CBS 2 Chicago

The first major winter snowstorm of the season made life miserable throughout much of the Upper Midwest. CBS 2's Susan Carlson reports. Full Story »

Residents of the city and the southern suburbs had to deal more rain than snow overnight. But as the day goes on Wednesday, the source of Chicagoans' frustration will be bitter cold and dramatic, icy winds. Full Story »

Sure the Cubs were iced out of the postseason, but a new day is dawning at Wrigley Field with new owners and even a new winter sporting season. Full Story »

A Chicago man has pleaded not guilty to charges that accuse him of conspiring in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed 166 people and of planning to launch an armed assault on a Danish newspaper. Full Story »

In Crystal Lake the snow didn't turn into all rain Wednesday morning, but it was a beast of a storm that turned to have quite a bit of beauty. Full Story »

A 14-year-old Lincoln Park girl has been found safe after vanishing for nearly a day, and has been taken to a drug and alcohol rehab center. Full Story »

A woman was hospitalized after emergency crews pulled her from a lagoon near Lincoln Park Zoo early Wednesday. Full Story »

A 24-year-old Rogers Park man was arrested Monday and charged with child abuse for allegedly harming his 4-year-old son, police said. Full Story »

A snow plow operator was just clearing the roads in far northwest suburban Fox Lake, when he saw a garage erupt into flames. Full Story »

A 69-year-old man who died after the vehicle he was driving was rear-ended and crashed into a light pole Tuesday night in the North Side's Edgewater neighborhood has been identified. Full Story »

The Illinois Attorney General has charged a chain of so-called med spas with consumer fraud. The action is a result of disclosures by CBS 2 Investigators about medical and financial abuses at the Nu U Medspa. Now Pam Zekman reports the Attorney General wants to shut them down. Full Story »

A Chicago woman says she was hassled by a security guard when she walked into a bank, because of something she was wearing. CBS 2's Anne State reports that the Council on American-Islamic Relations says it's considering a lawsuit. Full Story »

A manhunt is underway for four suspects accused of preying on teen runaways in the western suburbs. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports police say it happened in March and April of this year. Late last month, the case was strong enough to prosecute. But when police went to search for the men, they were gone. Full Story »

Brisk single-digit temperatures are in the forecast and a winter weather advisory remains in effect for the Chicago area after a messy wintry day caused more than 300 flight cancellations at O'Hare Airport. Full Story »

Tis' the season to be on the lookout for shoplifting. Experts say it spikes during the holidays. But even outside the season, it's a bigger problem now than a year ago. The most recent cost to U.S. retailers: more than $40 billion. CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman spoke with a shoplifter. Full Story »

More than 300 flights have been cancelled at O'Hare International Airport Tuesday as a raging snowstorm approached the city, and remaining flights were delayed 60 minutes or longer. Full Story »

Construction of a Santiago Calatrava-designed tower that would be North America's tallest building may move forward thanks to unions that not only want their workers to build it but are trying to put together a deal to help pay for it. Full Story »

An 82-year-old man has been charged with battery and assault after allegedly punching a CTA bus driver during a fare dispute Monday morning on the Near South Side, prompting police to use a Taser on the "combative" elderly man. Full Story »

An $8 million mistake? Critics complain Cook County taxpayers could have saved at least that much in a deal done last summer. Now the man behind that deal wants to be your next Cook County Board President. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports. Full Story »

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has made his debut as an author. Blagojevich on Tuesday signed copies of his new memoir "The Governor" at the University of Chicago bookstore. Full Story »

Many people who have been out of work in the Chicago area took part in a job fair downtown on Tuesday. As CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports, while some companies said they're ready to hire for full-time positions, others said that, right now, job prospects are bleak. Full Story »

According to public health officials, some 3,500 African-American women in Chicago are living with HIV and AIDS, but of even greater concern is the rate of new infections. But CBS 2's Derrick Blakley found some African-American women who are infected are beginning to speak out, to battle the myths and misconceptions that keep so many vulnerable. Full Story »

At the University of Illinois at Chicago campus Tuesday morning, they were struggling without heat or hot water, stalling operations at the hospital. The UIC Medical Center is currently still affected by the power problems. Full Story »

Bond was set at $2 million Tuesday for a north suburban teen charged with murder for fatally running down a former buddy in the parking lot of a popular mall in what prosecutors called a "relentless, methodical pursuit of terror." Full Story »

A 13-year-old South Side boy — missing since Sunday— was found and reunited with family Tuesday. Full Story »