Illinois cold case victim identified as Ohio woman nearly 50 years after she was killed
A woman found murdered on the side of a rural road about 50 miles southwest of Chicago in 1976 has been identified, officials announced Thursday.
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A woman found murdered on the side of a rural road about 50 miles southwest of Chicago in 1976 has been identified, officials announced Thursday.
Bryan Kohberger faces murder and burglary charges in the gruesome November murders of four college students.
Larry Neuman, 73, was shot around 11:30 a.m. in the 4300 block of West Monroe Street in West Garfield Park.
Dean J. Faulk was charged with first-degree murder of his grandfather, Dean L. Faulk, 90, who was found dead in their Hickory Hills home on Friday, police said.
A 32-year-old man was arrested Saturday and accused of killing his own grandfather in southwest suburban Hickory Hills.
Part of the attack was captured on a trucker's dash cam, but some of it happened out of sight inside Gary and Mary Weaver's RV, authorties said.
Cordale Nichols is accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail through the window of a home in Bridgeport on Saturday.
Christian Acevedo was 16 years old when he was arrested and charged in the shooting deaths of 15-year-old Brandon Perez and 14-year-old Nathan Billegas.
Xavier Tate was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen firearm in the death of Ofc. Luis Huesca.
The man charged in connection with the murder of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday. Xavier Tate, 22, was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen firearm in the death of Huesca, who was shot and killed on April 21 while he was returning home from work in Gage Park.
Jeffrey Austwick was arrested in St. Louis in the murders of his brothers, Marc and John, in Chicago's north suburbs.
Authorities believe the man also set fire to the house – which had belonged to his and his brothers' late mother.
Gary "Gotti" Roberson and Joseph "Troubles" Matos are accused of killing Chrys Carvajal to maintain and increase their position in the Milwaukee Kings street gang.
Joseph Czuba, 71, has been charged is charged with stabbing 32-year-old Hanan Shaheen – whose name has also been spelled Hanaan Shahin – and her 6-year-old son, Wadee Alfayoumi. Shaheen's family has now filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Czuba and two of his family members.
She was charged with falsely accusing her then-boss, Patrick Lumumba, of the November 2007 stabbing death of Knox’s British roommate, Meredith Kercher. Knox, her boyfriend, and another man whose DNA was found at the crime scene were all convicted of murder in 2009.
An Italian court has reconvicted Amanda Knox of slander for wrongly accusing a bar owner of killing her roommate, but she won't serve more time.
Maxwell Anderson, 33, is accused of killing 19-year-old Sade Robinson and spreading her remains around the Milwaukee area in April.
Divonte Calhoun and Justin Redmond, have been charged in the shooting death of 24-year-old Zet Rodriguez-Lara.
Two men have been charged in the shooting death of a 24-year-old Chicago father who was robbed and killed on his way to work last month.
Two men have been charged in the shooting death of a 24-year-old Chicago father who was robbed and killed on his way to work last month.
The alleged shooter took his own life during a pursuit in Texas following the January shooting, but a second man is now charged.
Almost 26 months after Eddie Gardner's mom reported him missing, workers found his remains in the basement of an abandoned building. His mother's focus has shifted from finding him to finding out who killed him, as CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Desiree Figueroa, 29, pleaded guilty in January to the murder of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and agreed to testify against her mother, Clarisa Figueroa, who later admitted her own role in the gruesome killing.
Desiree Figueroa, 29, pleaded guilty in January to the murder of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and agreed to testify against her mother, Clarisa Figueroa, who later admitted her own role in the gruesome killing.
The shooter, who was 14 years old at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.
The NFC North-leading Bears (8-3) won for the eighth time in nine games.
Morgan Geyser has been living in a group home after she was released earlier this year from Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
Chicago police asked the public for help on Sunday in the search for two men in a sexual assault on the city's Northwest Side last week.
Holy Name Cathedral has officially turned 150 years old.
A man is dead after being found with a puncture wound to his body in downtown Chicago Sunday morning.
Tatiana Schlossberg, who has been married to doctor George Moran since 2017, has two young children.
As Rev. Jesse Jackson's condition remains stable, the civil rights leader who twice ran for president in the 1980s, received a visit from former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Des Moines Public Schools has released a report claiming it received an incomplete background check and a likely forged transcript when hiring former superintendent Ian Roberts.
Ofelia Herrera and Rafael Hernandez have refused to alter their routines as street food vendors during an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago that has caused many without legal status to stay home since it began in early September.
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has been disbarred.
A condo owner in Country Club Hills says he's forced to sell his home after his condo association failed to reimburse him for repairs to his leaking roof. Edward Hadnott's condo has sat empty since a major roof leak in 2022.
The U.S. stopped minting pennies this week, and some groups have issued a warning about the headaches that can create for some businesses and consumers.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
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.
SHFT Behavioral Health is the first urgent care clinic in Chicago for young people in mental health crises — specializing in children as young as 10 and adults up to the age of 30.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital this week launched a new advanced leukemia program.
The Pink and Pearl Campaign held at Rush University Medical Center is designed to push a powerful message: that early detection for breast and lung cancer saves lives.
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.
Ofelia Herrera and Rafael Hernandez have refused to alter their routines as street food vendors during an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago that has caused many without legal status to stay home since it began in early September.
The holiday shopping season is about to kick off, which means crowds of shoppers hitting the Magnificent Mile as Chicago's top shopping destination is recovering from the pandemic.
Chicago's The Smoke Daddy barbecue restaurant announced Wednesday that it is closing its original Wicker Park neighborhood location.
The former landlord of the now-long-shuttered Rainforest Café in River North is now facing a $9.3 million foreclosure lawsuit.
A new owner said Tuesday that he plans to reopen the venerable Gale Street Inn restaurant in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood.
The Chi-Lites occupy a proud place in Chicago music history, and they aren't done yet.
This month marks 50 years since critics and A-list Chicago celebrities Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debuted their movie review show.
The Tony Award-winning favorite "Hamilton" is returning to Chicago for a limited engagement.
Sally Kirkland was best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in "The Sting" and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie "Anna."
Major renovations at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre are expected to wrap by the fall of 2027, according to published reports.
A woman was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead, while a man was hospitalized in critical condition. Another man, believed to be the shooter, was pronounced dead at the scene, Aurora police said.
Ukraine and its western allies are meeting in Geneva to discuss a U.S. peace plan, just hours after Russia launched a drone attack in Ukraine that killed at least 14 people. Cristian Benavides reports.
The cathedral was built after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and has served as the center of the Archdiocese of Chicago ever since.
Suzanne Le Mignot’s sister, Claudine, took some captivating pictures of the sky, while Mary Kay Kleist introduces us to Josephine Tiller, a young survivor of leukemia.
A deadly crash shut down DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago’s South Side early Sunday morning.
Two people were killed and a third was wounded during a concert at a restaurant in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday night.
A deadly crash shut down DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side early Sunday morning.
No one was in custody Sunday morning in connection with either of the shootings that transpired Friday night in the Loop.
Morgan Geyser has been living in a group home after she was released earlier this year from Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
Chicago police asked the public for help on Sunday in the search for two men in a sexual assault on the city's Northwest Side last week.
A condo owner in Country Club Hills says he's forced to sell his home after his condo association failed to reimburse him for repairs to his leaking roof. Edward Hadnott's condo has sat empty since a major roof leak in 2022.
Federal agents are being accused of wrongly arresting protesters in Broadview as part of a promotional video for the Department of Homeland Security.
A leaking roof didn't just damage a Homewood condo, it forced the owner out of his home. The HOA vowed to fix everything, but eight months later, the damage is still there and so is the frustration.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
A Chicago area couple logged into their retirement account only to find out it had been hacked, and a large chunk of their retirement savings was gone. The response from the online brokerage firm is only adding insult to injury.
The NFC North-leading Bears (8-3) won for the eighth time in nine games.
Kickoff in today's game between the Steelers and the Bears is set for 1 p.m. ET at Soldier Field in Chicago.
The Bulls trailed for most of the night, but they put together a 10-0 run midway through the final period.
Illinois shot 69% from the floor in the first half and led 54-19 at halftime.
The Miami Heat have rolled to a 143-107 win over the Chicago Bulls.
Morgan Geyser has been living in a group home after she was released earlier this year from Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
Chicago police asked the public for help on Sunday in the search for two men in a sexual assault on the city's Northwest Side last week.
A man is dead after being found with a puncture wound to his body in downtown Chicago Sunday morning.
No one was in custody Sunday morning in connection with either of the shootings that transpired Friday night in the Loop.
Two people were killed and a third was wounded during a concert at a restaurant in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday night.
