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CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 2-year-old boy was found wandering alone in the South Austin neighborhood.Police said the boy, only wearing a diaper, was found walking in the 300 block of South Cicero Avenue around 4:15 a.m.A security guard at a nearby gas station spotted the boy, looked for his parents and called police. "He was just fine when he got to me," Gerald Foster said. "We came in, I got him a shirt, got him a juice and a bag of chips and just took care of him like he was mine." Police confirmed the child's parents were located. Police said the child does not appear to have any injuries. 

Chicago Cubs (27-44, fourth in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (40-33, second in the NL Central) PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Adrian Sampson (0-0, 1.59 ERA, .53 WHIP, five strikeouts); Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (5-5, 2.64 ERA, .97 WHIP, 69 strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -200, Cubs +170; over/under is 9...

HOMER GLEN, Ill. — Authorities in Will County issued an update in a crash that killed two people and left four others in critical condition. At around 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to the area of 143rd Street and King Road in Homer Glen on the report of a multi-vehicle crash. Preliminary reports indicate that […]

CHICAGO - A woman was shot and killed during an argument with a man Tuesday night in the Englewood neighborhood. The 22-year-old was arguing with a man around 11:10 p.m. when he pulled out a gun and shot her in the head in the 5900 block of South Bishop Street, police said.

Michael Kopech didn’t sugercoat how he performed in the White Sox loss to the Orioles on Friday night. Despite surrendering only three hits一 one of which was a bunt single on the first pitch of the game一 Kopech was unhappy that his lack of control and miscues let the Orioles score more easily.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene of a tragic three-vehicle accident last evening, June 21, around 5:30pm. The accident occurred on 143rd Street, just west of Hillcrest Road in Homer Glen. Northwest Homer Fire, Homer Fire, and Lemont Fire personnel were on scene to assist the seven people who were involved in the accident and were suffering from multiple injuries.

Allies of Mayor Lori Lightfoot delayed the vote once again, setting off a series of retaliatory delays on other business.

On Memorial Day weekend, police arrested several people at North Avenue Beach, and recovered 11 guns, as well.

CHICAGO - Thieves broke into a retail store and made off with merchandise Tuesday night in the Loop. Just before midnight, police responded to an alarm at a retail clothing store in the 100 block of South State Street. They found the front door had been shattered with a rock...

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) announced the annual scheduled increase in Chicago’s minimum wage and a scheduled enhancement of the Fair Workweek ordinance requirements. Every July 1, Chicago’s minimum wage increases per the Minimum Wage Ordinance. The Chicago minimum...

Increased road rage incidents leading to violence on Chicagoland Expressways. The Illinois State Police is warning the public not to engage in aggressive driving behaviors as the number of reported road rage incidents resulting in expressway shootings is increasing. Motorists are not only at risk of being involved in a traffic crash due to road rage, but there is now the danger of being involved in an expressway shooting.

CHICAGO - Two men were wounded in a drive-by shooting Wednesday morning near Jackson Park in the Woodlawn neighborhood. A 38-year-old man and a 34-year-old man were standing outside around 1:33 a.m. when a white SUV pulled up and someone inside started shooting in the 6400 block of South Stony Island Avenue, police said.

Newswise — CLEVELAND - A leading neurosurgeon from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD, has joined University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center as the new Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery and the Warren R. Selman Endowed Chair of Neurological Surgery. She also is Vice-Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at UH.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A frightening scene outside a south suburban Amazon warehouse Tuesday where gunfire erupted in the parking lot.Police laid out yellow evidence markers outside the massive Amazon facility in Matteson, Illinois. Witnesses told police, two people got into an argument in the parking lot this morning.One started shooting but no one was hit. Both people involved had taken off by the time police arrived. Investigators said they have identified a person of interest and there is no danger to the public.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was in critical condition late Wednesday after being shot at the North Avenue Beach the night before.Afterward, three Chicago Police officers were injured while breaking up a fight blocks away in nearby Old Town.A flyer posted to social media invited people to attend a "trend" at the beach Tuesday evening. It was around 4 p.m. when young people started showing up at North Avenue Beach for the event.With conditions still sunny and hot before nightfall Tuesday evening, the Chicago Police Department made two arrests between 5 and 6 p.m.Officers said while the gathering started off...

CHICAGO - A teenage boy was shot and seriously wounded while in a home early Wednesday in the Chatham neighborhood. The 15-year-old was inside a residence around 1 a.m. in the 8000 block of South Harvard Avenue when a bullet came through a window and struck him in the torso, police said.

The field includes a conservative farmer and state lawmakers who is the recent polling frontrunner, the mayor of Illinois' second largest city, a former state senator and three political newcomers.

Kopech explains balk: 'It was the right call' originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago. Michael Kopech didn’t sugercoat how he performed in the White Sox loss to the Orioles on Friday night. Despite surrendering only three hits一 one of which was a bunt single on the first pitch of the game一 Kopech was unhappy that his lack of control and miscues let the Orioles score more easily.

Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks continued his dominance over the Cardinals with another stellar pitching performance in their 3-0 shutout win on Friday night at Busch Stadium. Hendricks pitched 7 and a third shutout innings, allowing just five hits while striking out six Cardinals to get the win. Andre Pallante was the tough luck loser for St. Louis. He pitched six innings, allowing just three runs. Nico Hoerner’s second inning two run homer was all the offense the Cubs needed in building the 2-0 lead. Ian Happ’s double in the 5th inning was the only other run scoring hit in the game.