Victims of Highland Park July 4th parade massacre honored at Central Business District memorial
People are determined not to let the center of town in Highland Park be remembered for the horror that unfolded Monday. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
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People are determined not to let the center of town in Highland Park be remembered for the horror that unfolded Monday. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
She designed yard signs that read "This Home is For: Background checks on all gun sales, banning assault rifles, and gun safety and safe storage."
CBS 2’s Jackie Kostek talked over the phone to the woman who found 2-year-old Aiden McCarthy after his parents were killed, and tried so hard to reunite him with his family.
Cooper has had several surgeries after being shot at the July 4th parade, and we are told he is fighting – sedated and on a ventilator, but still considered to be in critical condition. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Businesses are struggling to return to normal in downtown Highland Park, three days after a massacre at the July 4th Parade left seven people dead and dozens wounded. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports on one business with a community focus, Curt's Café.
We heard for the first time Thursday from the woman who helped save a little boy named Aiden McCarthy, who was found trapped under his dad at the Highland Park July 4th Parade. CBS 2's Jackie Kostek reports.
"When we needed the friends on the North Shore, they came. And now they need us. We're going to return the favor. Because now they've been touched by what we live every single day."
Cooper is still fighting for his life at the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital after being shot at the Highland Park July 4th Parade. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Spokesman Anthony Loizzi discusses the severe injuries suffered by 8-year-old Cooper Roberts, as well as injuries suffered by his mother and brother.
The Chicago Botanic Garden is doing its part to try to help people heal in the wake of the massacre at the July 4th parade in Highland Park.
Businesses are struggling to return to normal in downtown Highland Park, three days after a massacre at the July 4th Parade left seven people dead and dozens wounded. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
The CBS 2 investigators have been tracking the weapons purchased by the gunman in the July 4th Highland Park parade massacre. That search sent CBS 2 investigator Dave Savini to the Red Dot Arms store Lake Villa store.
Such as designation could have prevented Crimo from purchasing a firearm. But Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly said earlier in the day that there was not sufficient evidence to deem Crimo a Clear and Present Danger.
For hours on after the Highland Park July 4th parade massacre, a local business owner held frightened paradegoers in her smoothie shop – some of them children. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
"Everyone here knows what's going on. Everyone here wants to talk about the same thing."
Robert "Bobby" Crimo III faces seven counts of first-degree murder in the shooting at the July 4th parade in Highland Park.
"We locked the door and just waited in disbelief for a while."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is the only agency that can trace firearms. CBS News’ Kris Van Cleave explains how it worked in the case of the July 4th Highland Park massacre.
"Everybody loved her. She was just kind and selfless and a beautiful person."
From imagery in his music videos to his face tattoos, the accused Highland Park July 4th parade killer apparently had an affinity for the number 47. CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker reports.
The suspected gunman fired 70 rounds at the Illinois community paradegoers, an experience that Alexander Sandoval said was "terrorizing."
"People died like 15 yards from us. It was so surreal we didn't know where we were at or where the shooter was."
"My concern was that he was going to pull some kind of weapon out."
The holiday mass shooting left six dead and dozens injured. Police said the shooting happened around 10:15 a.m. during the July 4th parade. Authorities said the gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop using a high-powered rifle.
Here is what we know about the mass shooting at the Highland Park parade.
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.
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DePaul University professor and transportation expert Joe Schwieterman said Chicago needs to take a look at what New York is doing with congestion pricing.
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.
Durbin, originally from downstate Illinois, is the fifth most senior member of the U.S. Senate.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Taylor also played two nights at Ravinia this past June.
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It was made clear that GM Ryan Poles is the point person in charge of the head coaching search for the Chicago Bears—one that will be extensive in order to get right. Jori Parys reports.
Ann Banas was born in 1920 in Chicago, and can remember attending the 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition. Noel Brennan reports.
Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren wants to break ground for a new stadium this year.
Last Friday, the eagle was discovered with a drooping head in Hinsdale.
Some elected officials and experts believe tolls to alleviate traffic congestion in Chicago. Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
Madigan and his co-defendant – longtime confidant Michael McClain – are on trial on racketeering and bribery charges.
Former President Jimmy Carter is being remembered in six days of state funeral events that began Saturday with a service at his boyhood home in Plains, Georgia.
As a result, many have been left wondering what Henyard's next move will be as the primary election draws near.
Police said the driver was headed north on Interstate 94 near Winnetka Road, when they hit a concrete dividing barrier.
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.
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.
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The North Central Cardinals (15-0) appeared in their fifth consecutive Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.
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.
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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.
