Birkett Steps Down As Top DuPage Prosecutor
Joe Birkett has stepped down as DuPage County state's attorney. Friday was his last day on the job. Next week he will be sworn in as an Illinois appellate justice.
Joe Birkett has stepped down as DuPage County state's attorney. Friday was his last day on the job. Next week he will be sworn in as an Illinois appellate justice.
After three decades as a prosecutor, DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett is about to be sworn in as an appellate justice. He talks about how the prosecutor's job has changed to become a force for law enforcement.
DuPage County State's Attorney Joseph Birkett has been appointed to the Second District Appellate Court effective Dec. 13.
DuPage County has indicted a man for rape, accusing him of assaulting a woman who says she didn't discover until later that the man in the room wasn't her husband.
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Chicago Police are warning business owners on the city's South Side of a string of burglaries in the city's Bronzeville neighborhood.
The 16-year-old boy was shot in the head and later died.
Since migrants moved in last summer, services have been removed, suspended, or halted.
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Since migrants moved in last summer, services have been removed, suspended, or halted.
Chicago police said a group of people were inside the business when an unknown person fired multiple shots at them before fleeing the scene.
Officials from both airports say they are ready for the travel rush that comes with the end of spring break.
Chicago Police are warning business owners on the city's South Side of a string of burglaries in the city's Bronzeville neighborhood.
The 16-year-old boy was shot in the head and later died.
Whitley Temple pleaded not guilty to the charges — and after nearly two years of delays, the case goes before a Cook County judge for trial on Monday.
"You want people to have an ownership stake as the neighborhood gets stronger," said Lyneir Richardson, co-founder and CEO of Chicago TREND.
In recent months, there has been no shortage of videos posted to TikTok that have ended up at the center of controversies.
Financial records show Paul Croft and J.D. Frost raised about $30 million for a hydrogen plant that was supposed to be, at one point, in Indiana. It never existed, an attorney says.
The growing and dangerous trend of making false calls to trigger big police responses is targeting innocent families.
The move is causing some confusion, as not all the migrants who are being moved know where they're going.
A spokesperson for opponent Clayton Harris said Harris called O'Neill Burke to concede the race.
Michigan Rep. Matt Maddock posted on X, claiming that buses were loading with "illegal invaders" at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. But airport officials say it was college basketball players who arrived for the Sweet 16 games on Friday at Little Ceasars Arena.
A group of 15 City Council members want to strip Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) of his seat as chair of the Housing Committee.
The city began evicting migrants from shelters on March 17, and 24 migrants have left shelters since then due to the city's 60-day shelter stay limit.
The Better Business Bureau warns that anyone buying an event ticket should watch out for fake ticket scams.
Financial records show Paul Croft and J.D. Frost raised about $30 million for a hydrogen plant that was supposed to be, at one point, in Indiana. It never existed, an attorney says.
Anyone with these sausages in their refrigerators should throw them away or return them to the store.
Elliott Henderson, of south suburban Glenwood, is featured on a website, a petition, and Facebook and Instagram pages -- all dedicated to warning others about his travel deals.
It all stems from the cars being easier targets for thieves because of their design.
"It's been a very unusual allergy season, with tree pollen coming early, and with it just being such beautiful weather," she Loyola Medicine allergist Dr. Rachna Shah.
The person had been exposed to measles while at a migrant shelter in Chicago. The city has had 52 confirmed measles cases this year.
Dr. Gary Gibbon is now cancer-free, six months after the first-ever lung-liver transplant on a cancer patient.
The 17-year cicada of Brood XIII is coming to the Chicago area. CBS 2 asked the experts if there is anything to worry about for pets.
The Pilsen migrant shelter at 2248 S. Halsted St. is the origin point for the majority of the measles cases in Chicago, and now health officials say the cases confirmed in Lake and Will counties are both connected to this outbreak.
The employee said it came as a total shock.
Anderson started at a time when being a woman in the news business wasn't always easy. When she began in 1972, there were no other women reporters in the newsroom.
A sign on the door said the company has offered staffers at the restaurant positions at other locations.
The transportation and supply chain management firm's signs have already been mounted on the corners of the building.
Metalrays signed a new lease on a 102,000-square-foot space in Romeoville that it plans to open in late June.
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The Blackhawks improved to 22-47-5 overall and 7-29-1 on the road.
Jared Walsh homered in his first at-bat for Texas after watching his new teammates get their World Series rings, and the Rangers beat the Chicago Cubs 11-2 on Saturday night.
The Huskies are the first defending champions to make it back to the national semifinals since Florida won back-to-back titles in 2006 and '07.
DeMar DeRozan had 31 points and Coby White scored 18 for the Bulls.
Chance Perdomo died Saturday in a motorcycle accident, his publicist confirmed to CBS News.
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries "Roots," has died.
Combs' homes in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by federal law enforcement officers, U.S. officials confirmed Monday.
The documentary welcomes viewers into the Bad River Band's decades-long battle for sovereignty.
Actor Olivia Munn said on social media she's had four surgeries in the last 10 months, including a double mastectomy, since being diagnosed with breast cancer.
It's an effort to restore the parks and their services before summer.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has the 5:30 p.m. forecast for Sunday, March 31, 2024.
It was a violent start to the Easter holiday, and neighbors say they are tired of seeing blood in the streets.
The report finds pulling those resources from e-waste instead can avoid billions of pounds of harmful emissions.
On Good Friday, Christian pilgrims filled the ancient alleyways of Jerusalem, praying and singing as they walked the Via Dolorosa, in English, the Way of Suffering. This year’s procession was smaller than usual as many stayed away because of the Israel-Hamas War.
Seven minors between the ages of 12 and 17 were hospitalized with gunshot wounds Saturday night. A suspect has not been found.
Police are investigating after they say an 11-year-old boy was shot in the head on Friday night.
The Cook County Sheriff's office emphasized that drug-soaked paper is a serious threat to people in jails and prisons nationwide.
Chicago police tried to stop a car for a traffic infraction before it drove off an hit the bicyclist.
Whitley Temple pleaded not guilty to the charges — and after nearly two years of delays, the case goes before a Cook County judge for trial on Monday.