The Chicago Park District will expand its recycling program to all its city parks and has dedicated two trucks to focus on picking up recyclable materials.

One man was killed and another was critically injured in a drive-by shooting Thursday night on the South Side.

An elderly woman was injured and hospitalized Friday after an accident involving a float in the Independence Day Parade in north suburban Niles.

A 2-year-old boy was wounded during a gun battle in south suburban Dolton overnight.

A third Naperville resident has fallen prey to a telephone scam targeting the elderly, a scam in which two of the victims lost more than $9,000, police said Friday.

Bond was denied Friday for a woman charged with shooting and killing a Chicago Police officer with his own weapon outside the Belmont Area Police Headquarters.

Emergency crews have rescued a 5-year-old boy that spent nearly 20 minutes under water Thursday night in a Southeast Side harbor.

A man is dead and police have a person in custody Friday morning after a shooting that led to a night of mayhem at the Independence Eve fireworks show downtown. CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports.

The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at GuantanamoBay could end up walking on U.S. streets as a result of last month'sSupreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal appealscourts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting

A woman has been charged in the murder of a Chicago Police officer. She is accused of grabbing a Chicago Police officer's weapon and shooting him dead early Wednesday morning right outside the Belmont Area Headquarters.

Emergency crews have rescued a 5-year-old boy that spent nearly 20 minutes under water Thursday night in a Southeast Side harbor.

The CBS show "Swingtown" has a lot of people asking questions about the real story that inspired the show.

Chicago is in mourning for the officer who was killed this week in the line of duty. In this time of need, there's a group that snaps into action to ease the suffering of the fallen officer's family. CBS 2's

The 25-year-old man accused of the fatal bludgeoning of a 71-year-old woman and her dog last month in her South Shore basement was indicted Thursday.

Over a million people are expected to crowd the lakefront for tonight's big fireworks show, and if you haven't left yet -- getting there and finding a spot could be a challenge.

Skyrocketing gas prices and a struggling economy mean the fewest number of people in a decade are hitting the road this 4th of July weekend.

The family of an officer killed by a drunk driver in 2004 accepts medals on his behalf today at Gold Star Memorial.