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Best Places To Make Holiday Gift Donations In Chicago
Chicago is abundant in luxury shops and fun winter festivals but it is also packed with those in need this holiday season. Take this opportunity to find a way to help others through a holiday gift donation.
Governor Urges Illinoisans To Help Food Banks
Gov. Pat Quinn is reminding state residents to support food banks around Illinois during the holiday season and throughout the year.
Someone You Should Know: Mother Betty Price, Cook To The Less Fortunate
This is known as the season for giving, but in Englewood there is a woman who gives year-round. CBS 2’s Harry Porterfield reports.
Chicagoans Urged To Donate Food For ‘One City, One Food Drive’
Hunger is a growing problem this year, with many families who never thought they would have trouble putting food on the table really struggling because of the economy.
Study Finds 1 in 5 Chicagoans Are Hungry
The Greater Chicago Food Depository has, for the first time, done a neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown of hunger in the Chicago area.
Social Service Agencies Feeling The Fuel Pinch, Too
The Greater Chicago Food Depository, which distributes tons of food across the region, is straining under the cost of keeping its delivery trucks on the road. CBS 2′s Mike Parker reports.
Food Stamp Surge In Illinois
Even as the economy grew and the unemployment rate began to shrink, the number of Illinois households getting food stamps hit record levels in December, showing no signs of an economic recovery, and area food pantries say they’ve continued to see more people asking for help.
Most Popular News
- Former Glenbard East Student Charged With Planning Violence At SchoolIn November, Michael Santoro allegedly made plans of a violent nature against the school, but the alleged plans remained unknown an acquaintance reported the threat to police two weeks ago, after learning about the plans in February.309
- Woman Robs North Side BankA woman robbed a Lakeview bank Tuesday afternoon on the city’s North Side.262
- Four Schools To Be Spared From Closing; Another To Be DelayedHours before a final vote by the Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools officials have agreed to back off of plans to close four of the 53 elementary schools targeted for closing at the end of the school year, Board Vice President Jesse Ruiz confirmed Wednesday morning.415
- Boy, 17, Fatally Shot In Back Of The YardsA teenage boy was fatally shot in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening, police said.147
- Police: Man Killed In Jump From Gold Coast BuildingA man jumped to his death early Tuesday from the Gold Coast high-rise building where he lived, authorities said.326
- Police: Man Touches Woman’s Leg At South Loop CTA StationPolice are looking for man who inappropriately touched a woman at a South Loop CTA station Tuesday morning.147
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Twitter Updates
- 19-year-old former student at Glenbard East charged with allegedly planning to commit act of violence at the school. cbsloc.al/10TJ6Ba 30 minutes ago
- The Bears @BUrlacher54 officially retires. Read his statement: cbsloc.al/13Ij8Bc 3 hours ago
