Snow beings to taper off in Hyde Park
Businesses sent people out to shovel and salt the sidewalks on East 53rd Street as the snow fell. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
Businesses sent people out to shovel and salt the sidewalks on East 53rd Street as the snow fell. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
Police were patrolling Hyde Park Saturday night, with Halloween festivities already under way.
Hyde Park has been longtime safe Halloween hangout spot for teens from all over the city. In recent years, 53rd Street normally sees the most action--some good and bad.
In a fitting tribute, a street was named Wednesday in honor of a man who spent 25 years keeping Chicago's streets clean and clear before he died tragically.
A man was arrested and hospitalized Monday afternoon after hitting a woman on a Hyde Park sidewalk.
A 27-year-old man was found shot to death Sunday night in a Washington Park neighborhood residence.
An iconic Chicago restaurant said Wednesday's reopening can't come soon enough.
A man robbed the Fifth Third Bank branch at 1420 E. 53rd St. at 4:55 p.m., according to the FBI. He was last seen running from the bank, heading west on 53rd Street.
A police officer rushed the baby to Stroger Hospital in a squad car.
The man, 33, was in the 2800 block of West 53rd Street about 9:10 p.m. when he was approached by six to eight males who took his cell phone and fired shots.
The University of Chicago, encouraged by early success of its Harper Court redevelopment, is pushing forward with plans to build a retail and apartment building less than a half-mile away from it.
A Metra Electric District train Tuesday struck and killed a trespasser near its 53rd Street station in Hyde Park.
University of Chicago students who have outgrown the frat party scene have been complaining about the dearth of nightlife in Hyde Park for decades. But they will soon have one more option besides taking a seat at the long bar at Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap.
The car belonging to a man wanted for shooting a co-worker at a warehouse in downstate Manteno has been found in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood.
Two suspects were in custody after police chased them down early Sunday following a shooting where one man was killed and two others seriously wounded in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood.
A bizarre weekend where the high exceeded 80 degrees also brought a rash of violence across Chicago, which left at least 10 people dead and some 40 others wounded.
A teenage boy is dead, and three other boys and men were wounded, after a gunman opened fire in an apartment building in the Washington Park neighborhood.
Not everyone is thrilled about the sweeping redevelopment project that will bring a new hotel and university office building to Hyde Park.
A suspicious package halted the busy Metra Electric Line in the Hyde Park neighborhood late Friday morning.
Police are warning neighbors of a rash of robberies in the Hyde Park neighborhood and around the University of Chicago campus.
Every mailbox in Western Springs was checked by police in Western Springs and U.S. Postal Inspectors overnight, after a pipe bomb was found in one earlier.
Five people were hospitalized this morning after a traffic accident on the city's Southwest Side.
A new 130-room Hyatt Place hotel will be coming to the Hyde Park neighborhood.
A new five-screen movie theater will be coming to the Hyde Park neighborhood, finally replacing a once-grand theater that has been shuttered for nearly a decade.
Progress is coming along on the new development on the site of the Harper Court shopping center in Hyde Park, according to a published report.
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The victim was pronounced dead on the scene by fire officials.
A disappearing lizard population in the mountains of Arizona shows how climate change is fast-tracking the rate of extinction.
Smoke was seen pouring out of El Puerto, located at 3018 W. 47th St.
Mostly sunny Friday in Chicago
Two U.S. officials tell CBS News an Israeli missile has hit Iran in apparent retaliation for the recent drone and missile attack on the Jewish state.
Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) has proposed making it a felony to block an "exceptionally busy public right of way" for 5 minutes or longer.
Police arrested more than 100 people at Columbia University on Thursday at a makeshift encampment set up by pro-Palestinian protesters on the university's main lawn.
Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) introduced the "Stop Hate Littering Ordinance" after a wave of antisemitic flyers popped up on cars in Lincoln Park in February and April.
The Supreme Court will consider Monday whether bans on public camping constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" barred by the Eighth Amendment.
The family didn't get their cut of the estate sale, not hearing back from the salesman until CBS 2 got involved.
The Better Business Bureau warns that anyone buying an event ticket should watch out for fake ticket scams.
Financial records show Paul Croft and J.D. Frost raised about $30 million for a hydrogen plant that was supposed to be, at one point, in Indiana. It never existed, an attorney says.
Anyone with these sausages in their refrigerators should throw them away or return them to the store.
Elliott Henderson, of south suburban Glenwood, is featured on a website, a petition, and Facebook and Instagram pages -- all dedicated to warning others about his travel deals.
The department said anyone who visited the Sam's Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park one day last week may have been exposed to someone with measles.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume the Infinite Herbs basil sold at Trader Joe's after 12 people were sickened.
Officials said there was no known link between this case and the recent outbreak of measles at a migrant shelter in Chicago.
Health department officials said the case does not appear to be linked to new migrant arrival shelters in Chicago, and the source of infection is unknown.
The fake dentist also faces accusations of practicing while unlicensed in Nevada and was even arrested before treating patients in the Chicago suburbs.
Café Selmarie, 4721 N. Lincoln Ave., first announced its plans to close in September. Owner Birgit Kobayashi is set to retire.
Right now, Illinois sports books pay 15% tax on their revenue. But Gov. JB Pritzker's latest budget proposal would spike the tax to 35%.
Currently, a pair of two-story vintage buildings occupy the space.
Quinn has filed an ordinance with the Chicago city clerk that would ask the City Council to put a referendum on the November ballot allowing voters to decide if their tax dollars should support new stadiums.
The Lincoln Square standby, at 4721 N. Lincoln Ave., first announced its plans to close in September.
Anticipation was growing at a fever pitch before Taylor Swift's latest album, "The Tortured Poets Department," dropped at midnight EDT. But it turned out it's actually a double album.
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man," has died.
Colbert lived in Chicago for 11 years, performing and "cutting his comedy teeth" at the legendary Second City and attending Northwestern University. His show will broadcast from Chicago's storied Auditorium Theater Aug. 19-22 on CBS.
The mural was unveiled on the side of the building at the southeast corner the Chicago Medical Society building at Grand Avenue Dearborn Street.
In the 1,000th episode, titled "A Thousand Yards," NCIS comes under attack by a mysterious enemy from the past.
The jury seated to decide trump's fate includes multiple lawyers, a sales professional, a software engineer, and an English teacher. Five more alternatives will be selected.
Chicago police said around 4:17 a.m., officers responded to the 1600 block of South Loomis Street in Pilsen, where they found a man, 23, with stab wounds to the back, stomach, and shoulder.
Smoke was seen pouring out of El Puerto, located at 3018 W. 47th St.
Two U.S. officials told CBS News on Thursday night that an Israeli missile had struck Iran. The strike came less than a week after Iran's unprecedented retaliatory drone and missile attack on Israel, to which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to respond.
CBS 2 meteorologist Laura Bannon has the forecast.
Police body camera footage shows police shooting at Reed 96 times in 41 seconds by a CPD tactical team.
Each time, four to eight armed men took the victims' cell phones and other possessions at gunpoint, and then drove off.
The family didn't get their cut of the estate sale, not hearing back from the salesman until CBS 2 got involved.
The victim was pronounced dead on the scene by fire officials.
A disappearing lizard population in the mountains of Arizona shows how climate change is fast-tracking the rate of extinction.
Anthony Robinson's attorney said his previous defense lawyer failed to present evidence that showed it was physically impossible for him to be the shooter.
The village board is working on a resolution to hire Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor before her lone term as Chicago's mayor, to investigate claims Henyard has been misusing public funds.
DCFS Director Heidi Mueller was asked Thursday why some kids in the system are being held in psychiatric hospitals longer than medically necessary.
CBS 2 discovered the woman, Whitley Temple, was hired by the City of Chicago while awaiting trial.
Whitley Temple pleaded not guilty to the charges — and after nearly two years of delays, the case goes before a Cook County judge for trial on Monday.
In February, Anderson agreed to a one-year contract with Miami worth $5 million.
Fans started an online petition calling for the games to be moved from Wintrust Arena to the United Center.
Caruso reportedly suffered a 'significant' right foot sprain in Chicago's win against the Hawks on Wednesday.
White, whose previous high was 37, went hard at the rim throughout the game and had fans chanting his name down the stretch.
Gavin Sheets homered, Erick Fedde pitched scoreless ball into the sixth inning and the struggling Chicago White Sox edged the Kansas City Royals 2-1 for a doubleheader split that ended a six-game slide.
The shots were reported at 4:01 p.m. on southbound I-294 near the 88th Avenue overpass in Justice.
A motive was not known as of late Thursday, and police have not established a relationship between Crane and the woman.
University police were ramping up patrols, and students said other new resources in place help make them feel a bit better.
The same man is suspected in both robberies. Police said he made a verbal demand for funds while showing a handgun.
Collette Bancroft, 35, currently faces a charge of drug possession.