Loop restaurant robbery: 1 in custody after late-night hold-up
CHICAGO - A person was arrested after stealing from a restaurant in the Loop early Wednesday morning. What we know: — Just after midnight, the suspect entered a restaurant with his hand inside a bag, implying he had a weapon in the 100 block of North Wabash Avenue, police said.
Animal Care and Control focuses on strays in bone-chilling cold
CHICAGO — Animal Care & Control was under emergency operations during Tuesday’s dangerously cold weather, declining owner-surrendered animals and focusing only on picking up strays. Spokesman Armanda Tejeda said the shelter had a dozen crew members out responding to urgent...
Special Weather Statement by NWS
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Night Ministry Street Medicine team steps up for Chicago’s homeless during extreme cold
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The bitterly cold weather in Chicago this week has put the city's homeless population at risk — but one organization is braving the frigid temperatures to help save lives. Despite the blistering cold and brutal circumstances that awaited them, the Street...
The Salvation Army works tirelessly to feed, help those in need in bitter cold
CHICAGO (CBS) -- No matter the temperature outside, The Salvation Army must get warm meals to 800 of the most vulnerable people in Chicago — and its volunteers rise to the challenge. On a Tuesday where the temperature topped out in the single digits, volunteers pulled up to the...
Man charged with shooting driver during road rage altercation in Logan Square; ‘You wanna...
CHICAGO — A suburban man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting another man during a road rage altercation in Logan Square last autumn. He is the second person this month to face charges for attacking another driver during road rage incidents in Logan...
Urgent Search for Missing 12-Year-Old Jakeem Robinson Intensifies in Chicago
The Chicago Police Department has issued a missing person alert for 12-year-old Jakeem Robinson who was last seen on the 1000 block of W. 13th St. last Thursday. Described as standing 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighing 106 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair, the young boy's...
Chicago Man Gets 9 Years for Drug Sale, Possession at Crystal Lake Hotelfor Drug...
MICHAEL R. MANTOR SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office announces that Michael R. Mantor, 50, of Chicago, Illinois, was...
Chicago Police Seek Public’s Assistance in Search for Missing Teenager Eugenia Sharai
Community concern is on the rise as 15-year-old Eugenia Sharai remains missing since last September. According to a bulletin posted by the Chicago Police Department, Sharai was last seen on September 30, 2024, around 10 p.m. when she left a building in the 1100 block of N....
5-time felon chased man into Chicago restaurant and shot him dead, prosecutors say
CHICAGO — When federal prosecutors charged Marcus Womack with having a gun while hanging out with his girlfriend on Chicago’s South Side in 2019, they said he claimed he had the weapon due to unspecified threats against the woman and “sought to solve any potential problem using...