9-year-old boy hit and killed by car outside school on West Side
Anakin Cesar Perez's death comes with a call for change from the community, as neighbors point to one constant — reckless drivers around the school.
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Anakin Cesar Perez's death comes with a call for change from the community, as neighbors point to one constant — reckless drivers around the school.
Anakin Cesar Perez’s death comes with a call for change from the community, as neighbors point to one constant — reckless drivers around the school. Marissa Perlman reports.
As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ramps up immigration enforcement, the Trump administration has said National Guard troops could also be coming soon.
The SWAT team was able to locate the man and arrest him without incident, police said.
Neighbors in the South Austin community took video as a SWAT situation unfolded on their street around 7 p.m. Sunday.
On Sunday, Aug. 24, families woke up to federal agents with their guns drawn in a building on Jackson Boulevard in the South Austin neighborhood.
Chicago police confirmed Thursday that some agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security were at an apartment on the city’s West Side in August. Marissa Sulek reports.
Ortez Owens, 35, is charged with one count of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder.
Ortez Owens, 35, is charged with one count of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder.
Two people lost their lives, and at least 11 others were wounded, across four separate shootings.
Many questions remained Monday about a slew of shootings in Chicago's South Austin neighborhood over the weekend. Sabrina Franza reports.
Two people lost their lives, and at least 11 others were wounded, across four separate shootings. Sabrina Franza reports.
Social media posts showed a huge party in the area as police arrived. Police have not said if the shootings are all connected.
Police have not said if the shootings in the Austin neighborhood are all connected, but CBS News Chicago has learned they may have stemmed from the party. Sara Machi reports.
A woman was shot multiple times and six people were shot — one fatally — in separate incidents in the Austin neighborhood.
UIC said Glenn Rhymes was arrested and released on the UI Health campus — only to go on to shoot two people elsewhere.
University of Illinois Chicago police beefed up security and alerted everyone on campus Tuesday out of fears that the former contracted Aramark foodservice employee, Glenn Rhymes, could return. Jermont Terry reports.
A sport-utility vehicle struck and injured three teenage girls in the South Austin neighborhood Sunday night.
The four men were on the sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Ferdinand Street when three armed people got out of a vehicle and shot them.
The four men were on the sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Ferdinand Street when three armed people got out of a vehicle and shot them.
A 16-year-old boy is charged in a stabbing on Chicago's West Side that seriously injured a woman Monday night.
Chicago police said charges are pending against a man for a home invasion Monday night on the city's West Side.
Officers also found three other children, ages 8, 11, and 13, inside the residence unsupervised.
Police did not say where the parents or guardians were at the time of the incident.
Police said the child was playing in her backyard with several other children when an Unknown woman entered the backyard and carried her across the street to a grocery store.
Video from the scene showed a mangled and burned husk of a car off the road near a support column for a bridge.
Someone in the construction vehicle was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the city said.
Police personnel from multiple jurisdictions were called Sunday morning for the discovery of military ordnance in a heavily wooded area of Fort Sheridan near Davis Street.
On Sunday, Musburger remembered when the Bears were working out an agreement with Walter Payton.
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.
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.
A federal judge in Florida has thrown out President Trump's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, citing its excessive length, but gave his attorneys a chance to refile.
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.
Calling his impact on the state of Illinois "incalculable," hundreds came to Springfield in Saturday to say their final farewells to former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar. Political Reporter Chris Tye reports.
A U.S. attorney in Virginia is out of a job over pressure to bring charges against New York’s attorney general. Cristian Benavides reports.
One person who was at a wedding said someone hit the shooter over the head with a chair before he ran from the neighboring restaurant, through the wedding, and into the kitchen.
The founder of Riot Fest spent more than a decade trying to get the actor and musician to the festival, and finally succeeded.
Officers found the driver in an overturned sport-utility vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head.
At least five people were displaced as a result of the crash in the Jefferson Park neighborhood.
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.
Video from the scene showed a mangled and burned husk of a car off the road near a support column for a bridge.
Someone in the construction vehicle was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the city said.
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.
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
It marked the first time since 1950 that the Hoosiers and Fighting Illini squared off with each other ranked.
The Irish beat the Boilermakers for the 10th straight time, including last season's 66-7 blowout.
The Cubs hold the top wild card and have already clinched a playoff berth.
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.
