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CHICAGO (CBS) – A group of teachers, parents and students from the Chicago Public Schools were boarding buses to Springfield Tuesday morning, to make their voices heard about school closings. CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports the group plans to urge lawmakers to stop CPS officials from closing dozens of schools. The Chicago Teachers Union helped [...]

Pope Francis urged the world to defend the poor and protect the environment during his inauguration mass. The Pontiff also said that in order to protect others, one must never forget to… Photo Credit: AP Go to Source Author:

A 48-year-old cab driver died Monday evening after being shot last week during a robbery in the South Side’s Princeton Park neighborhood, authorities said. Go to Source Author:

Pope Francis thrilled tens of thousands of people on Tuesday gathered for his installation Mass, taking a long round-about through St. Peter’s Square and getting out of his jeep to bless a… Go to Source Author:

CHICAGO (STMW) – A man from the Old Town neighborhood has been charged for his alleged role in a Red Line CTA train attack. Cameron Griggs, 19, of the 1300 block of N. Hudson, is being held in lieu of $90,000 bail after his arrest Friday for aggravated battery at 15 W. 69th St. Assistant [...]

St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago may be chilly, but the latest storm system to pass through the area will hold off until Monday, leaving celebrators with only one weather issue to deal with. Photo Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS Go to Source Author:

CHICAGO (STMW) – An elderly northwest suburban woman died Sunday following a car accident last week that left her critically injured. About 4:25 p.m. Wednesday, 71-year-old Susan Kuncl was driving west on West Division Street when she allegedly ran a traffic light and struck a vehicle waiting to turn left on North Elston Avenue, authorities [...]

The Illinois State Treasurer’s office is auctioning off more than 12,000 pieces of unclaimed property in its possession, including dozens of rare coins, and several pieces of jewelry. All the items were left in safe deposit boxes or bank accounts that went unclaimed for at least five years. To view the items up for bid, [...]

A 16-year-old boy was killed in Gage Park on Saturday afternoon, one of four people shot between about 1:30 and 9:15 p.m. Go to Source Author:

A silver car wound up entangled in a tree and had to be pulled off an embankment by a tow truck early Sunday morning on the Eisenhower Expressway.  Go to Source Author:

A race car at the Marysville Raceway Park, about 40 miles north of Sacramento, ran off the track and killed two people in California, according to NBC Bay Area. The car ran through a gap between the track and th… Photo Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS Go to Source Author:

A three-story brick apartment building caught fire in the Albany Park neighborhood early Sunday morning.  Go to Source Author:

Chicago Police shot and killed a man who started shooting at officers after he crashed into several parked cars early Saturday in the Northwest Side Albany Park neighborhood. The shooting happened about 2:55 a.m. in the 3300 block of West Wilson Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said. The man, in his 30s, was [...]

A shooting before 2 a.m. in the West Town neighborhood left a man wounded and two other men were shot on the city’s Northwest and West sides Friday night.  Go to Source Author:

A man was shot and killed after he fired a gun at Chicago police early Saturday morning in Albany Park on the city’s Northwest Side.  Go to Source Author:

(Credit: Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) By Tony Meale If you’re fantasy baseball draft hasn’t happened already, it’s going to be happening soon. Here’s a look at the top five players at each position. First base Albert Pujols, Angels After a dreadful start to 2012, Pujols still finished with 30 homers, 108 RBIs and a respectable [...]