RUSH planning new outpatient center at old Sears store site in Galewood
The $70 million, 60,000-square-foot outpatient center will offer cancer, cardiology and neurology services.
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The $70 million, 60,000-square-foot outpatient center will offer cancer, cardiology and neurology services.
Medical students will find out where they'll have the first jobs of their careers Friday morning.
The crash happened at Ashland Avenue and Flournoy Street.
The crash happened at Ashland Avenue and Flournoy Street.
Rush expects to care for nearly 130,000 patients at the new center over the next four years. That's about a 50% increase.
Some say it could have been something called commotio cordis, a disruption of the heart's rhythm. But it could have been something else.
One car caught fire, and the blaze spread to nearly 30 other cars.
COVID helped highlight a doctor shortage in the U.S. one that could become critical in the next decade or more.
The West Garfield Park neighborhood has a serious food insecurity problem – and it is only getting worse. And as CBS 2's Steven Graves reported Monday, free food is going in minutes at giveaways.
As the light at the end of the masking tunnel gets closer for the state of Illinois, in many parts of our community, something disturbing is happening.
While we still see a stunning number of new COVID cases every day in Illinois, some on the front line are seeing a trend they call "very encouraging."
"I believe there is a worse storm ahead of us," Dr. Edward Ward said. "I think the next four weeks are going to be very challenging for anyone in health care and anyone ill right now."
A special delivery for some veterans in Chicago Thursday. Volunteers saying "Thank you" with flowers.
"I want to do things without having to worry about getting sick."
A grassroots effort hopes to get more COVID-19 shots to people in Chicago's hard-hit Austin neighborhood.
Just over a month after a new variant of COVID-19 was first found in Chicago, the city has a new way to detect, monitor, and learn about it.
A bullet struck a window at Rush University Medical Center.
"If we are inundated with COVID, what are we going to do with all the other ailments that we see?"
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said over the past week, Illinois has the second highest COVID-19 case count in the U.S.
CBS 2's Matt Zahn spoke with Bulls head physician Dr. Brian Cole, who's also Managing Partner at Midwest Orthapaedics at Rush Hospital, about how safe it really is for sports to return.
"Things that I rely on normally as coping mechanisms just aren't there," Northwestern Memorial Hospital nurse Blair Bobier said.
Day in and day out, health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are often putting themselves and their families at risk – while they put their own needs and emotions aside.
Rush University Medical Center is giving students and employees COVID-19 antibody tests in a major research project that could help millions around the world.
We keep hearing that overall, it looks like we're flattening the curve in Illinois when it comes to COVID-19 – but we are still seeing new cases.
The drug being tested is called remdesivir, an anti-viral drug developed to treat Ebola. It has been effective in treating other coronaviruses and is injected intravenously.
The legislation is named in honor of Karina Gonzalez, who was shot and killed by her husband in July 2023.
Recommendations were made for CPS to improve transparency, its handling of high school sports, and its spending.
Two men broke into a residence in the first block of North Long Avenue just before 5 a.m.
Wednesday brings occasional flurries on Wednesday with lake-effect snow in Northwest Indiana.
It turns out more of the electricity that powers the trains is generated by fossil fuels that warm the climate than by renewable sources like wind or solar power.
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.
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.
Cases of norovirus, a highly contagious stomach bug, are surging in the Chicago area and nationwide, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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.
CBS Travel Editor Peter Greenberg is back for the latest on travel.
A newly released report uncovered hundreds of investigations of sexual misconduct, fraud, and mismanagement within Chicago Public Schools.
A man was shot during a home invasion in Chicago's Austin neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
The Illinois General Assembly just passed a bill for local police departments to temporarily take guns from a person who has an order of protection against them. Orders already revoked a person's FOID card, didn't necessarily take the guns. The bill is named after Karina Gonzalez, who was shot and killed by her husband in 2023 along with her 15-year-old daughter. She filed for an order of protection two weeks before her death.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the extended forecast.
Recommendations were made for CPS to improve transparency, its handling of high school sports, and its spending.
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.
The legislation is named in honor of Karina Gonzalez, who was shot and killed by her husband in July 2023.
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.
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.
Zach LaVine had 35 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Bulls, who trailed by 19 before rallying in the fourth quarter.
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.
