Man In Body Armor Carries Gun, Knife And Ammo Into Daley Center
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man dressed in body armor, carrying a loaded gun, ammunition and a knife, was arrested when he tried to enter the Daley Center Tuesday morning claiming to be a Chicago cop,...
View ArticleWoman Charged After Dead Animals Found On West Suburban Farms
HAMPSHIRE, Ill. (STMW) — A northwest suburban woman faces animal cruelty charges after several animals were found dead or mistreated on two Kane County farms, according to police. Stacy Fiebelkorn, 34,...
View ArticlePolice Investigating Suburban Daycare Center After Report That Employee...
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (CBS) – Highland Park Police are investigating an incident at a daycare center where a 2-year-old may have been roughed up by an employee yesterday morning. play pause Daycare...
View ArticleAnimation Shows What Chicagoans Do In A Typical Day
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — What do we do in a day? Where do we go? When? MIT Ph.D. candidate Shan Jiang created an animation that shows the movement of people during their daily lives all around the...
View ArticleCounty Clerks Reluctant To Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Despite OK From...
(CBS) — Cook County is issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples – but at this point, it seems same-sex couples in collar counties will have to wait until June. Attorney General Lisa Madigan has...
View ArticleNorthwest Side Woman Is County’s 26th Cold Death
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Northwest Side woman is the 26th person to die of cold-related causes this winter in Cook County, authorities said. Kathleen Karson, 56, was discovered unresponsive in her backyard...
View ArticleMan Brought From Korea To Face Trial For Fatal DUI After 17 Years On Run
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (STMW) -- A man who fled to Korea 17 years ago while on trial for killing a northwest suburban woman in a DUI crash has been extradited and is being held without bond in the Cook...
View ArticleThe New SAT Exam: Six Major Changes
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — The administrators of the SAT on Wednesday announced a major makeover to the college entrance exam, tossing out things like esoteric vocabulary words and firing a...
View ArticleBody Found Wrapped In Plastic In Sewer May Belong To Woman Missing Since 2011
CHICAGO (CBS) — City officials say the body of a woman has been found in a drainpipe at 107th and Loomis – and the mother of a young woman who disappeared in that same neighborhood two and a half years...
View ArticleBlood Spatter Expert Questioned By Defense Attorney In Kustok Trial
(CBS) — The defense in the murder trial of Orland Park businessman Allan Kustok spent the day Wednesday trying to discredit the prosecution’s star witness. Defense attorney Laura Morask spent the day...
View ArticleSouth Side Man Charged With Selling Illegal Cigarettes
CHICAGO (STMW) — A South Side clerk was arrested Wednesday for bringing cigarettes from Missouri to Illinois to sell illegally at a South Chicago neighborhood gas station. Saer Gueye, 50, faces one...
View ArticleTeen Seriously Hurt In Ashburn Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A teenage boy is in serious condition after he was shot Wednesday afternoon in the Southwest Side Ashburn neighborhood. The teen was in a vehicle in the 7900 block of South Campbell...
View ArticleGOP Candidates Tackle Each Other Head-On In Debate
(CBS) — Republican candidates for governor in Illinois’ upcoming primary election turned on each other Wednesday night. At one point, the candidates were allowed to ask a question of one other....
View ArticleSurveillance Camera Captures SUV Crashing Into Hammond Restaurant
HAMMOND, Ill. (CBS) — A Philly cheese-steak restaurant in Northwest Indiana became the unfortunate victim of Wednesday morning’s snowy weather and slippery roads when a car smashed right in. A...
View ArticleChicago FOP Removes Lodge President Shields
CHICAGO (CBS) – Directors of the union that represents rank-and-file Chicago police officers have removed the lodge’s president. The 15-11 vote of the board of directors of Fraternal Order of Police...
View ArticleWoman Hit, Killed By Car In Aurora
Updated 03/06/14 – 8:40 a.m. AURORA, Ill. (STMW) –A woman died Thursday morning after she was hit by a car in west suburban Aurora. The 56-year-old woman was walking north in the street on Randall Road...
View ArticleJury Deadlocks In Trial Of Gary Man Accused Of Killing Neighbor
CROWN POINT, Ind. (STMW) – An Indiana judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the murder trial of a Gary man accused of beating to death a 60-year-old neighbor whose dog he walked. After five and...
View ArticleWoman Injured In Fire At Lincolnwood Retirement Home
LINCOLNWOOD, Ill. (STMW) – One woman was injured Wednesday night after a fire broke out at a retirement home in north suburban Lincolnwood. Firefighters responded to the blaze about 7:30 p.m. at...
View ArticleWoman Seriously Wounded In Auburn-Gresham Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman was shot and seriously wounded Wednesday night in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. The woman, thought to be in her 40s, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to...
View Article3 Firefighters Hurt Extinguishing Foundry Fire In Batavia
BATAVIA, Ill. (CBS) – Three firefighters went to the hospital overnight after they slipped and fell on ice while battling an extra-alarm blaze at a foundry in west suburban Batavia. The fire started...
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