20 years after the E2 nightclub tragedy, a woman mourns a mom she never got to know
Security guards trying to control a crowd at the venue, at 2347 S. Michigan Ave., used pepper spray on the crowd. It caused a stampede, and 21 people died.
Chicago man calls for CPD officers' firings for his 2019 beating in police custody
But police wanted to search Damen Stewart. He said that led to an altercation and more than a dozen punches to the head.
96-year-old woman's body found in freezer in Portage Park garage
It was not known what led up to the body being placed in the freezer in the garage, and who did it.
Two men charged with burglary after Kenwood high-rise fire
Two Chicago men are charged with robbing residents of the very building that caught fire this week.
New FBI Chicago field office boss takes charge
Robert W. "Wes" Wheeler Jr. took the job just three weeks ago and spoke with CBS 2 about the challenges ahead.
5 hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak in Humboldt Park apartment
Chicago fire officials confirmed that three of the victims are in good condition and two are in serious condition. Several others have refused treatment.
Dr. Ngozi Ezike reflects, three years after first official Illinois COVID-19 case
The first major COVID challenge for Dr. Ezike came three years ago Tuesday.
South Shore mass shooting leaves 2 dead, 3 critically wounded
The shooting took place in the 2900 block of East 78th Street, at Exchange Avenue.
Lawsuit highlights how DCFS placed kids in juvenile detention
Why were they there? The reason, the suit said, was that the state was out of placement beds.
Illinois ranks near bottom of states in use of 'red flag' gun laws
The law helps family members take guns out of the hands of those with violent tendencies.
40 years later, gangland murder of Allen Dorfman in Lincolnwood remains unsolved
Allen Dorfman, an insurance salesman with close ties to the Chicago mob, was gunned down outside the old Purple Hyatt Hotel in Lincolnwood in broad daylight on Jan. 20, 1983.
'Somewhat unprecedented' flight stoppage another hurdle for Chicago flyers
A nationwide pause like Wednesday's hasn't happened since Sept. 11, 2001, leading to tough new questions for the FAA.
Nearly two years after arrest in 1972 murder, case still hasn't gone to trial
There have been complicating factors in the prosecution one of Naperville's coldest - and most chilling - cases.
New report shows how many kids on DCFS radar died in last 18 months
Of the kids dying from abuse and neglect between July 2021 and June 2022, many died from natural causes. But 18 were homicides and 30 were accidents.
ME's report says 8-year-old Amaria Osby was going to be taken from mom now accused of her murder
We have now uncovered new documents that may reveal there may have been more to the motive behind Amaria's murder.