No Bond For Man Charged With Shooting Cop During Chase
CHICAGO (CBS) – A 21-year-old man has been ordered held without bond for allegedly shooting at a Chicago police officer while fleeing police over the weekend. Cortez Ross, of the 4300 block of South...
View Article1 Killed, 2 Hurt When Car Hits Hydrant On South Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was killed and two others were seriously injured late Saturday when a car flipped and struck a light pole and fire hydrant on the South Side. A southbound 2007 Cadillac STS was...
View Article8 Wounded In Shootings Late Saturday, Early Sunday
CHICAGO (STMW) – Eight people were wounded in shootings Saturday night and early Sunday on the South and West sides. At 3:34 a.m., a 28-year-old man was found shot in the 300 block of West Marquette...
View ArticleFire Chief, 6 Others Hurt When Fire Dept. SUV Hit On Way To Fire
UPDATED 03/29/12 2:23 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – A Chicago Fire Department official responding to a call Wednesday night ended up needing help himself. As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, the paramedic field...
View Article3 Violent Robberies Reported Near Jackson Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police have issued a community alert following three similar strong-arm robberies in South Shore, near the southern end of Jackson Park. As WBBM Newsradio’s Terry Keshner...
View ArticleCTA Bus Driver Critically Hurt In Crash With Dump Truck
CHICAGO (STMW) – A CTA bus driver was critically hurt and had to be cut out of a wreck when a bus collided with a dump truck and two other vehicles on the Far South Side Wednesday night. The...
View ArticleEmanuel Wants To Rename Stony Island For Civil Rights Leader Brazier
CHICAGO (CBS) – One of the most widely used streets on the South Side could be in for a big change. Stony Island covers more than 10 miles, stretching from 56th street in the Hyde Park neighborhood...
View ArticleProposal To Rename Stony Island Draws Mixed Reaction From Residents
CHICAGO (CBS) — A proposal to rename a major thoroughfare on Chicago’s South Side has some brought some mixed reactions. Opinions on naming Stony Island after the late Bishop Arthur Brazier are as...
View ArticleCity Backing Away From Proposal To Rename Stony Island
CHICAGO (CBS) — The City quietly puts the brakes on a plan to rename a major South Side street for a beloved pastor and community leader. Mayor Rahm Emanuel floated the idea with much fanfare back in...
View ArticleMan Critically Wounded In Calumet Heights Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man was shot in the neck in the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood Monday night. Police responded to a call about a person shot in the 9200 block of South Stony Island Avenue...
View ArticleThree Shot In South Shore
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men and a woman were shot Tuesday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood. Just after 5 p.m., the men, ages 26 and 27, and the 30-year-old woman were inside a vehicle in the 7600...
View ArticleIDOT Reminds Drivers To Slow Down In Construction Zones
State Says Most Work Zone Crash Fatalities Are The Drivers Themselves WBBM 780/105.9FMplaypause CHICAGO (CBS) – It might not be prime road construction weather yet, but spring and summer are primed to...
View ArticleMan Killed In Calumet Heights Drive-By
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man died Friday after a drive-by shooting in the Calumet Heights neighborhood on the South Side. The 22-year-old was riding as a passenger in a car headed north in the 9300 block of...
View ArticleFour Shot Outside South Shore Strip Mall
CHICAGO (CBS) – Four people were shot outside a strip mall in the South Shore neighborhood late Monday night. CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports the victims – a man, two women, and a teenage girl – were...
View ArticleWoman Wounded In Greater Grand Crossing Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman was shot early Wednesday in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side. The woman, 20, was a front-seat passenger in a white Cadillac headed north in the 7500...
View ArticleBoy, 13, Shot In Both Legs In South Shore
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 13-year-old boy was shot in the South Shore neighborhood Wednesday evening. The boy was shot in both legs about 7 p.m. in the 6900 block of South Stony Island Avenue, police said. He...
View ArticleTwo In Custody After Shots Fired On Bishop Ford
CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman may have been injured in a Far South Side shooting on the Bishop Ford Freeway late Wednesday. The shooting happened about 11 p.m. in the northbond lanes of I-94, between 111th...
View ArticleMan In Packers Hat Attempts Bank Robbery
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man wearing a Green Bay Packers hat attempted to rob a bank Saturday afternoon in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side. About 2:20 p.m., the man entered a Chase bank at 6650...
View ArticleWoman Dies Week After Being Struck By Minivan On South Side
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 43-year-old woman has died after being struck by a minivan last weekend in the Calumet Heights neighborhood on the South Side. She and another woman, 49, were crossing the street...
View ArticleMan Wounded In South Shore Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man was shot Thursday night in the South Shore neighborhood. The man, 23, was shot in the foot at 10:54 p.m. in the 7400 block of South Stony Island Avenue, said police News Affairs...
View ArticleMan With Dementia Missing From South Shore
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 72-year-old man who suffers from dementia has been missing from the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side since Wednesday afternoon. Sylvester Franklin was last seen about noon...
View ArticleFBI Offers Reward For Information On Woodlawn Bank Robbery
CHICAGO (STMW) — The FBI is offering a reward for information that may lead to the arrest of a man who robbed a Woodlawn neighborhood bank last April. About 2:20 p.m. on April 18, the man entered a...
View ArticleWoman Struck And Killed By Vehicle In Avalon Park
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 45-year-old woman was struck and killed by a vehicle Tuesday night in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police. She was crossing the street in the...
View Article2 Wounded In Shooting On Stony Island Feeder To Bishop Ford
CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois State Police were investigating Friday afternoon, after two people were shot while in a vehicle on the Stony Island Avenue feeder to the Bishop Ford freeway. The shooting...
View ArticleOverhead Pole Falls Onto SUV On Stony Island Avenue; Problem Of Falling Light...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A city pole hanging over busy Stony Island Avenue snapped and fell right on top of a sport-utility vehicle this week. The driver now has thousands of dollars in damage, but that’s not...
View Article2 Men Shot On 79th Street Near Stony Island Avenue
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two men were shot in broad daylight Saturday near the busy junction of 79th Street and Stony Island and South Chicago avenues. The shooting happened around 10:12 a.m. in the 1600 block...
View ArticleOne Woman Slashes Another’s Hand In Stony Island Avenue Business
CHICAGO (CBS) — One woman slashed another inside a business on Stony Island Avenue near 75th Street Monday afternoon, police said. The incident happened at 2:11 p.m. in a business in the 7500 block of...
View ArticleFire Breaks Out In Mosque On Stony Island Avenue Near 90th Street
CHICAGO (CBS) — A fire broke out Wednesday evening at a mosque on Stony Island Avenue near 90th Street. Police said around 6:20 p.m., a fire was reported in a place of worship. The place of worship was...
View Article4 Adults Injured In Crash Involving School Bus, 2 Other Vehicles At 79th...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A school bus and at least two other vehicles were involved in an accident Thursday evening at the busy intersection of Stony Island Avenue, 79th Street, and South Chicago Avenue. Police...
View ArticleWoman Shot While Riding In Car In Woodlawn, Driver Flees More Than 8 Miles...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman was shot and wounded while riding in a car in Woodlawn Sunday afternoon, and the driver fled several miles to the South Loop upon realizing the assailants were following. At...
View ArticleMan Took Stolen School Bus On Wild Ride Before Crashing In Middle Of Stony...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police arrested a man Tuesday night after a school bus was stolen and taken on a crazy, out-of-control ride in South Shore. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, the school bus came to a...
View ArticleOff-Duty CPD Officer Shot At 89th And Stony Island; Search On For Assailant
By Suzanne Le Mignot and Charlie De Mar CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Police said an off-duty officer was shot Monday in the Calumet Heights neighborhood. It’s the second shooting of a police officer in two...
View ArticlePolice Release Images Of 2 Men Wanted In Shooting Of CPD Officer At 89th And...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police on Tuesday released surveillance images of two people who are wanted in relation to the shooting of an off-duty Chicago Police officer a day earlier. The officer was shot while...
View ArticleAt Least One Suspect Captured After Police Are Led On Pursuit From Far South...
DOLTON, Ill. (CBS) — A suspect was captured Tuesday night after a wild police chase through Chicago and into the south suburbs. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, the suspects ran from police on the...
View Article4 Teens Shot In Restaurant Parking Lot In South Shore
CHICAGO (CBS) — Four teens were shot Sunday night in a restaurant parking lot on Stony Island Avenue in South Shore. The shooting happened at 9:43 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Stony Island Avenue....
View ArticleDriver Hits Building After Being Shot On Stony Island Avenue Near 87th Street
CHICAGO (CBS) — A driver crashed into a building Tuesday afternoon after he was shot on Stony Island Avenue in Avalon Park. At 1:05 p.m. the 29-year-old man was shot in the left thigh while driving in...
View Article4 People Injured In Crash At 79th Street, Stony Island Avenue, South Chicago...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Four people were injured Wednesday evening in an accident at the busy intersection of 79th Street, Stony Island Avenue, and South Chicago Avenue. The crash happened at 7:11 p.m. at the...
View ArticleMan Killed, Woman Critically Injured When Motorcycle Slams Into Minivan At...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man is dead and a woman was critically wounded Tuesday night when a motorcycle slammed into a minivan at 95th Street and Stony Island Avenue. At 8:20 p.m., a 30-year-old man was...
View Article2 Killed, 4 Injured In Avalon Park Crash
By Mary Chappell CHICAGO (CBS) – Two people were killed and four others injured in an Avalon Park crash late Saturday, police said. A gray Dodge Charger was traveling northbound on the 8200 block of...
View ArticleChicago Police Officer Shot, Wounded In Calumet Heights; One Suspect Also Shot
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago Police officer was shot and wounded Wednesday night in the Calumet Heights community. Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said at 8:32 p.m., officers were conducting a “traffic...
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