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Safety issues exposed surrounding South Side school after viral video of mother attacked by kids
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (488+ words) Updated on: November 24, 2025 / 5:00 PM CST / CBS Chicago After a woman and her children were attacked by a group of kids'in South Deering, many started to ask questions about what resources are available at the school that could have prevented the viral incident.' Turns out, safety is a prime issue both in and outside of the school. Nikki Patin, who used to live in Trumbull Park Homes, a Chicago Housing Authority complex, after seeing the viral video of the mother being attacked by a group of kids, like many, wondered where the resources are. She said her neighborhood is a place many don't know about. "People often forget that part of the city even exists," she said. A neighborhood that many barely knew about has now been at the center of the viral video that many have seen across the country....
Viral attack videos expose safety issues at South Side elementary school
10+ hour, 48+ min ago (50+ words) The two videos show 21-year-old Sean Brown and 33-year-old Corshawnda Hatter being attacked by the same group of kids, filmed by the same kid. Viral attack videos expose safety issues at South Side elementary school Viral attack videos expose safety issues at South Side elementary school...
Rain returns to Chicago area Monday night
9+ hour, 27+ min ago (25+ words) Mild weather is in place with light rain and fog overnight through much of the day on Tuesday. Rain returns to Chicago area Monday night...
Financial woes continue to pile up for C4 mental health nonprofit, prompting some employees to leave
17+ hour, 12+ min ago (1029+ words) November 24, 2025 / 10:32 AM CST / CBS Chicago It's a mental health nonprofit built on compassion, but workers say compassion doesn't pay the bills. Dozens of employees at the Community Counseling Centers of Chicago claim they've gone months at a time without pay. Those workers said they fear the group's financial struggles are now hurting the people they serve. Kateland Godat, a former staff therapist, Gabriela Cortina, a former staff supervisor, and Imani Jacquet, a former staff clinician, have two things in common. They all said working at the mental health nonprofit Community Counseling Centers of Chicago " or C4 " was a dream job, in theory; and they all recently quit. "All we want to do is help, and it feels like that fact is being taken advantage of by these people in these positions of power," Jacquet said. CBS News Chicago has been covering…...
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood describes inside of ICE Broadview facility
8+ hour, 47+ min ago (42+ words) For months, elected officials, clergy, and protesters have been demanding access and transparency into the processing facility, never built to process the number of people being pumped through the ICE system this year. Congresswoman Lauren Underwood describes inside of ICE Broadview facility...
Chicago weather: cloudy start, rain by evening
21+ hour, 34+ min ago (24+ words) Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the latest First Alert Weather forecast. Chicago weather: cloudy start, rain by evening Chicago weather: cloudy start, rain by evening...
Christmas in the Wards gives 300 turkeys to families in need ahead of Thanksgiving
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (33+ words) In recent weeks, the organization has given away $40,000 in grocery gift cards, turkeys, food boxes, and clothing. Christmas in the Wards gives 300 turkeys to families in need ahead of Thanksgiving...
New reward for information in teen's shooting death in the Loop
16+ hour, 29+ min ago (52+ words) A new reward is being offered for information to help find the shooter who killed a 14-year-old boy Friday night in the Loop, in the first of two shootings downtown, which left one teen dead and eight others wounded. New reward for information in teen's shooting death in the Loop...
Cases against Letitia James, James Comey dismissed by judge
11+ hour, 7+ min ago (34+ words) The cases were dropped on the grounds that Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. attorney who secured their indictments, was unlawfully appointed to the role. Cases against Letitia James, James Comey dismissed by judge...
Chicago weather: dreary and mild
16+ hour, 4+ min ago (15+ words) Meteorologist David Yeomans has the latest First Alert Weather forecast. Chicago weather: dreary and mild...