Hundreds to participate in 22nd Polar Plunge at Oak Street Beach
Each year the group organizes the event to help local families facing difficult times.
Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Originally from the Austin community on Chicago's West Side, Jeramie got his start in journalism while working for the 5th Avenue Journal at Triton College. Later, he went on to become a freelancer for the Austin Weekly Newspaper and OakPark.com. He started as an intern at CBS 2 Chicago in 2017 and returned as a per diem turned full-time web producer in 2021.
Each year the group organizes the event to help local families facing difficult times.
Police say the man was parking his vehicle with the boy in the backseat when an occupant in a light green SUV fired shots.
A gray 2010 Hyundai Elantra traveling northbound failed to yield and struck the left side of the ISP squad car.
Chicago police are looking to identify a man who assaulted two women in separate incidents on the Near North Side earlier this month.
A man is denied bond for allegedly firing a machine gun in a residential neighborhood in Villa Park Wednesday night.
Chinese New Year kicked off last Sunday, but celebrations continue for two weeks.
Police are seeking information following an armed robbery at a liquor store in Lake Villa Thursday evening.
For the first time in its history, Common Pantry in the North Center neighborhood has a building of its own.
A new early learning center is ready to serve up to 200 children in Lincoln Park.
A 15-year-old boy is charged with robbing a man at gunpoint before taking his car in the Chatham neighborhood last month.
An Algonquin man is arrested for leaving the scene of a crash that left one person injured earlier this week.
You have until Jan. 31 to vote for the top six names for Chicago's snowplows.
As Chicago struggles with that, the Illinois EPA is handing out grants to 48 other communities so they can inventory the lead service lines in their villages and cities.
The center will be open each night from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. starting Sunday through the morning of Sunday, Feb. 5.
A launch party for the 211 social service connector will be held this morning at 9:30 a.m. at the Greater Chicago Food Depository.