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CHICAGO (CBS) — Cook County’s public guardian says a 98-year-old woman was preyed upon by nursing home employees paid to take care of her. He’s still fighting to get her life savings back, but almost a year later, many involved in her…

CHICAGO (CBS) — With Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature Illinois is the 11th state to legalize marijuana, and the law is being called the most progressive in the country. Because social justice plays a big role in what’s law in Illinois on…

CHICAGO (CBS) — Rescuers pulled a child out of Lake Michigan at Rainbow Beach around 9 Tuesday night. A 19-year-old who just finished EMT training heard that girl screaming and jumped into action. People at the beach said they saw the…

CHICAGO (CBS) — For the first time the family of Elisha Brittman, who was misidentified as another man by Chicago police and died with that man’s family, is speaking out. Brittman was brought to Mercy Hospital and identified through…

CHICAGO (CBS) — Record high lake levels could mean a record high need for repairs. CBS 2 has been tracking receding beaches and cracks in infrastructure, and with water levels expected to be high all summer, those issues aren’t going…

CHICAGO (CBS) — The owners of a Chicago bar say it’s time to go after five masked men committed an armed robbery of the bar and its customers Friday night. They were in and out in less than three minutes. The Phoenix Bar assistant…

CHICAGO (CBS) — A priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Chicago celebrated Mass for the first time Sunday since being cleared of sexual abuse allegations. He was asked to step aside from his duties in January pending the outcome…

CHICAGO (CBS) — Longer than usual delays due to bridge lifts are affecting drivers on Lake Shore Drive, and the Chicago Department of Transportation is urging drivers to avoid the area. Lifting and lowering the Lake Shore Drive Bridge…

CHICAGO (CBS) — More than 3,000 people in Illinois are currently on the waiting list to receive the life-saving donation of a kidney. Sunday the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois will host its annual Walk for Kidneys at Soldier…

(CBS) — Ten members of a violent street gang have been charged with a spree of crimes in Chicago and Northwest Indiana, ranging from murder, attempted murder, drug dealing, illegal weapons possession and racketeering conspiracy. One of…