In-Law Testifies At Kustok Murder Trial
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (STMW) – Anita “Jeanie” Kustok seemed uncomfortable at a family gathering when conversation shifted to her son, former Northwestern University quarterback Zak Kustok, firing a gun for...
View ArticleMan Charged With Robbing Woman On Blue Line Train
CHICAGO (STMW) – A South Side man has been charged with robbing a woman on a CTA Blue Line train last weekend at a station in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Eric Carney, 22, of...
View ArticlePolice ‘May Never Know’ Why Man Killed Parents, Nephew, Then Himself
Updated 02/27/14 – 12:38 p.m. OAK LAWN, Ill. (CBS) – Police said they can’t yet explain why an Oak Lawn man killed his parents, his 5-year-old nephew, and then himself on Wednesday, and acknowledged...
View ArticleMan Critically Wounded In Greater Grand Crossing Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot several times early Thursday as he sat in his vehicle in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side. The 23-year-old man was sitting in his SUV about 3:25...
View ArticleProsecutor: Northbrook CEO ‘Cheated’ Clients Out Of $500 Million
CHICAGO (STMW) – Sentinel Management Group once boasted that in nearly three decades of business, it had “never lost a dime” of its clients’ cash, but when the investment firm collapsed in August 2007,...
View ArticleOfficers Oppose Parole For Two Who Shot Cops
CHICAGO (CBS) – Nearly two dozen Chicago police officers are on their way to Springfield on Thursday to oppose parole for two criminals who shot police officers in the 1960s and 70s. “We want to make...
View ArticleWinnetka Home Destroyed By Fire
WINNETKA (CBS) – The bitter cold made for a challenging night for firefighters in north suburban Winnetka, as they spent hours battling a large house fire. CBS 2’s Courtney Gousman reports sheets of...
View ArticleFor Some Teens, ‘Looking Cool’ Trumps Keeping Warm
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (CBS) – This winter has been tough for just about everyone in Chicago, including students who spend each morning waiting on the corner for their school buses – especially when some...
View ArticleMan Arrested After Firing Shots During Standoff In Lockport
LOCKPORT, Ill. (CBS) – A 41-year-old man was arrested Thursday morning, after he fired shots at neighbors’ houses during a five-hour standoff with police. Lockport police were called to a home in the...
View ArticleThieves Break Into Cars Using Mysterious ‘Black Box’
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — A mysterious device is being used by criminals to easily break into locked cars across the country, including here in Chicago. It has police stumped, CNN is reporting. In...
View ArticleCoast Guard Prepares For More Rescues On Icy Lake
CHICAGO (CBS) – Members of the U.S. Coast Guard station at Calumet Harbor have been training today for what they expect will be an increase in lake rescues in a season that’s already seen more people...
View ArticleSlightly Better Temperatures On The Way, But So Is Snow
CHICAGO (CBS) – We know, we know, you’ve heard this before. Temperatures will get a bit better this weekend, but as has become a seemingly constant refrain this winter, we’ll also see a fresh round of...
View ArticleTexas Man Charged In Fatal December Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Texas man has been charged with fatally shooting one man and wounding another in a December attack in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Phillip L. Allison, 35, of Missouri City,...
View ArticleFrozen Pipes, Furnace Close Veteran Center
CHICAGO (CBS) – Frigid weather has taken its toll on a self-financed veterans’ assistance group where an open basement door spelled trouble for the water and heating systems. play pause Frozen Pipes,...
View ArticleFrozen Pipe Complaints Skyrocket Amid Frigid Winter
CHICAGO (CBS) – Water Department crews have been working around the clock in Chicago to keep up with frozen and broken water lines, thanks to a brutal winter that has kept complaints flowing, if little...
View ArticleChicago Student Introduces Obama At Unveiling Of Program To Help Young...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS) – President Barack Obama celebrated a special young man and a special program on Thursday. Hyde Park Academy junior Christian Champagne introduced the President at the unveiling...
View ArticleYelp’s 100 Best Places To Eat In The United States
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Foodies and foodie wanna be’s, listen up: Yelp has come out with its Top 100 Places To Eat in the United States. The list is not just those high-falutin’, fancy-pants...
View ArticleLawsuit Claims Cook County Jail Inmates Were Abused By Guards
(CBS) – Cook County’s Sheriff responded Thursday afternoon to a lawsuit that claims guards at the county jail have created what’s being described as a sadistic culture behind bars. WBBM’s Bob Roberts...
View ArticleCold Weather Prompts Increase In Calls To Chicago Anti-Cruelty Society
(CBS) — With the thermometer down, the calls to the Chicago Anti-Cruelty Society are up. It’s not really that people are bad and purposely want to hurt their pets by leaving them outside or keeping...
View ArticleChicago Home Surrounded By Ice After Broken Water Pipe Goes Unfixed
CHICAGO (CBS) – The cold weather combined with a broken city water pipe is making it tough for one family to get in and out of their own house. CBS 2 got the call from a viewer who told us ice...
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