Chicago IL

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas joins Lisa Dent to discuss Pope Leo XIV being from Chicago. Pappas explains the finding of a report showing that Cook County’s property tax appeal process shifted $1.91 billion in taxes from businesses onto homeowners over the last three years, and the effects that it had on lower...

An 18-year-old Chicago student tragically passed away in a car crash hours after she attended her senior prom. Per NBC 5 Chicago, Tom Mya Lyons, a Homewood-Flossmoor High School student, died on Sunday, May 4, after the vehicle she was riding in crashed on the Sibley Boulevard ramp onto the inbound Bishop Ford...

A federal judge has sentenced a man to 50 years in prison for committing a string of violent kidnappings in the city and suburbs nearly six years ago. Sedgwick Williams, 48, worked with at least four accomplices, three of whom are awaiting sentencing and a fourth who has since died.

In shocking allegations, prosecutors say a man opened fire on a Rogers Park street, firing a gun with each hand, and then tossed both loaded weapons into a nearby minivan where his eight young children were sitting. And, prosecutors say, the kids’ mom tossed a loaded shotgun into the vehicle, too.

Two women from the Chicago area are being treated to Mother's Day makeovers on CBS News Chicago this morning! The women, who were selected by Dress for Success , will have their hair done by Larry's Barber College and Restore 3:16 , makeup from The Kiki J. Experience , and clothing from Meredith Jaye . They're also...

A 14-year-old boy was shot in the city's Bronzeville neighborhood, right by several schools, Chicago police said. Police said the teen was outside on the sidewalk of the 300 block of East 37th Street around 3:20 p.m. when he was approached by an unknown person. That person pulled out a gun and opened fire, hitting...

A hit-and-run driver with a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit was going 83 mph on Division Street moments before he slammed into another car, causing severe injuries to its driver, prosecutors say. Rasean Cummins, 28, also hit a police car in Chicago and sped away after...

A fire broke out at Chicago Academy High School in Chicago's Dunning neighborhood early Thursday morning. Just after 1 a.m., the Chicago Police Department said firefighters responded to a fire on the third floor of the school, in the 3400 block of North Austin Avenue. Police confirmed no one was inside the school at...

We're all still a month and a half away from the official start of summer, but it would be a good idea for you to prepare yourself early as Illinois will experience scorching heat sooner rather than later. Illinois has already has had tastes of summer temperatures with upper 70's...

Hollywood could absolutely write this situation into a sitcom and wouldn’t make it any less unbelievable when it comes to how this Chicago homeowner discovered his property on the South Side had been overtaken by some alleged squatters. Apparently, the alleged squatters have been accused of doing this before...