Emanuel Announces New Project To Prevent Flooding In Albany Park
There's a new deal today that Chicago city officials hope will help flooded home owners on the Northside.
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There's a new deal today that Chicago city officials hope will help flooded home owners on the Northside.
Governor Quinn has declared flood disasters in four additional Illinois counties. WBBM's Bob Roberts reports that the work of assessing damage is still far from over.
Now the clean-up begins for thousands of Chicago area residents whose homes and businesses were inundated by flooding.
A levee breach along the Des Plaines river sent water rushing into homes and basements in southwest suburban Forest View.
A southwest suburban hospital has evacuated patients because of rising floodwaters from a nearby creek and the Illinois River.
The animals are doing fine, zoo directors said, and the zoo will have staff on site to continue to look after them.
Some enterprising plumbers have been making a lot of money from the flooding on the North Side, where they've been side-stepping the law to help people out.
As he toured flood damage in the western and northwestern suburbs, Gov. Pat Quinn declared a state of emergency, and said residents of northeastern Illinois must be prepared for flooding throughout the state over the next few days.
An epic deluge swamped Chicagoland on Thursday, submerging neighborhoods across the area and prompting Gov. Quinn to declare a state of emergency.
Two years ago, Rodney Hewitt and Jerome Williams rented a Bobcat for $750 and built a 4-foot-high dam behind their property and the flooding stopped. They say the village came and destroyed it last summer.
Romney was asked at a presidential debate whether FEMA should be shut down in light of the deficit. Romney replied that FEMA should "absolutely" be shut down. He was asked specifically if that included disaster relief. He replied that it was "immoral" to provide such relief in the face of "larger debts", emphasizing that "it makes no sense at all" to have such programs.
Hurricane Sandy is so massive that it is already making its presence felt here in Chicago, causing huge swells on Lake Michigan and disrupting flight plans for thousands of people.
Given the drought conditions gripping the Midwest, the Chicago are really needs rain, but on Sunday, some areas got much more than they could handle.
Traffic was disrupted early Monday when a water main broke and flooded busy Lincoln Avenue in the Lincoln Park-Old Town neighborhood.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning portions of northern Cook and DuPage counties through late Thursday.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel is cleaning up some water damage in a few rooms, and workers continue to assess the impact from a water main leak.
A trendy Near North Side nightclub is planning to hold its 15th anniversary celebration Friday night, but that was a question mark for a while after what happened there early Friday morning.
Work to replace an aging water main in the Pilsen neighborhood was almost done Wednesday morning, but the cleanup may take a long time.
Crews have patched a 36-inch water main that ruptured in the Pilsen neighborhood Monday night, but full repairs were still underway and residents were still facing a long cleanup process after homes and businesses were flooded.
A South Side businessman has accused the city of playing dirty tricks to try and pressure him to sell his land to make way for new development. He says he's got the mold, mildew and grimy mess in his basement to prove it.
Gov. Pat Quinn is sending 95 members of the Illinois National Guard and eight helicopters to Vermont to help with flood relief operations in the wake of Hurricane Irene.
In Des Plaines, flooding issues have pit suburban business owners against the municipal government.
A federal study has shed some light on the cause of perpetually flooded basements in the lakeside town of Beverly Shores in Northwest Indiana.
A northwest suburban emergency dispatch center was flooded with calls during a record rainfall last month, and a torrent of them went unanswered.
Some flood-prone residents of Mount Prospect are demanding the village do something about the problem.
Two men, ages 66 and 70, were shot and wounded outside a business on Chicago's South Side Sunday morning.
A woman was found dead with two gunshots to the head on Chicago's Southeast Side Sunday morning.
At 5:53 a.m., the victims — men ages 18 and 19 — were in a business in the 100 block of East 51st Street when a man came up and shot them both, police said.
D. Farinelli said a walk with her husband and dog during the month of October inspired her to write, "A Wooden Alley Murder."
Fire crews worked to douse flames overnight Saturday into Sunday at an abandoned house in Chicago's Fuller Park neighborhood.
Former vice president Kamala Harris spoke about the possibility of a woman being in the White House one day in an interview with the BBC.
President Trump late Friday pushed for several Biden-era Justice Department officials to be prosecuted over an FBI investigation into the fallout of the 2020 election.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the vessel was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang and the strike occurred in the Caribbean.
The government shutdown hit Day 26 with no deal in sight as the Senate stands adjourned for the weekend.
President Trump said he's ending trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff ad campaign by the province of Ontario that uses Ronald Reagan's voice — leading Ontario to pull the ads after this weekend.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning about additional cookware brands that could be leaching lead into your food.
Walgreens said it will close its office space in Chicago's Old Post Office building.
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.
Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are the first in Illinois to offer a new treatment for atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that often strikes firefighters.
Three prominent Chicago hospitals are joining forces in the fight against breast cancer, through new clinical trials involving two drugs.
Doctors at UChicago Medicine saved the life of a 2-year-old boy who suffered a catastrophic spinal injury that is typically not survived.
Elmhurst native Fred Ramsdell, 64, is a scientific adviser for Sonoma Biotherapeutics in San Francisco.
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.
Chicago's Latino-owned breweries combine their culture with craft beer for a unique take. This Hispanic Heritage Month, CBS News Chicago visited a couple of them.
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.
Britain's Prince Andrew will not use his royal titles any longer, he said in a statement released by Buckingham Palace on Friday.
Frehley was recovering from a "minor fall" that forced him to cancel a scheduled performance in late September, his tour manager had said.
Angel Reese has taken her talents from the basketball court to the fashion runway.
"One Golden Summer" premieres at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., and director Kevin Shaw will be in attendance.
D'Angelo's family said he died Tuesday after a "prolonged and courageous battle with cancer."
Keith Finley, 46, was arrested on Friday and charged with felony counts of home invasion with a firearm, home invasion causing injury, and aggravated criminal sexual assault.
President Trump is seeking to make trade agreements over tariffs, and he also presided over a peace deal. Cristian Benavides reports.
The wooden alley behind the Archbishop's residence influenced Chicago author D. Farinelli to write a murder mystery. Farinelli talked with Suzanne Le Mignot.
Suzanne Le Mignot and her daughter recently toured the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, while Laura Bannon sent Mary Kay Kleist a picture of her new dog, Cooper.
The countries’ leaders signed the ceasefire agreement during a ceremony with President Trump.
The two incidents happened in the Old Irving Park, where tear gas was deployed, and in Avondale, where a delivery worker was detained by federal agents.
At 5:53 a.m., the victims — men ages 18 and 19 — were in a business in the 100 block of East 51st Street when a man came up and shot them both, police said.
CTA trains on the Brown, Green, Pink and Orange lines will not run at all in the Loop this weekend as the agency conducts maintenance. Here's what you need to know.
Two men, ages 66 and 70, were shot and wounded outside a business on Chicago's South Side Sunday morning.
A woman was found dead with two gunshots to the head on Chicago's Southeast Side Sunday morning.
A deadly crash last week has reignited concerns about a dangerous intersection at Illinois Route 50 and County Line Road, between Peotone and Manteno in Chicago's far south suburbs.
A woman who was punched in the head in a random attack in Chicago five months ago – one of several women who are victims of similar attacks – is coming forward in hopes of preventing more assaults.
Crime is lower than when the Trump Tower was being built, but the President keeps talking about crime being "though the roof."
This week is a critical week for domestic violence survivors. Elected leaders in Chicago and Cook County are hashing out how much money to spend on key services like legal help and housing as they weigh next year's city and county budgets.
A Park Ridge woman is suing Massage Envy alleging the company isn't doing enough to protect clients after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by one of their therapists.
Jalen Smith added 16 points for the Bulls, one of their four players off the bench in double figures. Ayo Dosunmu and Nikola Vucevic each finished with 15 points.
The Fighting Illini defense, which was ranked 73rd in the country in total defense heading into the game, struggled mightily against Washington's offense.
The Chicago Blackhawks have traded forward Lukas Reichel to the Vancouver Canucks for a 2027 fourth-round draft pick.
Ryan Donato scored two more goals to help the Chicago Blackhawks beat the slumping Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2.
An NBA Hall of Famer, a current star and former player are among dozens arrested in an FBI crackdown on illegal gambling that includes alleged members of organized crime families.
Two men, ages 66 and 70, were shot and wounded outside a business on Chicago's South Side Sunday morning.
A woman was found dead with two gunshots to the head on Chicago's Southeast Side Sunday morning.
At 5:53 a.m., the victims — men ages 18 and 19 — were in a business in the 100 block of East 51st Street when a man came up and shot them both, police said.
Chicago police on Sunday morning were looking for multiple people who beat up a man on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train the night before.
Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at $102 million last Sunday morning from Paris' famous Louvre museum.
