The man who secretly recorded Drew Peterson for seven months is speaking out in exclusive interview with CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli.

Three men were slain in reportedly separate West Side shootings that occurred within 1 1/2-miles of each other late Wednesday and early Thursday, authorities said.

Reputed mob killer Frank "The German" Schweihs - who had a fearsome reputation even among the most hard-core mobsters - has died.

Len Wawczak did more than just talk with his former friend Drew Peterson using a wire. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli talked with Wawczak overnight about Peterson professing his love online to what he thought was another woman.

Drew Peterson said on national television Thursday morning that he thought conversations recorded by his former friends would clear him of any suspicion in the death and disappearance of two of his ex-wives.

Funeral services will be Saturday for 23-month-old Blake Habich, whodrowned in his family's swimming pool in New Lenox Township on Tuesdaymorning.

Police are looking for a man who represented himself as an officer when he grabbed a woman Tuesday in northwest suburban Mount Prospect.

Steve Bartman has refused yet another offer to cash in on the moment he became the most famous -- or infamous -- Chicago Cubs fan in history.

One of the worst bribery scandals in Chicago police history continued Wednesday, when a second Chicago police officer was charged with extorting bribes from towing companies in exchange for steering them jobs at accident scenes. The arrest comes after a

A powerful earthquake earlier this year devastated parts of China. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports that some volunteers from the Chicago area made the trip to help and now they're back home.

Devin Hester, who has electrified the NFL with 11 punt and kickoff returns for touchdowns in his first two seasons, skipped the Chicago Bears' first training camp practice Wednesday in a holdout.

A local man caught was in the path of what some were calling a police chase gone bad. He was standing on the sidewalk when witnesses say the high-speed chase spiraled out of control and the man was hit before

Authorities have removed an 18-wheeler truck that became lodged beneath a Chicago Transit Authority viaduct in the city's downtown.

When the Illinois General Assembly sent Gov. Rod Blagojevich a budget that was $2 billion dollars short on revenue, he had to veto something. So far, the governor has ordered reductions of $1.4 billion. In Wednesday night's "Truth in Politics"

The family of a 16-year-old boy who died after being struck by a school bus three years ago has settled its case against the bus company for $1.75 million.

Finally, there's some good news about gas prices. They've dropped nationwide by about a nickel, and as CBS 2's Susan Carlson reports, analysts are predicting even bigger drops through the rest of the summer.

Comments that Drew Peterson's friends reportedly caught on wiretaps have struck a nerve with the loved ones of Stacy Peterson and Kathleen Savio. But both women's families say they are grateful those people close to Drew Peterson came forward. CBS

A toddler was reportedly seriously injured in a shooting Wednesday afternoon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.