Fire breaks out in high-rise apartment in Bronzeville
A fire damaged a unit in a high-rise apartment in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood Sunday morning.
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A fire damaged a unit in a high-rise apartment in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood Sunday morning.
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery in the attack.
A third teen was apprehended about half a mile from the stabbing scene.
A total of five Chicago Walgreens stores will close between Monday, Feb. 17, and Thursday, Feb. 27.
In one incident, the robbers displayed a knife. The robbers were wearing black hooded sweat shirts and ski masks, police said.
Citizen App video documented blood in a crosswalk at the intersection of 71st Street and King Drive.
Several adjacent blocks were cordoned off following the shooting.
"The community is outraged. The young people are outraged. It's upsetting to know that when I open my door and let my young people out, that it's a chance they just might not come back."
The shooting took place off Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive just south of 63rd Street.
The victim was shot in the left leg and was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in good condition.
The man was found on the sidewalk in the 6300 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive with a gunshot wound to the head.
A large police presence and a rectangle of crime scene tape were seen in front of the Cosmo Beauty shop at the shopping center.
A man was critically injured Monday in a shooting in the Parkway Gardens development.
A group of women volunteering for nonprofit, My Block, My Hood, My City were robbed while putting up holiday decorations in Bronzeville, police said.
Turkey Day is around the corner, but some volunteers are in full swing on Christmas mode – working hard to brighten up Chicago's famed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for the holidays.
A woman was carjacked in broad daylight Tuesday afternoon in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
Three men were shot early Sunday in a building in the Parkway Gardens development in the Great Grand Crossing community.
A man was shot and critically wounded in Bronzeville Monday night.
The Illinois Secretary of State's office said they traced the contacts of an employee who tested positive for COVID-19 at the Chicago South facility and decided they can keep half of the building open safely, while the driver's services employees quarantine. But that's not happening.
Illinois Secretary of State's office employees said they walked off the job Tuesday after a coworker tested positive for COVID-19.
The Driver Services section of the Illinois Secretary of State's office facility in Roseland will be closed until Wednesday, Aug. 12, after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
At least six people were shot at an apartment building in the West Woodlawn neighborhood on Friday.
Three men were shot Thursday afternoon at 71st and State streets, and drove a mile and a half before police found them.
A Chicago Police officer was taken away in an ambulance Monday afternoon in an accident involving a squad car and other vehicles in the Washington Park community.
A small child fell out of a window in the Parkway Garden Homes development on South King Drive Monday night.
From Kat Abughazaleh to Jason Friedman, some surprising names lead in fundraising in Illinois' primary elections.
Members of the hemp industry in Chicago are calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson veto a ban on most intoxicating hemp-derived products.
Facing rising heating bills, customers in northwest Indiana are taking their financial fight right directly to utility company NIPSCO.
Several recent incidents of violence on trains and buses have put CTA safety in the spotlight as the city's mass transit system prepares to expand its AI gun detection technology in the coming weeks.
It appears someone hacked into a Chicago Department of Transportation traffic sign in the Loop to display vulgar messages about President Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
From Kat Abughazaleh to Jason Friedman, some surprising names lead in fundraising in Illinois' primary elections.
Members of the hemp industry in Chicago are calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson veto a ban on most intoxicating hemp-derived products.
Three House Democrats from Illinois are leading the 2026 race to replace U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin after he steps down at the end of his term.
Four Democratic-led states that have become frequent targets of President Donald Trump have sued to block his administration from cutting off hundreds of millions in public health grants.
Married since 1998, Iowa couple Spencer and Sinikka Waugh now have his-and-hers campaign yard signs, as he pursues a state House seat and she runs for state Senate.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
With his name now hanging in the rafters, former Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose is helping the United Center with its major redevelopment.
A potential bidding war is taking shape for the Daily Herald, the newspaper of record for suburban Chicago.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
Bad Bunny took the stage at halftime for the 2026 Super Bowl. Here's who else performed at Super Bowl 60.
Gamers across the world can now recreate drone strikes in Ukraine from the comfort of their own home, with this newly released game.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
With a little over a month until the March 17 primary elections in Illinois, some candidates have been raking in huge amounts of campaign cash. In two key congressional races in the Chicago area, some of the candidates sitting on the largest campaign coffers might surprise you.
Members of the hemp industry in Chicago are calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson veto a ban on most intoxicating hemp-derived products.
A new report shows American's heating bills are expected to rise 11% this winter, higher than expected. Energy experts said the increase is due to several factors: rising prices for natural gas, electricity, and heating oil; paired with sustained cold weather. Customers in northwest Indiana are taking their financial fight right directly to utility company NIPSCO.
It appears someone hacked into a Chicago Department of Transportation traffic sign in the Loop to display vulgar messages about President Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Several recent incidents of violence on trains and buses have put CTA safety in the spotlight as the city's mass transit system prepares to expand its AI gun detection technology in the coming weeks.
A cancer patient says his car has disappeared after a crash when a random tow truck driver showed up and took it to a body shop.
From Kat Abughazaleh to Jason Friedman, some surprising names lead in fundraising in Illinois' primary elections.
The move means the United States Environmental Protection Agency will no longer regulate greenhouse gases emitted from sources like cars, trucks and power plants.
Members of the hemp industry in Chicago are calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson veto a ban on most intoxicating hemp-derived products.
From Kat Abughazaleh to Jason Friedman, some surprising names lead in fundraising in Illinois' primary elections.
The move means the United States Environmental Protection Agency will no longer regulate greenhouse gases emitted from sources like cars, trucks and power plants.
CBS News Chicago is tracking what led to the death of an 8-year-old boy in Round Lake Beach and whether state officials were aware of any red flags before his murder.
This is due in part to the new "Big Beautiful Bill" and job cuts at the Internal Revenue Service.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
While their overall expectations might be much different, both the Cubs and White Sox are looking to make noticeable improvements in 2026 as they ramp up spring training in Arizona.
With his name now hanging in the rafters, former Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose is helping the United Center with its major redevelopment.
After Iowa, Portage, and Gary joined the talks for the Bears' new stadium, leaders in Arlington Heights say this is now, more than ever, about keeping the team in Illinois.
Cade Horton, who won't have the innings restrictions like he did last year, when he still finished second in National League Rookie of the Year voting.
Payton Pritchard scored 26 points and the Boston Celtics rolled past the Chicago Bulls 124-105 on Wednesday night in the final game for both teams before the All-Star break.
A man pleaded guilty Thursday to the murders of two brothers — both of them U.S. Marines — in Cicero, Illinois, more than three decades ago.
A man was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life in prison Wednesday for the murders of two men in an attempted robbery Chicago's Chinatown six years ago.
A Chicago man has been charged with robbing and beating a CTA passenger on board a Red Line train last fall.
A man was shot and killed early Wednesday during a carjacking in Chicago's Northalsted district, and the car that was stolen might have been used in a deadly shooting a short time later in Bronzeville.
Police said the suspected shooter, an 18-year-old resident of the community where the school is located, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
