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SKOKIE, Ill. (CBS) -- A box truck was left wrecked and wedged underneath an overpass on the Edens Expressway Wednesday afternoon. Illinois State Police were called at 4 p.m. to the Church Street underpass on the inbound side of the Edens, on the boundary of Skokie and Morton Grove.A flatbed tow truck had been towing a box truck on one of its flatbed tow trucks, and the box truck turned out to be too tall for the 14-foot 2-inch clearance at the Church Street underpass.The box truck hit the overpass above, and pieces of concrete fell from the overpass, state...

Two suburban Chicago men were convicted for their role in a Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Those drugs, including meth, fentanyl, and cocaine, were then sold across the Chicago area.

(Waukegan, IL) A teen that died in a Waukegan shooting has been identified. Lake County Coroner’s officials say Michael Reed Jr. of Hainesville died Sunday, from a gunshot wound to the back that he sustained on Saturday night. Waukegan Police say the shooting of the 18-year-old took place in the parking lot of an apartment building in the 5-hundred block of South Genesee Street. At this point, a motive in the case is unknown, no arrests have been announced, and the investigation is considered open and active.

Federal prosecutors have charged two more Minnesota men with participating in arsons and looting in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake two years ago. The latest defendants join at least four others already charged who drove to Kenosha from the Twin Cities in a caravan, according to court records.

Cooper Roberts, 8, was paralyzed in the shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.

RACINE, Wis. - Three Racine brothers were arrested and charged after prosecutors say a drive-by shooting revealed a cache of weapons in their home. Two of the brothers are felons, and investigators believe they were manufacturing firearms. Calvin Gibson, 52, faces one count of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, use of...

The family of Cooper Roberts says the 8-year-old will likely return to third grade this fall after he was paralyzed in the Highland Park shooting.

Several people could be seen throwing something through the glass front door of Artisan Vapor and CBD early Monday morning.

PARK CITY — After a showdown with police Monday evening, a Wisconsin woman was arrested, and two juveniles were taken into protective custody. State police said a vehicle was observed traveling at 98 mph along Interstate 65. It was also weaving through traffic and passing other vehicles in the middle and right lanes of travel, according to an arrest citation.

KENOSHA, Wis. - A South Carolina man and woman wanted in connection with a Kenosha abduction were arrested early Wednesday, Aug. 10 in Whitestown, Indiana. Kenosha police said this all started when a man, 24, attacked his 2-month-old son's mother and took the child. The mother, 20, flagged down Kenosha police near 18th Avenue and 63rd Street around 9:30 p.m. She had visible injuries and was taken to the hospital. Investigators believe the attack happened in the parking lot of an old grocery store in the area.

RACINE, Wis. — When Racine voters went to the polls Tuesday, they had to decide on a $2 million referendum to pay for 11 new police officers. The cost for the boost in protection would have been higher property taxes, but residents voted the referendum down, leaving the city to figure out a long-term solution.

KENOSHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A 24-year-old man was arrested in Indiana after Kenosha police say he battered the mother of his child and took their 2-month-old baby. Police say the man is not local and there was no prior arrangement in place. The Kenosha Police Department immediately began searching...

(The Center Square) – There is a move to stop Racine’s traveling election van from collecting ballots again in November. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the city of Racine for using the van as a mobile voting location. “Racine’s use...

BOONE COUNTY, Ind. — A kidnapping from Wisconsin ended in Whitestown early this morning. Two young adults from South Carolina, Ramogi Caldwell (23) and Bresha Goode (21), kidnapped two infants from Kenosha, Wisconsin. They drove down I-65 when Whitestown police spotted the car – which already had a look-out...

An Illinois man was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm after allegedly firing shots at two teenagers who accidentally parked in his driveway Tuesday night. At approximately 9:50 p.m., Lake County Sheriff's officers responded to a 911 call for a report of shots fired at a residential home in Long Grove, Illinois.

KENOSHA, Wis. — A 2-month-old Kenosha boy is home safe with his mom Wednesday after being abducted by his father, Kenosha police said. Police say the 24-year-old man beat the mother Tuesday and took the baby. The father doesn't live in the area and had no prior arrangement to...

CHICAGO (CBS) – A campaign to free a coyote caged in Northbrook just received a major celebrity endorsement.Comedian Ricky Gervais is calling for Rocky the coyote to be moved to an animal sanctuary in Colorado.Gervais said the fact that Rocky is on anti-depressant medications is evidence of his inhumane captivity.He said urgent action is needed to help him.Rocky has been caged at the River Trail Nature Center for four years. He was turned over by a family who kept him as a pet.They apparently thought he was a German Shepherd.Several animal rights groups are fighting for his release.Forest Preserve officials said there's no guarantee Rocky will thrive if he is moved since he was raised by humans.

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Celebrity Ricky Gervais has called for Cook County officials to release Rocky, a coyote confined at the River Trail Nature Center in Northbrook.