Some Restaurant Owners Feel Targeted By Robbers During COVID-19 Pandemic
First there was no indoor dining and staff cutbacks, and now they're targets for robbery. A restaurant owner says it's just too much, and she's not alone.
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First there was no indoor dining and staff cutbacks, and now they're targets for robbery. A restaurant owner says it's just too much, and she's not alone.
Sources told CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey the COPA employee was arrested in August in connection to burglary and looting.
The burglars were in the store only a few minutes before fleeing in a dark-colored SUV, headed north on Sheridan Road towards the Wisconsin state line, less than a mile away.
A homeowner shot and killed a suspected burglar in Chicago's Marquette Park neighborhood Sunday morning, Chicago police confirm.
Two men died during a home invasion in Waukegan Tuesday morning.
Surveillance video from inside the building showed one person jumping over the front desk, and a second burglar coming in to help. They removed something from under the desk, possibly a safe.
Video obtained exclusively by CBS 2 shows accused Wicker Park Walgreens killer Sincere Williams breaking into a gun shop months before the attack, the owner says.
Two men face federal charges after prosecutors say they broke into three pharmacies in Chicago in late May, during widespread looting and civil unrest following the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.
Police have cleared the scene and said residents no longer need to stay in their homes.
Police are trying to identify the woman wanted for looting, pointing out her purple jacket and black Vans sneakers with orange laces.
Michael Schuerr, 39, has been charged with two felony counts of burglary and three felony counts of theft.
Shameless, brazen burglars targeted a Lincoln Park family in the middle of the day this week.
Police said Velia Flores went missing from her home on Jan. 6. Later that same day, two burglars used her keys to get in her home and steal several items.
A marijuana dispensary was burglarized on the Northwest Side overnight and cash was taken.
Police said officers responded to an alarm at the Zumiez at 2 S. State St. around 10 p.m., and discovered the front glass door had been shattered with a rock.
Bond has been set at $750,000 for a man accused of burglarizing an Elmhurst home – taking items that included the cremains of the victims' child.
A burglar was caught on camera breaking into a woman's home just minutes after she left.
The store owner – who asked to remain anonymous – estimated the break-in cost him thousands of dollars in damage and lost merchandise.
Surveillance video captured thieves taking an ATM machine from a smoke shop on Division Street in West Town.
He made his way onto the airfield, where he was spotted in a Delta Air Lines hangar. The suspect was barefoot and bloody.
Kwincy Johnson, 28, has been charged with eight combined felony counts of burglary and attempted burglary.
Police released video Tuesday of a bold burglary at a rental store on the Near South Side.
Three smash and grab burglars broke into the Neiman Marcus store on the Magnificent Mile early Wednesday morning, stealing designer clothing.
A thief was captured on surveillance video smashing his way through a store, going after designer glasses.
A burglar smashed the glass door of a Pearle Vision office in the North Park neighborhood, and then used a big red bucket to haul away armloads of eyeglasses early Tuesday morning.
Firefighters were seen at the Luna Park Apartments, near Wedgewood Drive and St. Paul Avenue, around 1 a.m. Sunday.
The building houses the campaign office of Dolton Trustee Kiana Belcher, who is running for the Cook County Board.
The fire broke out around 2:40 a.m. in the 1900 block of East 73rd Place, near Euclid Avenue.
Chicago police say four people were killed and 17 others were wounded. Their ages ranged from 16 to 49.
Boyd had only three days of rest after throwing 58 pitches in the Cubs' 3-1 Wild Card Series Game 1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday.
The plan called for Hamas to return all Israeli hostages and for the Israeli military to begin withdrawing from parts of the Gaza Strip in phases.
President Trump said Friday that he is issuing a Sunday evening deadline for Hamas to agree to a U.S. peace proposal, backed by the Israeli government, to end the war in Gaza.
The 2025 government shutdown stretched into its fourth day on Saturday, with the Senate again failing to advance competing proposals to end the impasse.
The Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion for CTA Red Line expansion and Red and Purple Line modernization program, pressuring Democrats during the government shutdown.
The Supreme Court convenes for a new term Monday and is set to hear cases ranging from the use of race in redistricting to Trump's efforts to reshape the executive branch.
Insurance companies are increasingly using drones and aerial surveillance to snap photos of home, then reviewed by AI, to inform underwriting. That can cause mistakes, like the one that affected a homeowner in Kane County, Illinois.
Beginning Monday, homeowners in Cook County can apply for a chunk of $15 million as part of a property tax relief program.
Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died.
Some municipalities have decided to keep the tax in place at the municipal level, on the grounds that they need the revenue.
Some local gas stations as of Tuesday afternoon were posting prices of $4 per gallon for regular unleaded, and more than $5 for premium.
Two cases of Legionnaires' disease have been linked to a Chicago-area nursing facility, and people nearby are being warned to watch out for symptoms.
We know how important clean water is, but tricky chemicals that get into our water can be hard to detect, posing dangers to our water systems and our health – until now.
The adult patient was in the southwest Chicago suburb of Crestwood, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health.
The Lurie facility at 1895 Arbor Glen Blvd. in Schaumburg will begin seeing patients this week.
The treatment involved a patient with uveal melanoma — a rare cancer of the eye — that had spread to the patient's liver.
The Central Area Plan 2045 seeks to transform and invest in the downtown area.
The grocery store chain came to an agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to make the payout.
American Science & Surplus has also closed its warehouse and its online sales.
The CRSP was created at what is now the U of C's Booth School of Business more than 65 years ago.
A charity that accepted donations of vehicles that would pay for breast cancer screenings for low-income patients agreed Thursday to pay a $3.8 million fine and to restrictions on future fundraising activities in 19 U.S. states, including Colorado.
The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Bad Bunny will lead the 2026 Super Bowl halftime festivities at Levi's Stadium on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, California.
Rocki Irish Mayers was born on Sept. 13, according to Rihanna's caption on Instagram.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night show just less than a week after network broadcaster ABC pulled "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" over remarks he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
News of Carroll's death was shared on social media early Monday by multiple friends and collaborators.
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" had been preempted on Wednesday following comments Kimmel made on the show in response to the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Firefighters were seen at the Luna Park Apartments, near Wedgewood Drive and St. Paul Avenue, around 1 a.m. Sunday.
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Counsell's decision to start pitcher Matthew Boyd on short rest didn't work out. Matt Zahn reports.
The building houses the campaign office of Dolton Trustee Kiana Belcher, who is running for the Cook County Board.
The fire broke out around 2:40 a.m. in the 1900 block of East 73rd Place, near Euclid Avenue.
There have been clashes between protesters and federal agents in Broadview and other ICE activity around the city of Chicago.
Federal agents shot a woman in the Brighton Park neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side Saturday morning after they became boxed in by vehicles, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The fire broke out around 2:40 a.m. in the 1900 block of East 73rd Place, near Euclid Avenue.
The building houses the campaign office of Dolton Trustee Kiana Belcher, who is running for the Cook County Board.
Firefighters were seen at the Luna Park Apartments, near Wedgewood Drive and St. Paul Avenue, around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Used electric vehicles have become the fastest-selling cars in the country, but one buyer said his Tesla came with a hidden surprise that left him stranded at a charger.
Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said ICE agents are draining the resources of his department and the community by making false 911 calls.
We know how important clean water is, but tricky chemicals that get into our water can be hard to detect, posing dangers to our water systems and our health – until now.
A new CBS News Chicago Investigators analysis shows key differences in the way some defendants were handled under the two administrations.
Stakeholders discuss the concerns and successes of the SAFE-T Act two years into the new bail reform law in Illinois
Boyd had only three days of rest after throwing 58 pitches in the Cubs' 3-1 Wild Card Series Game 1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday.
The Fighting Illini (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) used their first conference road win to retain the Cannon Trophy for the first time since last beating its border rival in back-to-back seasons in 2001 and 2002.
Mark Sanchez, who is a Fox Sports analyst, was arrested on multiple misdemeanor charges at an Indianapolis hospital, police said.
The Cubs-Brewers rivalry will reach a new level on Saturday when the two teams meet in the National League Division Series in Milwaukee. It's the first time ever the two teams are meeting in the playoffs.
The Chicago Cubs will host watch parties outside Wrigley Field for their upcoming National League Division Series games in Milwaukee against the Brewers.
Iowa's largest school district has said it filed a lawsuit against the consulting company it hired to find superintendent candidates.
The teenage girl was inside a home on the block when she suffered a gunshot wound to the chin, police said.
The superintendent of Iowa's largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents, falsely claimed a doctoral degree when applying for the job two years ago but was hired even after the school board learned about the misrepresentation.
Someone has been leaving hate-filled messages since June, ranging from antisemitic slurs to wishing death on Jewish people.
The terror attack unfolded outside a synagogue in the English city of Manchester while worshippers were inside, authorities said.
