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CHICAGO (CBS) – Bank robbers had a busy year in 2012. The FBI said robbers have hit 218 banks in the Chicago area as of Dec. 31, compared to 115 in 2011. “Close to double what we had in the prior year,” said FBI Special Agent Joan Hyde. WBBM Newsradio’s Brandis Friedman reports, while people often look for a way to explain a spike in bank robberies, Hyde said it’s not often tied [...] CHICAGO (CBS) – A former U.S. Marine, who was left in a wheelchair following his service in Afghanistan, is filing a lawsuit alleging he was injured and left soaked in his own urine after he was mistreated by airline and airport workers at O’Hare International Airport nearly two years ago. WBBM Newsradio’s Terry Keshner reports former Marine Sgt. Joseph Smith was wounded in Afghanistan in 2004, and confined to a wheelchair. Smith is [...] Updated 11/09/12 – 4:15 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – About 3,000 people lined up for the city’s first-ever jobs fair on Friday – some of them waiting in line for up to six hours – hoping to apply for work with the city, but many left frustrated after learning the only way to apply for a job was to go online. WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports Mayor Rahm Emanuel stopped by the job fair, [...] Updated 11/09/12 – 1 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Thousands of people waited in line for hours Friday morning at Kennedy-King College, to attend a job fair hosted by the city of Chicago, but many of those people left upset, when they found out the job fair wasn’t quite what they were expecting. WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports the line for the job fair went down 63rd Street, around the corner, and about a [...] CHICAGO (CBS) – City Streets and Sanitation workers say they were shocked when they walked into a garbage truck garage that had been converted into a temporary clinic for wellness screenings. Streets and San employee Marty Zamora told WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller that, in his 29 years with the city, he’s seen a lot of garbage, but when he saw that a garbage truck garage at Ferdinand Street and Tripp Avenue had [...] CBS Chicago State health officials have confirmed Illinois’ first case of Swine Flu this year. WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports Illinois Department of Public Health director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck said the U.S. has seen an uptick this year in the number of cases of H3N2v Swine Flu, a relatively new strain. But the case of an Illinois boy who contracted it is the only one of 146 cases nationwide that [...] CHICAGO (CBS) — A Logan Square neighborhood pastor used the controversy over a proposal to build a new Chick-Fil-A restaurant in Chicago as part of his sermon Sunday, asking those opposed to the new franchise to reverse course. As WBBM Newsradio’s John Waelti reports, the Rev. Charles Lyons of the Armitage Baptist Church, 2451 N. Kedzie Blvd. was animated as he read a letter to his diverse congregation that he intends to [...] CHICAGO (CBS) — One day after a 7-year-old girl was gunned down as her mother watched while she sold lemonade in front of her West Side home, a ministers’ group is trying to persuade people to turn over the killer. “It’s a sad day in Chicago,” said the Rev. Ira Acree of the Leaders Network ministry, which put up the $3,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the [...] UPDATED 06/29/12 5:37 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Power has been restored to the runway lights at Midway International Airport, after a night that left passengers stranded and miserable for hours. As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, the outage occurred at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, and the airport was shut down around 9:10 p.m. The outage had already affected 50 flights by 10 p.m., according to Chicago Department of Aviation spokeswoman Karen Pride. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s [...] CBS Local Chicago Using the lure of $100 gift cards, the Chicago Police Department is encouraging people to get guns out of their homes and turn them in this Saturday, during the annual gun turn-in program. As WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports, the Police Department is partnering with 20 churches.. First Deputy Supt. Alfonza Wysinger says anyone who turns in a real gun will get a $100 gift card. Replicas and [...] CHICAGO (CBS) — Using the lure of $100 gift cards, the Chicago Police Department is encouraging people to get guns out of their homes and turn them in this Saturday, during the annual gun turn-in program. As WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports, the Police Department is partnering with 20 churches.. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports
First Deputy Supt. Alfonza Wysinger says anyone who turns in a real gun will get a $100 gift [...] UPDATED 06/13/12 1:30 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police hope surveillance pictures help lead them to one of three weekend mob attacks on people downtown. As WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports, around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, a 23-year-old man was beaten up on the CTA Red Line near the State-Lake stop Saturday by a group of about six teenagers. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports
The teens had just stolen the man’s 27-year-old female friend’s iPhone [...] Dozens of police and SWAT officers surrounded an real estate company office in Valparaiso, Ind., on Friday after at least three gunshots were heard. A gunman inside the building was reported to be holding as many as 15 hostages, police and witnesses said. The gunman allowed five people to leave the 21st Century real estate office, a witness told NBC News. http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/25/11881035-police-talk-with-gunman-in-indiana-hostage-situation-shots-confirmed?lite?ocid=twitter
VALPARAISO |Police are trying to make contact with a gunman inside [...] Adam Harrington Police Supt. Garry McCarthy and several other observers have praised officers in the field for their restraint during the NATO Summit protests, but some protest leaders say they cannot see McCarthy’s justification for the use of force. As WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller reports, the protest leaders say Chicago Police used their batons indiscriminately on Sunday at Michigan Avenue and Cermak Road. Police Supt. Garry McCarthy was out in [...] CHICAGO (CBS) — An alleged bank robber and a would-be robber have appearances in federal court Wednesday, after, police say, both returned to the scene of their crimes. As WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports, as the FBI tells it, Olga Perdomo showed up to the Albany Bank and Trust in the 3400 block of West Lawrence Avenue around 5 p.m. this past Thursday, wearing pajama bottoms and a hooded jacket, according to a [...] CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago’s police superintendent says the city is re-tooling its anti-gang strategy, following a particularly violent weekend during which several people, including a 6-year-old girl, were killed. Garry McCarthy says the intelligence is there. It’s just a matter of getting the information to beat officers so they can anticipate a retaliatory gang shooting. “We’re going to get our head around this thing and we’re going to turn it around is what it boils down to,” [...] CHICAGO (CBS) — The warm winter that is technically still in progress may spell trouble for baby squirrels. As WBBM Newsradio’s John Cody reports, the squirrels will have to compete for food with adults who survived the winter. Usually, squirrels die off in the frigid winter months, but that didn’t happen in nearly the same numbers this year. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s John Cody reports
Urban ecologist Steve Sullivan of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum [...] CHICAGO (WBBM) - City Hall is apologizing. Parking tickets issued during Friday’s funeral procession for a Marine from Beverly have been voided. People started expressing their outrage on Facebook soon after the funeral procession. One wrote, “Cash grabbing Chicago at its best.” Another post said, “Talk about disrespect.” LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports
The tickets were issued to people who pulled over and got out of their cars to pay tribute as the [...] BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (CBS) — Some southwest suburban workers who got the munchies are now in trouble with the law. As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, the eight workers were on the night shift between 6 p.m. and midnight Feb. 21, at an unspecified Bolingbrook business in the 800 block of Remington Boulevard. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports
The temporary employees apparently got hungry, but decided not to insert coins or dollar bills into [...] Chicago City Hall (Credit: CBS) UPDATED 02/15/12 5:36 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — A former Chicago alderman turned political science professor/corruption fighter has found that Chicago is the most corrupt city in the country. He cites data from the U.S. Department of Justice to prove his case. And, he says, Illinois is third-most corrupt state in the country. University of Illinois at Chicago professor Dick Simpson, who served as alderman of the 44th Ward in Lakeview [...] Judy Baar Topinka (Photo From Judy Baar Topinka Website) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) — Illinois keeps falling farther behind on its debt. As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, officially, the state has a backlog of more than $4.25 billion in unpaid bills. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports But Illinois State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka says when one factors in other bills, the figure is closer to around $8.5 billion. Those other outstanding bills include tax refunds, [...] (Credit: AP) CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois motorcycles and bicycles will be allowed to run red lights starting in 2012, but only in certain instances. Motorcycles and bicycles often aren’t big enough to trigger magnetic sensors that switch traffic lights from red to green, WBBM Newsradio’s Alex Degman reports. That could mean the riders either break the law and run the red light, or wait until another vehicle comes along. State Rep. Dan Beiser (D-Alton) says [...] St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Antioch. (Credit: St. Stephen’s)
Paul LaDuke, 75, is charged with masturbating in class while teaching at Schaumburg Christian School on Nov. 11, 2011. (Credit: Schaumburg Police) SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (CBS) – A teacher at a suburban Christian school has been charged with a felony, after he was fired for allegedly masturbating behind a podium while teaching class. Schaumburg police said he might have been doing it for the past 10 years or more. Paul LaDuke, 75, has been [...] The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office (Credit: CBS) CHICAGO (CBS) — The Cook County Morgue is once again double-stacking bodies on trays in its cooler. As WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller reports, at least 30 trays are being stacked on the cooler at the county Medical Examiner’s Office, 2121 W. Harrison St. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller reports “We should’ve had a burial in September but we didn’t,” said county Medical Examiner Dr. [...] Aarion Mosley UPDATED: 8/24/2011 5:38 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A 16-year-old has been charged in the rape of a 68-year-old woman at a Gary train station earlier this month. Aarion Mosley of Gary has been charged as an adult with rape and robbery in the Aug. 13 attack of the woman as she sat in a passenger shelter at the Miller South Shore station during a late night rainstorm. Police said [...] CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he and Gov. Pat Quinn should be able to work out their differences over legislation that would clear the way for a casino in Chicago, among other places. As WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports, the mayor says the funds that would be generated from the casino are desperately needed. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports “This is an investment we need to [...] |
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