CTA To Double Number Of Security Cameras
The Chicago Transit Authority is doubling the number of cameras at L stops and subway platforms.
The Chicago Transit Authority is doubling the number of cameras at L stops and subway platforms.
The Oak Park Village Board takes up the issue of beekeeping at its meeting Monday night.
Foreclosures are at the lowest level since 2006, but that doesn't really tell the story.
An engine caught fire in a vintage World War II plane Monday, prompting its pilot to make an emergency landing in a field in Oswego this morning.
The Metra Union Pacific West Line had no trains running for part of Monday morning because there simply weren't enough engineers to go around.
A group held a bake sale this morning, mocking the "struggling" Chicago Mercantile Exchange and its threats to leave the state because it's losing money due to a tax hike.
The Illinois Gaming Board is out with its latest revenue report, and again it shows the economy continues to trump spending in casinos.
A Cook County judge will decide in a couple weeks whether the jury in a civil suit against the Jesuits over the sexual misdeeds of one of their own can impose punitive damages.
It's the hottest day of the year in Chicago, with a forecast just a few degrees short of an all-time record for the day.
The lunchtime crowd on the Daley Plaza was treated to a preview of this weekend's Chicago Blues Festival.
The arrest of the head of the International Monetary Fund for the alleged sexual assault of a New York hotel housekeeper has emboldened housekeepers at Chicago hotels to tell their stories of unwanted encounters.
President Barack Obama's key re-election fund-raisers are being asked to come up with some big bucks and fast.
The Chicago Crime Commission is warning Gov. Pat Quinn that if he signs the gambling expansion legislation now on his desk, organized crime will be involved.
Reporters wanted to know today whether it was really flash mob gang activity – not cases of heat exhaustion – that closed North Avenue Beach earlier this week.
The Addison-based Lutheran Church Charities is using "comfort dogs" to help stressed people in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo.
Chicago, once again, has the highest gas prices in the nation, and one expert says there's a simple solution that would lower prices.
All the wet weather and flooding is likely to give us a bumper crop of particularly nasty mosquitoes, an expert says.
Former Mayor Richard Daley has only been out of office for a little more than a week, and he already has a new job.
The Illinois Toll Highway Authority is considering a proposal by CBS Outdoor to put digital billboards on the tollway oasis buildings.
Tornadoes can hit at any time of year, but here in the Midwest, they're more likely in April, May and June and more likely in certain areas near Chicago.
A Chicago Streets and Sanitation worker will be in court today, facing charges he was drunk when he drove a city pick-up onto a sidewalk in the Gold Coast neighborhood on Saturdayand hit seven people.
An Evanston cab driver who was found shot last weekend has died.
A Vernon Hills High School senior is about to do something no other student in her school district has ever done.
U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky was escorted into CIA headquarters this afternoon where she became one of a select few people to get a look at the death photos of Osama Bin Laden.
A long-time Glen Ellyn firefighter has been charged with stealing more than $200,000 in department funds.
The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he died, police said.
The teen suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his body.
The candles represent a human light dimmed by an issue impacting thousands daily.
Hoyer also believes Craig Counsell's five-year, $40 million contract is money well-spent.
About 14 miles off the coast of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and about 450 feet below the surface, scientists two years ago discovered dozens of massive sinkholes.
CBS News is fact checking the biggest claims made by Tim Walz and JD Vance during the vice presidential debate.
Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz met in New York for the CBS News vice presidential debate. Here are the highlights.
Former President Donald Trump planned to spend the hours ahead of Tuesday night's vice presidential debate campaigning in Wisconsin.
As the election cycle enters an urgent, final five weeks, both Democrats and Republicans are engaging in questionable tactics that threaten to subvert the democratic process by trying to shape the ballot through deceptive means.
Former President Jimmy Carter has defied the odds in hospice care and reached his 100th birthday.
Michael Cozzi bought a prepaid debit card for his friend and put $300 on it—only to be told by every party involved with the card that it was in somebody else's name and he couldn't unlock the money.
The New York Times has unveiled the 2024 edition of their list of the top 50 restaurants in the U.S., and a Chicago steakhouse is among the spots that made the national cut.
Earlier this year, CBS News Chicago reported on Monica Davis, a suburban woman who has since been arrested on accusations of pretending to be a dentist.
The Internet lit up this week with news that a Chicago restaurant is offering a luxe cocktail for $13,000, purportedly the most expensive martini in the United States.
Scammers have taken more than $100 million meant for senior citizens' Medicare bills, which comes from taxpayer money. The fraud scheme was exposed after swindlers made $3 billion worth of fake Medicare claims.
The government has already disbursed more than 900 million free at-home COVID-19 tests, and will be reopening its free test kit portal.
According to the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control, the bats were both found Monday.
The Food and Drug Administration ended a program that provided free COVID-19 vaccines in August of 2024.
Earlier this year, CBS News Chicago reported on Monica Davis, a suburban woman who has since been arrested on accusations of pretending to be a dentist.
The Gift of Hope Organ Donor Care Center is focused on deceased patients whose lungs, hearts and more will live on in others.
Magnicity is still mum on what exactly it has in mind for the space, though 360 CHICAGO earlier said a restaurant will not be back.
Jeep is recalling more than 194,000 plug-in hybrid SUVs worldwide because they can catch fire with the ignition turned off.
A Black man alleges in a lawsuit that an Iowa trucking company fired him as a driver because he wouldn't cut off his dreadlocks.
The restaurant will begin with dinner service from 4 p.m. to midnight, with plans to extend hours in the future.
Durpetti was known to treat everyone "like a long-lost relative with a firm handshake, a double kiss, or a friendly joke."
There are five new stadium dates for next summer in Toronto, Chicago, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Mexico City.
Kris Kristofferson, a songwriter who became a country star and A-list actor, died at his home on Maui surrounded by family on Saturday, a spokesperson said in an statement.
British actress Dame Maggie Smith had an extensive career in theater and movies, gaining international acclaim in later roles in "Harry Potter" and "Downton Abbey."
The adventure begins for 16 ordinary Americans as they embark on their trek to the top of the treacherous New Zealand Alps in 'The Summit.'
Since their debut nearly 35 years ago, Pearl Jam has been one of the world's most popular and influential rock groups. Lead singer Eddie Vedder and bassist Jeff Ament talk about success, friendship, creativity, and giving back to their loyal fans.
About 14 miles off the coast of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and about 450 feet below the surface, scientists two years ago discovered dozens of massive sinkholes.
A security camera caught the moment the Tesla burst into flames in the garage. It was not plugged in at the time—the issue was saltwater that can short-circuit batteries in electric vehicles.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.
CBS News Chicago political analysts Leslie Hairston and Pat Brady join Joe Donlon and Irika Sargent with analysis on where JD Vance and Tim Walz each shined in CBS News' vice presidential debate Tuesday night, and where each seemed lacking in expertise.
On this cool autumn Tuesday, Ohio Street Beach was lined with brown paper bags with candles planted in inside. As Jermont Terry reports, he candles were lit as night fell as a reminder to how many people have been lost to domestic violence.
Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz met in New York for the CBS News vice presidential debate. Here are the highlights.
CBS News is fact checking the biggest claims made by Tim Walz and JD Vance during the vice presidential debate.
Authorities received a report that someone had killed two children and burned their bodies in a backyard fire pit.
Explosions were heard over Tel Aviv and Jerusalem but there were no reports of Israeli deaths. A U.S. official said the attack was "effectively defeated."
The candles represent a human light dimmed by an issue impacting thousands daily.
Beachgoers notice a much wider beach, and 22 stone breakwater structures to protect against erosion.
The complaint alleges "a pattern of discrimination that has caused an increasingly hostile environment at UChicago for Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students and students associated with them."
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling talked with CBS News Chicago about victories and challenges after a year in the job.
Car break-ins were the source of a whopping 40% of gun thefts last year.
The sum was less than attorneys were seeking.
Hoyer also believes Craig Counsell's five-year, $40 million contract is money well-spent.
Williams' foot was feeling good at the start of training camp after undergoing season-ending surgery last February.
Lonzo Ball also said he is feeling good coming back from his three knee surgeries, and expects to be ready to play on opening night.
Pete Rose, Major League Baseball's all-time hit leader who was later banned for betting on games, has died.
While no one expected the White Sox to be good, or even average, in 2024, few expected them to set a league record for futility.
The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he died, police said.
The teen suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his body.
No one was in custody late Tuesday.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and has been extradited to Chicago to face a charge of first-degree murder.
After a four-mile chase, a Lexus sedan collided with an SUV and then crashed into a building.