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Man Due In Court In Murder Of Girlfriend’s 18-Month-Old Son
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 23-year-old South Side man is expected in bond court Thursday, accused of killing his girlfriend’s 18-month-old son. As WBBM Newsradio 780’s Steve Miller reports, authorities say the...
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FBI Seeks Help After Munster Bank Robbery
MUNSTER, Ind. (CBS) – Authorities have released surveillance photographs of a man who robbed a bank in a heavily traveled area of Munster. A while male, approximately 30 to 40 years old, walked into...
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Body Of Partially Clothed Woman Found In Vacant Lot
CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman was found dead in a vacant lot on the South Side Sunday morning. Police said someone called 911 about 9 a.m. and the body of the partially clothed woman, who appears to be in...
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Woman Found Dead In Vacant Lot Was Strangled
Updated 08/29/11 – 2:27 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman whose body was found in a vacant lot near Washington Park over the weekend was strangled, an autopsy determined on Monday. The woman’s...
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At Least 10 Wounded In Citywide Violence
CHICAGO (STMW) – At least 10 people were wounded by gunfire throughout the city between Saturday afternoon and early Sunday — one day after a man was killed and a lest seven others wounded by gunfire....
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Hundreds Come To South Side Church For Free Thanksgiving Groceries
CHICAGO (CBS) — Hundreds of people came to a Roman Catholic Church on Chicago’s South Side Wednesday to get free groceries for Thanksgiving meals. As WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports, people...
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Two Shot At Party In Park Manor
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men were shot early Sunday at a party in the South Side Park Manor neighborhood. The shooting occurred at 12:46 a.m. in the 6900 block of South Calumet Avenue, police News Affairs...
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Mother, 1-Year-Old Daughter Shot On Far South Side
UPDATED 04/12/12 11:14 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — A mother and her 1-year-old daughter were shot in their beds while they slept early Thursday, and their family is furious at the act of violence. As CBS 2’s...
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Parking Bans Now In Effect For NATO Summit
UPDATED 05/15/12 12:24 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Parking restrictions are now in effect as the clock counts down to the NATO Summit. As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, at 6 a.m., no parking signs went up on...
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Man Fatally Shoots Self After Holding Hostages In Valparaiso Real Estate Office
UPDATED 05/25/12 10:00 p.m. VALPARAISO, Ind. (CBS) –A gunman who held hostages for nearly six hours Friday at a Valparaiso real-estate office fatally shot himself, ending a standoff with police....
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Man Crashes Into Bus After Shooting, Dies
CHICAGO (CBS) — A gunman opened fire on a van on the city’s South Side overnight, sending the driver of the van careening into a CTA bus before he died of a gunshot wound to the chest. The victim,...
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Front Porch Collapses, But Woman Refuses To Leave
CHICAGO (CBS) — A senior citizen is refusing to leave her South Side home, even though it’s literally crumbling around her. But as CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, neighbors are worried that the...
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2 Rescued From Fire In Roseland 2-Flat
CHICAGO (CBS) — Quick action by Chicago firefighters saved two people from a burning building in the Roseland neighborhood overnight. The fire broke out just before 11:30 p.m. in a three-flat building...
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Car, 1-Year-Old Found After Being Taken From Fireworks Store Parking Lot
Updated 6/29/2012 at 6:51 a.m. HAMMOND, Ind. (CBS) – A year-old toddler – briefly the subject of an Amber Alert on Thursday – was found safe hours after the car he was sitting in was taken following a...
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Eastbound I-80/94 Reopens After Crash Involving 3 Semis
CHICAGO (STMW) – Eastbound travel has resumed on Interstate 80/94 after a morning crash closed the expressway to one direction of travel Monday morning. As of about 7:30 a.m., just one of the...
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Man Stabbed To Death In Grand Boulevard
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was fatally stabbed early Friday in the South Side Grand Boulevard neighborhood. A friend found the 24-year-old man stabbed multiple times in an alley in the 4000 block of South...
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Teen Struck, Killed By Car In Hammond
HAMMOND, Ind. (CBS) — An Indiana teen died Sunday after he was struck by a vehicle in Hammond. Joshua Spencer, 13, was struck a vehicle at Calumet Avenue and 171st Street in Hammond, according to the...
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Bicyclyst Opens Fire, Killing One Boy, Wounding Another
CHICAGO (STMW) – A gunman who opened fire while pedaling past a Washington Park neighborhood home killed a teenage boy and wounded another Wednesday evening, authorities said. Sixteen-year-old Geanni...
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None Injured In Bronzeville Fire
CHICAGO (STMW) – One family may have been displaced after a fire broke out in a building in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood early Thursday. Firefighters responded to the three-story building on...
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Melrose Park Bank Robbery Suspect Charged In Roseland Murder
CHICAGO (STMW) – A South Side man convicted of robbing a west suburban Melrose Park bank last year has been charged with fatally stabbing a woman in Roseland the same day as the robbery. Eric...
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Man Killed In Motorcycle Crash On I-80/94 In Munster
MUNSTER, Ind. (STMW) – A 36-year-old man is dead after his motorcycle crashed into a semi truck on Interstate 80/94 in Munster, Ind. Monday night. Vonzell Griffin boarded the I-80/94 eastbound ramp...
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Two Women Rescued From Building Collapse
Updated 11/24/14 – 11:07 a.m. (CBS) – Two women and a dog were rescued from the rubble of a collapsed residential building Sunday night in the Washington Park neighborhood. Firefighters swarmed the...
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Natural Gas Explosion Likely Caused Building Collapse
CHICAGO (CBS) – Fire investigators have determined a buildup of natural gas at an apartment building in Washington Park likely caused an explosion that leveled the building over the weekend, injuring...
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Man Shot, Critically Wounded In Washington Park Robbery Attempt
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot in the head during an attempted robbery in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side Wednesday night. About 8:35 p.m., the 31-year-old was in the 5100 block of...
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Park District To Rename South Side Park After Hadiya Pendleton
CHICAGO (CBS) – Two years after she was slain in the Kenwood neighborhood, the Chicago Park District board has voted to name a Bronzeville park in memory of honor student Hadiya Pendleton. The park...
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Girl Sexually Assaulted In Greater Grand Crossing High-Rise Stairwell
CHICAGO (STMW) — A girl was sexually assaulted in the stairwell of a Greater Grand Crossing high-rise Sunday afternoon, police said. About 4:30 p.m., a male followed the girl into an elevator in her...
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Man Killed In Bronzeville Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was shot to death in the Bronzeville neighborhood early Friday, police said. About 1 a.m., the 38-year-old was shot in the chest and abdomen in the 4200 block of South Calumet...
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Man Shot By Chicago Police, Ending Standoff In Bronzeville
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police officers shot a man early Thursday, ending an overnight standoff in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side. Officers responded to a barricade situation about 7:30...
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Police Seek Suspects In Hammond Robbery
CHICAGO (STMW) — Authorities are asking the public to help identify suspects in the armed robbery of a northwest Indiana tobacco shop two months ago. The robbery occurred about 11 a.m. July 16 at the...
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Man Killed In Roseland Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 43-year-old man was shot to death in the Roseland neighborhood Sunday night on the Far South Side, according to Chicago Police. Officers responding to a call of shots fired about...
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Three Teens Shot In Bronzeville
CHICAGO (STMW) — Three people were shot in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side Wednesday afternoon. The three were walking on the sidewalk in the 4700 block of South Calumet Avenue about...
View ArticleCrash, Fatal Shooting Happen Blocks Apart In Roseland
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police were at two scenes on the Far South Side Tuesday afternoon, after a serious car crash and a shooting that left a man dead happened blocks apart. The crash happened at 108th...
View ArticleMan Shot, Critically Wounded On Far South Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man was shot and critically wounded early Saturday in the Rosemoor community, police said. At 2:54 a.m., the man was standing on the sidewalk in the 10100 block of South Calumet...
View ArticleFour People Wanted On Attempted Murder Charges In Munster Tobacco And Hookah...
MUNSTER, Ind. (CBS) — Four people involved in a shootout at the Munster Tobacco and Hookah store two days before Christmas are wanted on attempted murder and other charges, police said. On Dec. 23,...
View ArticleDriver, 3 Others Injured When SUV Hits Gyros Restaurant In Munster, Indiana
MUNSTER, Ind. (CBS) — Four people were injured Wednesday evening when a vehicle plowed into a gyros restaurant in Munster, Indiana. Around 6 p.m. Wednesday, Munster police approached a silver-colored...
View ArticleMan Shot At Ramada Inn In Hammond, Indiana
HAMMOND, Ind. (CBS) — A man was shot four times at a Ramada Inn in Hammond, Indiana, early Sunday morning, police confirmed. Just before 2 a.m., police responded to the Ramada Inn at 4141 Calumet Ave....
View ArticleMan Found Shot To Death When Police Conduct Well-Being Check In Washington...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 27-year-old man was found shot to death Sunday night in a Washington Park neighborhood residence. Officers were called to the 300 block of East 53rd Street and found the man...
View ArticleMan Carjacked At 40th And Calumet In Bronzeville
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man was carjacked Thursday night in Bronzeville. Around 9 p.m., the carjackers struck at 40th Street and Calumet Avenue. Police said a man called 911 to report his 2021 Nissan Versa...
View ArticleMan, Woman Shot On Calumet Avenue In Bronzeville
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man and a woman were shot and wounded late Monday afternoon in the Bronzeville neighborhood. At 4:55 p.m., the 46-year-old woman and the 23-year-old man were shot in the 4700 block of...
View ArticleWoman, 72, Carjacked Of Vehicle With Disabled Plates In Chatham
CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman was carjacked Sunday afternoon in the Chatham area. At 3:24 p.m., the 72-year-old woman was approached by an assailant who demanded her property in the 7500 block of South...
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