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Local Ministers Offered Cash To Support Scott Lee Cohen
CHICAGO (CBS) – Asking for political support happens all the time. Trying to buy it is something else. Some Chicago area ministers say that’s what happened at a meeting earlier this week with...
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How To Ask Your Boss For A Raise
CHICAGO (CBS) – The economy is starting to look up a little. With the improving financial news nationally, maybe it’s a sign that this is a good time to go to the boss about a little extra money in...
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Maywood Cop Charged With Stealing Cash From Suspects
MAYWOOD, Ill. (STMW) – A Maywood police officer was charged Wednesday with swiping cash from suspects after he was captured in a federal sting operation earlier this week. Robert M. Welch allegedly...
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More Shoppers Opt For Cash To Avoid Credit Card Bills
CHICAGO (CBS) – Should you pay cash for your gifts or pay with a card? More shoppers are opting for cash to avoid the bills coming due in January. And, as CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker reports, the new...
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Radio Shack Thieves Make Off With ‘Large Amount’ Of Electronics, Cash
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are seeking two assailants who held up a Radio Shack at gunpoint Sunday morning in the Wicker Park neighborhood. About 10:30 a.m. two males came into the Radio Shack at 1273 N....
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Police: Woman Stole $5K In Cash, Hid Money In Pants
AURORA, Ill. (STMW) – A west suburban woman was charged with theft after she admitted to stealing thousands from the store she worked at for several days by stuffing the cash in her pants. Malina...
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Woman Caught On Tape Stealing $500 From Dunkin Donuts Customer
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) – A 66-year-old Oak Park woman has been charged with theft after allegedly stealing $500 in cash that a customer had dropped on the floor of a donut shop. As CBS 2’s Mike Parker...
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Feds At O’Hare Seize $125K Headed To Pakistan
CHICAGO (CBS) – U.S. Customs agents have seized more than $125,000 in cash from a family that was traveling from O’Hare International Airport to Pakistan. Along with other passengers, U.S. Customs and...
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State Sending Aid To Disaster-Ravaged Japan
CHICAGO (WBBM) – The state of Illinois is preparing to send aid to Japan to help in the recovery from the March earthquake and tsunami. As WBBM Newsradio 780’s Nancy Harty reports, 2,000 personal...
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Homeowners Due Cash After Foreclosures
CHICAGO (CBS) — Cook County officials are looking for nearly 2,000 former property owners who are due money after a foreclosure. Newsradio WBBM’s Regine Schlesinger reports, the county’s Mortgage...
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Boy, 8, Finds And Turns In Package Of Money In Riverside
UPDATED 04/06/12 12:29 p.m. RIVERSIDE, Ill. (CBS) — No one has come forward yet for a package of cash found by an 8-year old boy this week in west suburban Riverside. As WBBM Newsradio’s Dave Berner...
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Cash Vs. Credit: When Does Plastic Trump Money?
CHICAGO (CBS) — Cash is king, but not necessarily for everything. There are some times when you should definitely pull out the plastic. CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker tells us when credit trumps cash. Jane...
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McHenry County Man Close To Collecting $150K He Found In Garden
JOHNSBURG, Ill. (CBS) – A McHenry County man who found $150,000 in cash in his vegetable garden last year only has to wait another month and a half before he can claim it. Wayne Sabaj found two bags...
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Report: Sears To Offer Cash Rather Than Health Insurance Plans
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two big employers, including one based in the Chicago area, are changing the way they provide health insurance to their workers. As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, Sears...
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Wilmette Cop Gets Probation For Stealing Cash From DUI Suspect
WILMETTE, Ill (STMW) – A north suburban police officer was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to theft for ordering a DUI suspect to pay an unnecessary cash bond. Officer Diane Grassi pleaded...
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Liquor Store Owner Makes Claim On Cash Found In McHenry Man’s Garden
play pause Shop Owner Thinks Found Cash Is His WBBM Newsradio's Steve Miller (CBS) – It has been a year and a half since a McHenry man found tens of thousands of dollars in cash in his garden; and as...
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McHenry Man Dies 2 Years After Finding $150K In His Garden
(CBS) — The McHenry County man who found $150,000 in his vegetable garden two years ago – and was fighting off other claims to the cash- has died, reports WBBM’s Steve Miller. 51-year-old Wayne Sabaj...
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Philippines Diplomat: ‘We Need Superheroes’ In Wake Of Typhoon
CHICAGO (CBS) – The ranking diplomat for the Philippines in the Midwest said Wednesday his country needs not just heroes, but superheroes to help feed the needy and start rebuilding the typhoon-ravaged...
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Some Marketers Offer Cash For Your Smart-Phone Pictures
(CBS) – Smart phones have made amateur photographers out of just about everyone. Now there’s an easy way to turn your everyday snapshots into quick cash, CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker reports. Two of Carly...
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There Are Drawbacks To Keeping All Of Your Assets In Cash: Experts
(CBS) – Do you stash your money in the bank these days instead of opting to invest? If the answer is yes, you may be part of a new trend. There’s some evidence that many people are keeping cash for the...
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