Carjacking Suspects In Custody After Chase Ends With Crash On Eisenhower Expressway
Chicago police were trying to determine if the duo is involved in a recent string of carjackings and armed robberies across the city and suburbs.
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Chicago police were trying to determine if the duo is involved in a recent string of carjackings and armed robberies across the city and suburbs.
The on-duty Monroe District officers pursued the suspects for a carjacking shortly after 9:30 p.m. in the 800 block of North Racine, according to Chicago Police.
"We had seven employees when we closed the doors, and what's going to happen to them is what keeps me up at night," owner Deno Andrews said.
Oak Park is planning to experiment with rules for overnight parking in a section of the village and residents will get to weigh in on the plan Thursday night.
Police have not released details of the crash at Adams Street and East Avenue. A police SUV and a police sedan crashed into each other.
Police conducted security sweeps before and after the football game tonight versus Glenbard West High School.
Oak Park has come up with an alternative to Columbus Day.
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The Illinois "Safe Haven" law that allows mothers to safely leave their infants at designated locations -- and not face criminal charges. CBS 2's Lauren Victory reports.
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death when he allegedly tried to rob a 24-year-old man Saturday in west suburban Oak Park, police said.
At a memorial for Chris Florez on the corner where he was killed, Leonardo Lucio and his 7-year-old son Angel knelt and lit a candle.
A manhunt was underway in Oak Park, after a man was killed when he tried to stop a carjacking, and was thrown from the side of a moving car.
A 28-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash early Wednesday in west suburban Oak Park.
Both said larger class sizes and the cancellation of arts and enrichment programs were real possibilities if the increases were not approved.
District 97 board members said music, art, and theater programs may go away in the third year of cuts if an April tax referenda is defeated.
Suburban Chicago's commuter rail service says it's closing two ticket offices because so many riders are buying tickets online or through a mobile app
Nine people were left without a place to live, for now, after an extra-alarm fire at an apartment building in Oak Park early Friday.
Crews responded about 1:15 a.m. after the blaze started in the basement of the three-story building in the 300 block of Washington Boulevard, according to Oak Park Fire Dept. Chief Tom Ebsen.
Kelsey Jones, 40, was convicted earlier this year of conspiring with his younger brother in the attempted murder of an informant, as well as gun and drug charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
Friends of Elijah Sims wiped away tears as young pallbearers carried his casket into New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in the West Garfield Park neighborhood for the memorial service.
A medical cannabis dispensary opened Friday in downtown Oak Park.
An 11-year-old boy was injured when his bicycle was hit be a vehicle Thursday afternoon in west suburban Oak Park.
According to Cook County prosecutors, an Oak Park man already facing charges for a fatal drug-related shooting was involved in another murder while out on bond for the earlier incident, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
Oak Park might be gaining some new open space for its residents in the coming few years, but the question is: at what cost?
Police in west suburban Oak Park were warning parents after a man tried to kidnap a child from a park on Monday.
Chicago police said Lamont Hill allegedly stole an ambulance from Loretto Hospital. While in the ambulance, he was involved in a traffic accident, hitting two Chicago police vehicles.
The Winter Storm Warning begins at 9 p.m. Sunday and will be in effect through noon Monday.
His chief of staff filed to run for his seat in Congress the same day, which was the last day to officially enter the race.
Video captured what appeared to be pepper spray thrown by a federal agent into Rafael Veraza's car.
Tobolski's attorney confirmed that the 61-year-old passed away Sunday morning after a short illness.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday froze, for now, a lower court order that required the Trump administration to swiftly provide full SNAP benefits to roughly 42 million Americans.
Senator Tammy Duckworth sent another letter to the DHS Inspector General Friday, saying there is not enough urgency in honoring her request for an investigation into use of force by immigration agents in Chicago.
Senate Republicans rejected an offer from Democrats to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of health care tax credits.
The FAA ordered airlines to cut thousands of flights ahead of this weekend as the agency deals with air traffic controller shortages during the government shutdown.
U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to provide the full food stamp benefits by Friday.
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.
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.
A new owner said Tuesday that he plans to reopen the venerable Gale Street Inn restaurant in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood.
The popular Unabridged Bookstore in Chicago's East Lakeview community celebrated 45 years in business this weekend.
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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.
Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny are among the artists with the most Grammy nominations this year.
The Fighting Illini marching band recently took up the challenge of performing the music of Metallica.
Hop Butcher For The World and Madame ZuZu's Emporium have developed a celebratory beer, "Twilight To Starlight," for the anniversary of the seminal Smashing Pumpkins album.
"Wicked" star Jonathan Bailey has been named People magazine's 2025 Sexiest Man Alive.
Diane Ladd, the actor known for her Oscar-nominated roles in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "Wild at Heart," and "Rambling Rose" has died.
Volunteers were out around noon at Montrose Harbor on Sunday and tried to reach as many people living in tents and temporary shelters as they could.
Some areas have begun to see snowfall. The strongest parts of the storm with the heaviest snowfall are expected during the overnight hours.
The research team was flabbergasted not by the size of the donation, but rather, the size of the donor.
The Winter Storm Warning begins at 9 p.m. Sunday and will be in effect through noon Monday for the entirety of Cook County, as well as eastern Will County.
The market at Daley Plaza opens to the public on Nov. 21.
A winter storm warning for the Chicago area from Sunday evening to Monday morning could bring snow totals of 8 to 12 inches in areas where lake effect snow plumes form.
Video captured what appeared to be pepper spray thrown by a federal agent into Rafael Veraza's car.
Meteorological winter doesn't begin until next month, but a lot of people are trying to get ahead of the rare November winter storm.
The Winter Storm Warning begins at 9 p.m. Sunday and will be in effect through noon Monday.
Chicago police said Lamont Hill allegedly stole an ambulance from Loretto Hospital. While in the ambulance, he was involved in a traffic accident, hitting two Chicago police vehicles.
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 teacher detained by ICE agents at the Rayito del Sol daycare in North Center is believed to now be at the Broadview processing facility, and parents in the community now have serious safety concerns.
Lawyer Patrick Jaicomo said he expects a tidal wave of lawsuits nationwide against federal agents by U.S. citizens and non-citizens in communities impacted the most by federal agents over the last several months.
More than a decade after first raising alarms that the Chicago Fire Department wasn't properly tracking its response times, the city's top watchdog has issued a new report showing nothing has changed.
Charlene Echoles said she and her husband work but now have to make up the difference by visiting pantries after their SNAP benefits were paused.
Connor Bedard had a goal and two assists to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.
Chicago scored the last 17 points after Younghoe Koo's 19-yard field goal gave New York a 20-10 lead with 10:19 left.
Giddey's slam pushed the Bulls' advantage to 72-53 late in the second quarter after they trailed by nine in the opening period.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 41 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists and the Milwaukee Bucks opened their NBA Cup title defense with a 126-110 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.
Despite coming off his first NFL game without a catch, Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze isn't letting some helicopter parenting become a giant distraction.
At least four people were killed and seven others were hurt in weekend shootings across Chicago as of midday Sunday. The ages of the victims ranged from 1 to 63.
Chicago police on Sunday were asking for help in finding a man they said robbed someone at gunpoint on the Blue Line on Chicago's West Side.
A Cook County jury on Friday convicted a Chicago man of killing two men during an armed robbery in Chinatown in 2020.
A chiropractor in Chicago's western suburbs stood charged Thursday with secretly videotaping his patients — some of them children — while they were unclothed.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Wednesday issued bodycam video from a shooting that killed a burglary suspect on Chicago's West Side in September.
