an apparent natural gas explosion Saturday morning in the Pilsen neighborhood. About 5:10 a.m., firefighters and paramedics responded to the explosion at a...
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Two Cops Taken To Hospital After Police SUV Strikes Tree
CHICAGO (STMW) — Two police officers were taken to a hospital early Saturday after their SUV slid on ice and slammed into a tree on the South Side. The officers were responding to an assist call about...
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Brother Says Jeanie Kustok Would Not Want Gun
(BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (STMW) – While Allan Kustok’s attorneys insisted Friday that his wife wanted a gun for protection at their southwest suburban Orland Park home, Anita “Jeanie” Kustok’s younger brother...
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Man Arrested In Park Ridge Carjacking, Kidnapping
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (CBS) – An Evanston teen is being held without bond for an auto theft that triggered an Amber Alert. 18 year-old Deangelo Fountain is now facing several charges, including aggravated...
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Same-Sex Couples Line Up To Get Married At County Building
CHICAGO (CBS) — History was being made Saturday at the County Building where same-sex couples were lining up in marriage court to be among the first to tie the knot after a judge decided yesterday...
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Man Critically Wounded In Lower West Side Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was shot and critically wounded Saturday morning on the Lower West Side. The 24-year-old man walked into Mount Sinai Hospital about 11:40 a.m. with a gunshot wound to the...
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Girl, 16, Charged In Deadly Hit-And-Run
CHICAGO (STMW) – A South Side teen has been charged as an adult for her alleged role in a deadly hit and run that claimed the life of a pedestrian last month. The 16-year-old girl has been charged as...
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City Adds More Crews To Repair Potholes
CHICAGO (CBS) — The city is putting more bodies behind the effort to keep up the terrible pothole season, reports WBBM’s Mike Krauser. Chicago Department of Transportation Deputy Commissioner Tom...
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Mexican Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Arrested
(CBS) – The arrest of a Mexican drug cartel boss by U.S. and Mexican agents comes as welcome news to authorities in Chicago. Joaquin Guzman called “El Chapo” and is allegedly the world’s biggest drug...
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Pregnant Woman Charged With Trying To Bring Gun On Plane At O’Hare
CHICAGO (CBS) — A pregnant, convicted bank robber from Milwaukee is in trouble with the law again, this time for trying to carry a gun onto a plane at O’Hare. WBBM’s Bob Roberts was in court....
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Second Suspect Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Bensenville Retail Clerk
(STMW) – A Chicago man is the second to be charged with murder in connection with an armed robbery turned deadly last month in northwest suburban Bensenville. Tremayne Davis, 23, of the 1400 block of...
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