Fire rips through apartment building in Skokie
Video showed flames raging near the roofline of the midcentury building.
Watch CBS News
Video showed flames raging near the roofline of the midcentury building.
Crews were called just before 6 p.m. to a three-story apartment building that was on fire at 7645 Knox Ave.
The redevelopment is already underway and the goal is to have it open in phases, starting in 2026.
One of the robbers held the security officer at gunpoint while the other emptied out cash drawers, police said.
Skokie police were called to Klean Motorsports on Dempster after a burglar alarm went off around 3 a.m.
Skokie police were called to Klean Motorsports on Dempster after a burglar alarm went off around 3 a.m.
Haris Matchalovas is accused of robbing several banks at knifepoint over the past year.
There was also a robbery at a nearby smoke shop, but police aren't sure if the incidents were releated.
Skokie is trying a relatively new approach to stopping catalytic converter thefts.
The wildly popular Hello Kitty Café truck will be back in the Chicago area Saturday.
The new exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum is called “Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection.” CBS 2's Marissa Perlman got a look.
"We see these examples of what people are capable of, and what we, as people living in the world today, have the potential to do to create change," said the museum's Amanda Friedman.
The Bloomingdale’s store at the Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie will be closing later this year.
Bloomingdale's announced Thursday that clearance at the Old Orchard store will begin Sept. 6, with the location set to go out of business in October.
Three people in the crashed car were taken into custody and taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Three cars were stolen in the north suburbs early Wednesday morning, and one of them ended up flipping over on the Edens Expressway.
A box truck was left wrecked and wedged underneath an overpass on the Edens Expressway Wednesday afternoon.
A semi-trailer truck was left wrecked and wedged underneath an overpass on the Edens Expressway Wednesday afternoon. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
A semi-trailer truck was left wrecked and wedged underneath an overpass on the Edens Expressway Wednesday afternoon. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
The conditions of the people who were shot were not released.
The shooting happened in a house at the northwest corner of Kirk Street and East Prairie Road in Skokie. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Mosquitos infected with the West Nile Virus have been found in the Chicago area.
No one was in the vehicle when they arrived at the scene, police said.
Police do not believe the crash contributed to the patient's death.
A third suspect has been charged in a shooting that left a 9-year-old boy dead and his little brother wounded in what prosecutors called "a hailstorm of bullets" in Skokie.
Chicago made it close in the seventh when Miguel Vargas and Andrew Benintendi drew bases-loaded walks from reliever Mason Miller.
The Cubs had runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth against Tony Santillan, who struck out Pete Crow-Armstrong for his 7th save of the season.
The Chicago Bears gave Ben Johnson his first win as an NFL head coach by beating the Dallas Cowboys 31-14 on Sunday.
On Sunday, the popular hot dog stand tweeted: "If Caleb throws 4 TDs on Sunday, we will give away free hot dogs on Tuesday."
Sept. 21 will now be a day honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, who was killed by his landlord in Plainfield in 2023. Wadee's mother was also wounded in the attack.
President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Erika Kirk spoke at Sunday's memorial service for Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, at State Farm Stadium in Arizona.
In a world of deep partisanship, Edgar was lauded by his fellow Republicans and also by Democrats as a leader with great integrity.
The Department of Homeland Security is escalating its clash with so-called sanctuary states, warning multiple states they could face legal action, CBS News has learned.
Immigration enforcement officials have arrested nearly 550 people as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration in the Chicago area, which began less than two weeks ago, a top Department of Homeland Security official told CBS News.
An immigration judge has denied bond to a man who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since he sought police help as the victim of a near-fatal shooting in Iowa months ago.
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.
Many drivers are as frustrated with the unexplained spike in their auto insurance as they are with congestion on the roads.
The Arlington Heights Village Board on Monday night approved a new 5% streaming tax.
The person who died was a suburban Cook County resident in their 60s.
The department said the patient was a 4-year-old child who was not vaccinated.
Colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50 and the second leading cause in women of the same age, according to the American Cancer Society.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order last week to protect state residents' access to COVID and other vaccines in the fall respiratory virus season.
Osher Center executive director Dr. Melinda Ring said there are many ways that food impacts all of our lives and health. She explained what using food as medicine looks like.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, the Goodman will host an ice cream social with ice cream from Rainbow Cone, accompanied by stories from the owners of three of Chicago's most beloved businesses
The funding was made possible through the second round of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program.
Chicago-based sandwich maker Potbelly is being acquired by the gas station and convenience store chain RaceTrac for $566 million.
The other two American Science & Surplus stores, in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva and in Milwaukee, may stay open as employee-owned and operated businesses.
The private equity firm Sycamore Partners has completed its acquisition of Walgreens, ending the drugstore chain's run as a publicly traded company.
Clad in black leather, Stamos joined founding Beach Boys member Mike Love, 60-year group veteran Bruce Johnston, and the touring band that now plays with them.
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon opened their late-night shows using a mix of humor, song and expressions of solidarity with suspended ABC host Jimmy Kimmel.
In a statement issued Wednesday, ABC said Kimmel's show would be "preempted indefinitely. There was no word on if or when the show may return.
The first-ever Central Street Busker Fest is set for Saturday, Sept. 20, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
ABC's announcement came as media giants Nexstar and Sinclair announced they would preempt Jimmy Kimmel's show indefinitely on all their stations over his remarks.
The festival was part of Sun Day — two words — the first-ever nationwide day calling for the large-scale deployment of solar power and other clean energy sources.
The final day was reserved for four-legged swimmers of all sizes.
Kirk is being laid to rest at a public funeral following his assassination earlier this month.
Severe storms have moved out of the area, but Meteorologist David Yeomans is tracking more rain chances.
Mayor Brandon Johnson presented the official proclamation to the event's founder, Riot Mike.
Sept. 21 will now be a day honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, who was killed by his landlord in Plainfield in 2023. Wadee's mother was also wounded in the attack.
At least five people were displaced as a result of the crash in the Jefferson Park neighborhood.
On Sunday, the popular hot dog stand tweeted: "If Caleb throws 4 TDs on Sunday, we will give away free hot dogs on Tuesday."
According to Chicago police, the young girl was taken to Christ Hospital after being shot in the index finger on Sunday afternoon.
President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Erika Kirk are speaking at Sunday's memorial service for Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, at State Farm Stadium in Arizona.
Village of Lisle moves to find alternatives to high water bills for homeowners who get water from a private company
Ald. Vasquez said it's the first time he's seen such an act, but is open to speaking to whoever left the dead rat and note about immigrants, calling them both vermin.
What do barbecued monkey, ostrich eggs, and whale meat sausage have in common? They've all recently been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection specialists at O'Hare Airport.
West Garfield Park residents are excited to learn that a new EV charging station is coming to their area at the end of the month.
Fear has been spreading fast in Chicago's immigrant community since the Trump administration officially launched its deportation effort, dubbed Operation Midway Blitz.
Chicago made it close in the seventh when Miguel Vargas and Andrew Benintendi drew bases-loaded walks from reliever Mason Miller.
The Cubs had runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth against Tony Santillan, who struck out Pete Crow-Armstrong for his 7th save of the season.
The Chicago Bears gave Ben Johnson his first win as an NFL head coach by beating the Dallas Cowboys 31-14 on Sunday.
On Sunday, Musburger remembered when the Bears were working out an agreement with Walter Payton.
The Cardinals captured their third Division III national championship back in January
The victim was shot in the chest at Halsted and Lake streets and was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead.
The vehicle had hit multiple unoccupied parked cars in the 10100 block of South Avenue M, police said.
An immigration judge has denied bond to a man who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since he sought police help as the victim of a near-fatal shooting in Iowa months ago.
Police said the suspect was on a bus in the 2400 block of West Jackson Boulevard when he got into a quarrel with the two passengers and went on to beat them.
In each incident, the burglars pull up in stolen cars, shatter the rear passenger windows of pickup trucks, and steal items inside, police said.
