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The Chicago Fire Academy has been shut down after at least 20 students and two instructors tested positive for COVID-19, a CFD source told CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is losing a member of her cabinet, but gaining another.
One woman was inside, but she was checked out by medics and is expected to be okay.
It was so hot Wednesday afternoon that the 100th Street Bridge over the Calumet River had to be hosed down.
One Chicago firefighter was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries Wednesday afternoon after responding to a fire in the Belmont Central neighborhood.
The family of Charles Myers filed a lawsuit against the city in 2017, accusing the paramedics of negligence.
O'Donnell said the best part of his job was when someone he rescued came back to say thanks. He was born and raised in Chicago, and said being a firefighter is the best job in the world.
Crews are responding to a building fire in the South Austin neighborhood.
Under the circumstances, the cause of most of the fires will never be determined.
Emergency workers and Good Samaritans raced to the Chicago River downtown Thursday to save a man in the water.
Emergency crews used ladders to reach the second-story window to remove the eight residents.
Firefighters were sent to a Loop building Thursday evening after someone got stuck in an elevator.
"As all-consuming as our current crisis is, we will get through this and life will go on," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.
Three firefighters were rushed to the hospital Sunday after a ceiling fell down on them as they fought a fire in South Shore.
An off-duty firefighter was shot and wounded Thursday evening in the Fernwood neighborhood, police said.
Some Chicago firefighters and paramedics will now be tested for coronavirus before and after work.
Starting tomorrow, firefighters at so-called 'hot' firehouses will be tested daily for COVID-19 during shift changes.
A death investigation is underway after a man was found dead in a house fire in the Fernwood neighborhood.
Edward Singleton, who was 55, had been with the CFD since 1987.
Chicago firefighters say they are having to wait much too long for their COVID-19 test results.
Edward Singleton, 55, had been a Chicago firefighter since 1987, and most recently had been assigned to Midway International Airport.
Araujo, 49, was a proud member of CFD Truck Company 25, and had been a firefighter since 2003.
A Chicago firefighter died Tuesday evening of complications from COVID-19, the Fire Department announced.
"We must do everything we can to be responsive to the needs of our heroes on the front lines of this fight," Mayor Lightfoot said.
AJ Clements battled osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, last year. He is now cancer-free.
The Illinois Department of Public Health said cases of flu, RSV, and COVID-19 are on the rise across the state.
According to the FAA, the American Airlines Flight 1979 hit the tail of United Airlines Flight 219 while taxiing.
The legislation is named in honor of Karina Gonzalez, who was shot and killed by her husband in July 2023.
Lower immunity to the new GII.17 strain could be leading to more infections.
The legislation is named in honor of Karina Gonzalez, who was shot and killed by her husband in July 2023.
DePaul University professor and transportation expert Joe Schwieterman said Chicago needs to take a look at what New York is doing with congestion pricing.
Madigan and his co-defendant – longtime confidant Michael McClain – are on trial on racketeering and bribery charges.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' plan to let voters repeal and create state laws without legislative involvement met opposition from the Republican leaders of the Legislature, who signaled that the idea is likely to be rejected for a second time.
Former President Jimmy Carter is being remembered in six days of state funeral events.
Many turned out to take advantage of day-after-Christmas sales that can be hard to pass up.
At Yorktown Center in Lombard, just about everyone who spoke with CBS News Chicago on Monday said the act of going out and physically shopping puts them in the Christmas spirit.
Scammers know many of us are waiting for packages this holiday season.
The National Retail Foundation projected roughly 157 million people across the country would shop last-minute and try to wrap up their shopping lists.
The strike was deliberately authorized in the midst of the busy holiday delivery season nationwide for a reason—with the Teamsters Union pushing the company for a contract.
Lower immunity to the new GII.17 strain could be leading to more infections.
According to the CDC, at least 66 people have been infected with bird flu since last year. Most have had direct contact with sick birds.
The Louisiana patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in the first death in the U.S. caused by the H5N1 virus.
A warning from the country's top doctor about alcohol's cancer risk comes at a time of year when many are already taking a step back from drinking.
The proposed expansion includes adding three additional operating rooms with advanced support facilities.
There remains a question of where exactly ground will be broken for the stadium.
Chef Bayless also addressed his lack of a relationship with his brother, sports broadcaster Skip Bayless.
John Carruthers and his thin crusts have raised $80,000—a lot of dough for charities around Chicago.
Many turned out to take advantage of day-after-Christmas sales that can be hard to pass up.
It may seem like a brave choice to launch a company making old-fashioned mechanical watches—when many wear new-fangled electronic alternatives. But the entrepreneurs' mission is bigger than just watchmaking.
Peter Yarrow was a singer-songwriter and a social activist, but he was best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary.
Here is the full list of winners who took home awards at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.
Here are the books and characters newly joining the list of works in the public domain in 2025.
Taylor also played two nights at Ravinia this past June.
Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut announced the nominations for the 82nd annual Golden Globes, with some nominees revealed live on "CBS Mornings." Here's the full list.
Meteorologist Ed Curran ha the extended forecast.
CBS News Chicago meteorologist Ed Curran has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
A windstorm in California is fanning the flames of at least four major wildfires, which are burning out of control, destroying homes and businesses, and forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes near Los Angeles.
A United Airlines flight was clipped by another plane while taxiing at Chicago's O'Hare Airport Wednesday morning.
An Elmhurst teen who beat cancer is getting the VIP treatment from the Chicago Bulls as they travel to Indianapolis to play the Pacers on Wednesday to celebrate being cancer-free.
Recommendations were made for CPS to improve transparency, its handling of high school sports, and its spending.
According to the FAA, the American Airlines Flight 1979 hit the tail of United Airlines Flight 219 while taxiing.
Drew used his Apple card to give $20, but the scammers took a lot more.
Two men broke into a residence in the first block of North Long Avenue just before 5 a.m.
Thousands of people fled their homes as a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades quickly spread to 1,260 acres Tuesday, a blaze which authorities said could grow further as even stronger winds are expected through the night.
Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) said the wooden or plastic traffic barriers currently recommended for permitted street fairs and festivals in Chicago are a security weakness, and that needs to change.
Cook County sheriff deputies served only 25% of protective orders between 2021 and 2023, data show.
"San Antonio has really led the way in using aerial surveillance technology to prevent these activities," said Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd), who chairs the City Council Public Safety Committee.
Customers said contractors from the company, Orange Elephant Roofing & Solar, seemed simply to disappear into thin air. But that is only the tip of the iceberg.
Survivors, advocates and experts have weighed in on Mayor Brandon Johnson's pledge to create a task force to study the safety of Black women in Chicago.
AJ Clements battled osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, last year. He is now cancer-free.
Tyem Freeman led UIC in scoring with eight points in the first half to help put the Flames up 36-27 at the break.
They will join Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming in the Mountain West.
It was made clear that Poles is the point person in charge of the head coaching search—one that will be extensive in order to get right.
There remains a question of where exactly ground will be broken for the stadium.
Two people bailed out of the car. One was taken into custody soon afterward, but the other remained at large as of just after 5 p.m.
Ovidio Guzmán López and Joaquin Guzmán López didn't appear at the hearing in Chicago on Tuesday where prosecutors said they needed more time.
Marisol Vazquez, 37, allegedly confessed to suffocating her daughter, Lucia Arevala, and told detectives that voices in her head told her to kill herself and her daughter.
Police say the 31-year-old woman was a passenger in a parked car when five people got out of another car and tried to rob.
Funeral services were held Friday morning for Illinois State Police trooper Clay Carns, who was hit and killed by a truck just two days before Christmas.
