Fire blasts through apartment house in Back of the Yards
At last check, firefighters were searching all three floors of the structure for anyone inside.
Chicago Vocational Career Academy, Frank Lloyd Wright House make Landmarks Illinois endangered list
Landmarks Illinois also listed the outdoor theater at the South Shore Cultural Center, at 7059 S. South Shore Dr. The South Shore Cultural Center itself is thriving, but the theater is not.
John "Jack" Thole, renowned chemistry teacher at Saint Ignatius College Prep, dies at 89
Mr. Thole's students will remember his engaging and encouraging style of teaching. He had no patience for slacking off, but always congratulated students on a job well done.
CBP seizes 516 fake watches from shipments to Chicago
If genuine, the fake watches would have had a combined Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price of more than $9.22 million, the CBP said.
Driver in Chatham, Ill., crash that killed 4 not intoxicated, police say
Illinois State Police said the driver who crashed into a building housing an after-school program in Chatham, Illinois, killing four, was not intoxicated at the time of the crash.
2 measles cases confirmed in Cook County: 1 in Chicago, 1 in suburbs
These are the first two such cases in Cook County this year.
Police say they are not searching for a body at property in Des Plaines
In a news release issued Wednesday, Des Plaines police have only said they have been conducting a "follow-up investigation" at the house on Warrington Road.
Pace bus, 4 other vehicles involved in Wheaton crash
Video from CBS Skywatch showed the Pace bus sloping into the culvert next to Butterfield Road.
1 dead, 1 critically injured when car slams into tree on DuSable Lake Shore Drive
All southbound lanes were blocked at the scene, and two northbound lanes were also blocked.
Michael Jordan uniform from 1992-1993 Bulls season up for auction
Any Bulls uniform worn by Michael Jordan is sure to be priceless to countless fans. But for the right price, it could, in fact, be yours.
Peoples Gas removes 164-year-old pipe under Chicago's Wabash Avenue
The 2,000-pound pipe has been in use since 1861 — the year Abraham Lincoln took office as president and the Civil War started.
4 children killed when car slams into after-school program in central Illinois
The crash happened at YNOT Outdoors, an after-school program in the town of Chatham in central Illinois.
Gun discharges while man tries to load it into case at O'Hare International Airport
The Transportation Security Administration said the incident happened at the American Airlines baggage check-in counter.
2 separate fires break out in South Shore, man found dead in one
Everyone survived the first fire, which broke out in the 7100 block of South Yates Boulevard. A man was found dead in the second fire on South Shore Drive.
Fire rips through house in Back of the Yards neighborhood
CBS News Chicago asked the Fire Department if there were any injuries, but there was no immediate response.