
Funeral For Civil Rights Icon Timuel Black Friday Morning At 11:00
His private funeral will be Friday at 11:00, at the First Unitarian Church of Chicago on South Woodlawn.
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His private funeral will be Friday at 11:00, at the First Unitarian Church of Chicago on South Woodlawn.
The funeral is private, but it will be live-streamed.
Mourners are paying their final respects Thursday to slain Chicago Police Officer Ella French, who was shot and killed during a traffic stop in West Englewood on Aug. 7.
Flags across Illinois were lowered to half staff on Wednesday in honor of fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French, as family, friends, and colleagues prepare to pay respects at her wake.
She was killed in the line of duty earlier this month, during a traffic stop.
Loki and a Boone County deputy had stopped to help a driver on Interstate 90 near Rockford on Dec. 27, when another driver crashed into their squad car.
Family and friends gathered at a church in south suburban Dolton for a memorial honoring Key's life.
The 29-year-old was expecting a child with his fiancé.
Elston Stevenson pleaded guilty Monday to one count of illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. U.S. District Judge John Tharp sentenced him to 180 months in prison.
Edward Singleton, who was 55, had been with the CFD since 1987.
Araujo, 49, was a proud member of CFD Truck Company 25, and had been a firefighter since 2003.
Retired Chicago police officer Clyde Brandenburger died on Sunday. On Thursday, only his immediate family could attend the service.
A mural appeared over the weekend in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, where Marlen Ochoa lived.
The funeral services for 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa have been scheduled.
Hundreds of mourners have gathered at a Crystal Lake funeral home to pay their final respects to 5-year-old A.J. Freund, whose brutal murder has brought the community together in mourning.
"I actually started tearing up. I always saw him as a role model. He taught me a couple of life lessons. I think he was just an amazing officer."
Funeral services are set for an Illinois State Police trooper who was struck and killed by a truck last week during a traffic stop.
"I know he wanted to be a detective. But also he said as long as he was making a difference, he was fine with his job."
Hundreds of family, friends, and fellow officers turned out Friday morning for the funeral for slain Officer John Rivera, killed while off-duty last weekend in the River North neighborhood.
Law enforcement officers from across the country will gather in McHenry County on Wednesday to say goodbye to one of their own. Sheriffs' Deputy Jacob Keltner was killed last week, when he was shot while helping a federal fugitive task force serve an arrest warrant at a hotel in Rockford.
Family, friends, and law enforcement will pay their final respects to Illinois State Trooper Christopher Lambert on Friday. Lambert was hit by a car after stopping to investigate a crash on the Tri-State Tollway during a snowstorm on Saturday.
Mourners pay their respects to Chicago Police Officer Eduardo Marmolejo Saturday.
Mourners paid their respects to Chicago Police Officer Conrad Gary on Friday. Gary is one of two officers killed by a train while responding to a call of shots fired Monday.
Cardinal Blase Cupich presided over the ceremony and will also say the funeral mass Saturday morning for Gary's partner, Eduardo Marmolejo.
The fire happened around 8:30 p.m. near La Grange Road.
The Lake County Coroner's Office said that just after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, deputies responded to a single-vehicle crash in the area of Route 60-83 and Taylor Lake Court.
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 30.
A spokesperson for the team says her experience was nothing more but legendary.
The boys, 16 and 17, were charged with three felony counts of armed robbery with a firearm and one felony count of attempted armed robbery with a firearm.
In a surprise announcement Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not seek a third term in office in 2026.
Consumer sentiment fell sharply in April for the fourth straight month as the trade war fuels worries about inflation and employment.
The lawsuit against the Trump administration says the Education Department's halt of promised aid for schools will force cuts to vital services.
The Deerfield Public Schools District 109 board heard an earful — with some being passionate and unhappy about the alleged incident.
President Trump said Thursday he is 'working on papers" to withhold federal funding to U.S. sanctuary cities, including Chicago.
The application website is expected to open this summer.
Johnsonville, LCC is recalling over 22,600 pounds of cheddar bratwurst in 10 states, including Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The law firms Romanucci and Blandin, representing the families of Antoine Lewis, 39, of Chicago, and Mark Lindquist Law, representing Darcy Belanger, 46, of Denver, Colorado, announced the settlement was reached on Sunday night.
A Mega Millions lottery ticket that contained all the winning numbers — bought along the western edge of the Chicago metro area, in DeKalb County — has made someone in Illinois $344 million richer this week.
CBS News Chicago spent months trying to get a simple answer from Lynwood Mayor Jada Curry about her salary.
Doctors and the Illinois Department of Public Health are urging people to get vaccinated.
Multiple FDA labs were cut amid Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s layoffs this week.
The device is smaller than a grain of rice — and is suited particularly to help newborn babies with congenital heart defects.
The Lake County Health Department confirmed to the school district that the person is isolated from others and undergoing treatment.
According to the public health department, the cuts affect 22 contracts and over 100 staff positions.
The owner of Timeless Toys said he was forced to buy $200,000 worth of toys due to the trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Tinaglia said he supports a new Bears stadium in Arlington Heights, but the franchise and the village need to come to an agreement on common goals.
The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court.
Notably in St. Louis, hometown company Anheuser-Busch ended a 30-year partnership. Bud Light is also a top sponsor of Chicago pride events — and there may be a change there too.
Singleton will be the first to tell you her success is not a solo act.
"Grey's Anatomy" and "Euphoria" star Eric Dane said he is still able to work and will return to the HBO drama.
Jay North, who starred on TV's "Dennis the Menace" for four seasons starting in 1959, has died.
Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2.
A unique talent, Val Kilmer was praised as an acting chameleon who took on varied and challenging roles, and the results were often memorable.
Lollapalooza announced the daily lineup for the 2025 festival in Grant Park July 31 through Aug. 3. Tickets are going fast.
A semi-trailer hauling thousands of pounds of eggs was engulfed in flames Friday night in Mokena, Illinois.
The agency can’t be dismantled entirely. The order states that the bureau must still be able to carry out its statutory functions.
Khalil, a legal resident and Columbia University graduate student, led pro-Palestinian protests on campus. He was arrested last month in the lobby of his university-owned apartment.
The hearing was opposed by the L.A. County District Attorney. The men spent over 30 years in prison for the murder of their parents, but the defense argued the brothers acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse.
The company Borden Cheese took a survey and found 70% insist on a golden brown finish. Almost half of people said they prefer their sandwiches with just bread and cheese.
The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River Thursday was originally from the Chicago area.
Owen Ray and his friend asked to get out of an Uber in Copenhagen after realizing they put in the wrong address. The driver later accused them of not paying, but receipts show they did.
The fire happened around 8:30 p.m. near La Grange Road.
Daniel Flores, 49, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of John and Michael Fields on April 12, 1995.
Chicago's firefighters, EMTs and paramedics help resident through some of their worst moments, and our female first responders bring a special strength to an incredibly demanding job.
The bigger picture remains how city leaders want to tackle such teen takeovers as the weather warms up heading into summer.
Robin McElroy paid her property tax bills on time for more than a decade, only to be told her home had been "sold for delinquent taxes."
"You can outrun the police in certain circumstances. We terminate pursuits for safety reasons. But you can't outrun technology," Oak Brook Police Chief Brian Strockis said.
A south suburban man under investigation for mishandling remains at his crematory has previously been fined for taking bodies from a hospital without a funeral director license.
Researchers at the Shedd Aquarium are putting tiny trackers inside fish living in the Chicago River to study them and the environment.
A spokesperson for the team says her experience was nothing more but legendary.
Matas Buzelis added 20 points and Coby White scored 16 with nine rebounds for the Bulls.
Boston had five errors, leading to six unearned runs for Chicago. The Red Sox have committed a major league-high 19 errors in 15 games.
Northwestern University women's tennis coach Claire Pollard has become just the ninth women's tennis coach ever to reach 600 career victories.
For 40 years, kids from five to 14 years old — both boys and girls — have trained and learned the sport with the Harvey Twisters.
Police late Thursday night had not specified exactly what happened.
Along with the local alderman, the neighbors are asking the city to boost the police presence in the area.
Harrison Area detectives were investigating late Wednesday.
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling announced the 18 total charges during a media conference on Monday.
Police said, around 1:10 p.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 3200 block of Clinton Avenue.