ISP investigating report of Eisenhower Expressway shooting in Oak Park

ABC Chicago 3/9 10:13P WLS

Part of the Eisenhower Expressway was shut down for a shooting investigation on Monday afternoon, Illinois State Police said.

Fire rips through vacant apartment building in Oak Park, Illinois

CBS Chicago (News) 2/18 3:00A CBS Chicago

A large fire in an apartment building in the west Chicago suburb of Oak Park was under investigation Wednesday morning. The fire broke out at 8:57 p.m. Tuesday in the apartment building at 1229 N. Taylor Ave., at the intersection with North...

Large fire rips through unoccupied building in Oak Park, Illinois

CBS Chicago (News) 2/18 2:23A CBS Chicago

A large fire in an apartment building in the west Chicago suburb of Oak Park was under investigation Wednesday morning.

Funkytown Brewery, one of nation's few Black-owned craft breweries, gets big grant from City of...

CBS Chicago (News) 2/16 5:43A Irika Sargent

Funkytown Brewery is one of the few Black-owned craft breweries in the nation. It all started with three childhood friends who grew up to love beer. Now, Funkytown is planning a new brewery and tap room thanks to a multimillion-dollar grant from...

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

CBS Chicago (News) 1/26 2:54A 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 2:14A 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 6:23A 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 4:59A 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 1:45A CBS Chicago

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