Woman charged with attempted murder in 2025 shooting on Chicago's Northwest Side

CBS Chicago (News) 1/26 1:54A Adam Harrington

A woman was charged with attempted murder this past weekend, nearly a year after investigators said she shot another woman on Chicago's Northwest Side. Lissette Chavez, 23, was arrested by the Grand Central Area Homicide Investigation Support Team...

More protests planned in Chicago after federal agents shoot, kill another Minneapolis resident

CBS Chicago (News) 1/25 1:14A Asal Rezaei

More demonstrations were planned for Sunday in Chicago after a man was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis the day before. Alex Jeffrey Pretti , 37, an ICU nurse who worked at the Minneapolis VA hospital, was identified as the man...

Students at 2 Chicago suburban high schools plan walkouts to protest ICE

CBS Chicago (News) 1/20 5:23A Todd Feurer

Students at two high schools in Chicago's suburbs planned to walk out of classes on Tuesday afternoon to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Garden Club at Oak Park and River Forest High School will lead a walkout at 2 p.m. The...

Deadly crash shuts down outbound Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago's west suburbs

CBS Chicago (News) 1/18 3:59A CBS Chicago

Parts of the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago's western suburbs were closed early Sunday morning because of a deadly multi-vehicle crash. Illinois State Police said troopers responded at 2:53 a.m. for a two-vehicle crash involving a Jeep and a...

Parts of Eisenhower Expressway closed for deadly crash

CBS Chicago (News) 1/18 12:45A CBS Chicago

Video shot in the early morning hours Sunday showed the outbound lanes closed at Home Avenue in Oak Park.

Chicago loses four vegan, vegetarian restaurants in eight days

CBS Chicago (News) 12/2 6:25P Mikayla Price

Chicago, awarded 2025's most vegan-friendly city in the United States , just suffered a quadruple gut punch with the loss of four plant-based restaurants in just eight days. Across the city, Kitchen...

Man charged with robbing staffer at knifepoint at state Sen. Don Harmon's Oak Park office: docs

ABC Chicago 11/17 12:52A WLS

A man has been charged with robbing a staffer at knifepoint at Illinois Senate President Don Harmon's west suburban office, court records show.

Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, five others indicted over protest outside Broadview ICE...

CBS Chicago (News) 10/29 9:32A Todd Feurer

Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh and five other protesters have been indicted on federal charges, accused of damaging an ICE agent's vehicle while trying to block it from driving into the immigration processing facility in Broadview...