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Police Searching For Elderly Park Ridge Woman
Florence Brantman. PARK RIDGE, Ill. (CBS) — Police are seeking a 93-year-old Park Ridge woman who has been missing for more than a day. play pause Police Searching For Elderly Park Ridge Woman WBBM...
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What Does State Reform Mean For Chicago’s Pensions?
CHICAGO (CBS) – Now that state lawmakers have taken the tough step of passing state pension reform, what does it mean for Chicago? CBS 2′s Dana Kozlov explains. One gavel down, and Chicago’s pension...
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Hydrant Auction Raises Money For Kids Of Fallen Firefighters
CHICAGO (CBS) — Unique works of art are being auctioned off to help families of those who gave everything in the line of duty. One by one, the colorful, meaningful, individualized hydrants go from...
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Robbers Attack Man With Stun Gun, Steal iPad Minis
CHICAGO (CBS) – A stun gun attack by two robbers has been caught on surveillance video. The assault happened Saturday night in Chicago’s West Loop. CBS 2’s Mike Parker tells the story in this Original...
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14-Year-Old Sex Trafficking Survivor Speaks Out
CHICAGO (CBS) — It could happen in your neighborhood, on your street. Young girls are being lured from their homes and forced into prostitution. CBS 2’s Pamela Jones spoke with a 14-year-old girl who...
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Officer Injured During Traffic Stop In West Town
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Chicago Police officer was injured during a traffic stop early Thursday in the West Town neighborhood. While conducting the traffic stop, the officer became involved in a physical...
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Police Warn Of Robberies On Near South Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are warning citizens of increased robberies around the Near South Side this month. Boys between the ages of 10 and 16 are approaching citizens and forcibly taking away their...
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Driver Cited In West Side School Bus Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – A driver was cited for a school bus crash that injured a child Thursday afternoon on the West Side. The crash happened about 3:10 p.m. near the intersection of 16th Street and Racine...
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Extra-Alarm Fire Destroys Gary Church
GARY, Ind. (CBS) – A small building used by a church in Gary, Ind., was gutted by an extra-alarm blaze overnight. CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports a good chunk of the building at 8th Avenue and Washington...
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Minimum Wage Workers Picket For Better Pay
CHICAGO (CBS) – Several protests have been scheduled for Thursday in Chicago, as part of a nationwide demonstration in favor of a higher federal minimum wage. WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports one...
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City Plans Four-Year, $500M Renovation Of Blue Line To O’Hare
CHICAGO (CBS) – On the heels of a major overhaul of the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line, the CTA is planning a nearly half-billion-dollar upgrade of another busy train line: the Blue Line to O’Hare...
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Bears Players Visit Tornado Victims In Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) – More than a dozen Chicago Bears headed to central Illinois to help with cleanup efforts in the tornado-ravaged community of Washington and meet with members of the community’s...
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One Of Jesse Owens’ 1936 Gold Medals For Sale At Auction
(CBS) – With two more days to go, the online bidding has risen to more than $330,000, as of Thursday morning, for one of four medals Jesse Owens won at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine...
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Former Republic Windows CEO Sentenced To 4 Years
CHICAGO (CBS) – The former CEO of Republic Windows and Doors has been sentenced to four years in prison, and fined $100,000 after pleading guilty to stealing company machinery when he shut the business...
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Two Charged In Homewood Bank Robbery That Ended In Standoff
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two people have been charged with the Wednesday bank robbery that resulted in a standoff with authorities in south suburban Homewood. Malcolm Carpenter, 32, of Chicago; and Justin...
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Man Pleads Not Guilty To Killing Wife With Machete, Suffocating Mom
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (STMW) – A north suburban man accused of nearly decapitating his wife with a machete and later suffocating his elderly mother will spend the rest of his life behind bars if he is...
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Quinn Signs Pension Reform Plan Into Law
play pause Pension Reform Signed Into Law WBBM Newsradio's Craig Dellimore CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn has signed landmark legislation Thursday to reform Illinois’ massively-underfunded pension...
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Former Monk Pleads Guilty To Charge Of Child Abduction
(STMW) – A judge accepted a plea deal Thursday in the case of a former Benedictine monk accused of child abduction attempts earlier this year in the north suburbs, sentencing him to probation and...
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Jesse Jackson: Nelson Mandela Created New World Standard for Justice
Nelson Mandela with Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago in 1993. Mandela’s former wife, Winnie, is standing next to Jackson. (Credit: Rev. Jesse Jackson) CHICAGO (CBS) – Nelson Mandela is being remembered as...
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Pop Warner Contenders Need Money — Fast — To Hit Football Playoffs In Orlando
(CBS) — A football team from Hoffman Estates plans to go to the Pop Warner playoffs in Orlando, Fla. beginning Saturday – but they need to raise some money fast. The Hoffman Estates Junior Midgets are...
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