Video shows would-be thief getting into woman's car at Lakeview gas station
CBS 2 is told such carjackings are happening at all hours of the day, and it does not matter how busy the station or the area is.
CBS 2 is told such carjackings are happening at all hours of the day, and it does not matter how busy the station or the area is.
Drivers should expect lane shifts and overnight lane closures – along with various ramp closures.
The penguins are legally graffiti, but they're becoming the objects of affection.
Ald. Gilbert Villegas says the woman's husband has turned himself in. CBS 2's Meredith Barack reports.
A wild crime spree left a path of destruction – as a driver plowed into cars and then ended up busting into a grandmother's home.
Three buildings were damaged, and a firefighter was injured, in an extra-alarm fire in the Logan Square neighborhood Friday afternoon.
About 5:30 p.m., the three men got into a fight with another person who then pulled out a gun and started firing in the 5900 block of West Diversey, according to Chicago Police.
A man was ordered held on a $500,000 bond on Wednesday after being charged with intentionally striking a man with his car and gravely injuring him on Sunday night in the Northwest Side Belmont Cragin neighborhood.
About 2:15 a.m., two men — 34 and 39 — were in a vehicle in the 4700 block of West Diversey Avenue when they stopped at a traffic light, police said. Someone drove up in a vehicle, then exited the vehicle and fired shots at them.
Brian Lykins and Emil Niemi are charged with aggravated robbery for holding up two late-night businesses on the Northwest Side.
An armed robbery in the Belmont Craigin neighborhood prompted a police chase across the Northwest Side before a suspect was arrested near O'Hare Airport Tuesday afternoon.
A 24-year-old man was charged with DUI and a number of other driving-related offenses after he fell out of his car, clad only in underwear and socks, after crashing into a police squad car on the Northwest Side Saturday morning.
One person was hospitalized early Tuesday after a crash on the Kennedy Expressway.
A man suspected of carjacking an SUV has been arrested and taken to a hospital after crashing the vehicle into a Logan Square building while fleeing from police.
City inspectors shut down a grocery store in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood this week, after finding insects buzzing around everywhere.
A baby boy is alive this morning, thanks to the quick actions of a Chicago Police officer.
Nine people including a child were hurt during a collision involved three cars and a CTA bus Sunday morning on the Northwest Side, according to the fire department.
A deer - hurt and bleeding - was cornered in a yard near the busy intersection of Diversey, Western and Elston avenues Tuesday afternoon.
A motorist blew a red light and collided with another car carrying a man and a woman who were killed. Four others critically injured in the Northwest Side crash Sunday morning.
The federal government has filed fraud complaints against three men for an alleged fake car accident scam.
Three people were hurt this morning in a crash on the outbound Kennedy Expressway, involving a truck and a charter bus.
A police chase on the city's Northwest Side ended when two suspects crashed a car full of stolen items overnight.
A man and his Great Dane are being hailed as heroes Friday, after coming to the rescue of a teenage girl.
Police are investigating a deadly shooting overnight in the Northwest Side's Belmont-Cragin neighborhood.
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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.