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City Treasurer Using Texting To Talk To Teens About Finances
CHICAGO (CBS) — Buying a car? Opening a savings account? Want to know about student loans? As WBBM Newsradio’s Lisa Fielding tells us, there’s someone waiting to help you at the Chicago City...
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Depressed Teen Shares Story About Her Recovery
CHICAGO (CBS) — What should you do if you suspect your teenager might be thinking about suicide? One Lake Forest mother ended up doing the right thing and her daughter is alive and happy now. CBS2’s...
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Teens Accused Of Torching Bushes
MINOOKA (STMW) — Two teens were arrested after allegedly setting bushes on fire Tuesday in far southwest suburban Minooka. About 2:30 p.m. some bushes were set ablaze on public property in the 200...
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Salvation Army Provides Space For Teens At Kroc Center
CHICAGO (CBS) — Whether it is a game of basketball or a few hours of homework, the Kroc Center Teen Zone gives young people a place to hang out after school. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s Lisa Fielding...
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Two Teens Wounded In Separate Shootings
CHICAGO (STMW) — Two teenage boys were wounded in separate shootings Friday evening on the West Side. A 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg about 4:35 p.m. in the 1600 block of North Lorel Avenue, said...
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2 Dead, At Least 15 Wounded In Weekend Violence
CHICAGO (STMW) — Two people are dead and at least 15 more were wounded as a result of weekend violence across the city, including an Englewood neighborhood man shot to death by police who believed he...
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2 Teens Shot, 1 Critically Hurt In Avalon Park
CHICAGO (STMW) — A drive-by shooting wounded two teen boys Friday night in the South Side Avalon Park neighborhood. The younger boy, 15, remains in critical condition. They were walking down the...
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Austin Churches Form Teen Program To Curb Violence
CHICAGO (CBS) — Eleven churches from the west side Austin neighborhood hope to curb violence in the community by reaching out one-on-one to teens. play pause Austin Churches Form Teen Program To Curb...
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Northwest Suburbs Grappling With Teen Suicides
(CBS) — It’s become a crisis in the far northwest suburbs: teen after teen taking their own lives. But they’re fighting that trend with education and a little help from a celebrity. CBS 2’s Dana...
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Teens Wounded In Separate Shootings
(STMW) — Two teenage boys were wounded in separate shootings Friday afternoon. A 15-year-old boy was standing in the 5000 block of West Henderson Street when a white SUV approached and a person got out...
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Room To Grow: Tips For Creating Great Kids’ Rooms
As kids grow, their tastes change, and often, a revamp of their room is required. Reinventing the nursery into a big kid’s and then a teenager’s room does not necessarily require a complete overhaul or...
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Adding A Teen Driver To Your Insurance Leads To 79% Higher Cost
By Jim Donovan Adding a teenage driver to a married couple’s car insurance policy leads to a 79% higher average annual premium, according to a new insuranceQuotes.com report. Teenage males (+92%) are...
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Elgin Police: Vehicle Owners Made It Easy For Teen Car Thieves
(STMW) – Police on Thanksgiving night arrested two 17-year-old juveniles, a boy and a girl, who were charged in connection with two stolen cars in northwest suburban Elgin. Both cars were left running...
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Chicago Ridge Mall Begins ID Checks For Teens On Friday, Saturday Evenings
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20150206232343133AA.mp4 (CBS) – Some youths went away disappointed from Chicago Ridge Mall Friday, as security began imposing a weekend ID check for patrons...
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Chicago Students Take Civics Lesson To The Polling Place
(CBS) — Dozens of Chicago high school students hit a major milestone Thursday by casting their first vote. CBS 2’s Sandra Torres reports. A drum line accompanied students from Phillips Academy, to help...
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3 Teenage Girls Charged With Loop Robberies
CHICAGO (CBS) — Three teenage girls have been charged with robbing several people earlier this month in the Loop. In each incident, the girls battered female victims who were walking alone, then ran...
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Doctors Warn Against Teen Pot Use Amid Looser Marijuana Laws
CHICAGO (AP) — An influential doctors group is beefing up warnings about marijuana’s potential harms for teens amid increasingly lax laws and attitudes on pot use. Many parents use the drug and think...
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Study Finds States With Legalized Same-Sex Marriage Have Fewer Teen Suicides
(CBS) — A new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found states that legalized same-sex marriage have a positive impact on LGBTQ teenagers. The legal union between two women or...
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Colorado Arrest May Be Break In Delphi, Ind. Murders
(CBS) – Authorities in Colorado reportedly are trying to determine whether an Indiana sex offender detained this week near Colorado Springs is linked with the February murder of two teen girls on a...
View ArticleChicago Teens Share Stories Of Violence
CHICAGO (CBS) — Teens are speaking out about Chicago’s gun violence epidemic. Invited by former federal prosecutor Zach Fardon to address law students at Northwestern University. The stories were raw....
View ArticleDoctors Warn Plastic Surgery Apps Can Lead To Anxiety, Depression In Teens
CHICAGO (CBS) — They are apps making a game out of plastic surgery. Some say they are anything but entertaining when kids use them. CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov has the story. A nip here, a Botox injection...
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Teen Killed Seconds After Taking Off Seat Belt To Take A Selfie
SPRING, TX (CBS Local) – The parents of a 16-year-old ejected from a car after she removed her seat belt to take a selfie are turning their grief into action. The Details: Kailee Mills was killed in an...
View ArticlePolice: Dad Poses As Teen Daughter, Catches Alleged Child Predator
FRESNO, Calif. (CBS Local) – A California father is warning parents about an alleged child predator after he caught the man trying to meet his teenage daughter in a park. In March of 2017, Todd Thomas...
View ArticleTeen Develops ‘Wet Lung’ After Vaping For 3 Weeks, Doctors Say
PITTSBURGH, PA (CBS Local) – A teen in Pennsylvania had to be placed on a breathing machine after doctors say she developed “wet lung” from vaping. The Details: Doctors say a teen developed “wet lung”...
View ArticleFDA Says ‘Too Many Kids’ Experimenting With E-Cigarettes, Vaping
CHICAGO (CBS) — The popularity of e-cigarettes among younger Americans is drawing mounting scrutiny from federal regulators. Citing a wish “to better understand the youth appeal of these products,” the...
View ArticleTeen Contracts Deadly Illness After Working Out Too Much
HOUSTON, TX (CBS Local) – A teen in Texas is lucky to be alive after what he thought was soreness from the gym turned out to be a deadly illness. Seventeen-year-old Jared Shamburger first noticed the...
View ArticleStudy Links ADHD To Teens And Their Digital Media Use
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CBS Local) – A study of teens using high-tech devices has found a link between constant use of digital media and ADHD. According to scientists at USC, teens who are “heavy users”...
View ArticleJuul And The Vape Debate: Choosing Between Smokers And Teens
(CNN) — The year was 2004, and James Monsees and Adam Bowen couldn’t stop taking smoking breaks during a brainstorming session for their joint master’s thesis at Stanford University’s design school. It...
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Caught On Camera: Teen Pushed Off Bridge Suffers 5 Broken Ribs
MOULTON FALLS, Wash. (CBS Local) – In a video gone viral, you can see 16-year-old Jordan Holgerson start to change her mind about jumping into water off the edge of a bridge. She’s about to back out....
View ArticleTeen’s Headache Turns Out To Be Rare, Life-Threatening Illness
IOWA CITY, Iowa (CBS Local) – An Iowa teen dealing with headaches is now fighting for his life after doctors discovered he was actually suffering from a rare brain disease. Christopher Bunch told his...
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6 Teens, 1 Adult Hospitalized After Prom Night Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) – Six teenagers and one adult were hospitalized after a prom night crash in Ashburn early Saturday morning. Chicago police said a 2019 Nissan Rogue was headed eastbound on 79th Street...
View ArticleTeens Arrested, Charged In 47th Street Carjacking
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two teenage boys were arrested and charged with carjacking a University of Chicago medical worker. The victim was on his way to work January 7 when he stopped at a Kenwood BP gas...
View ArticlePhase 2 Opens Monday In Illinois Outside Chicago For Anyone 16 And Over To...
CHICAGO (CBS) — In one of the biggest steps in getting more people in Illinois vaccinated against COVID-19, the state moves to Phase 2 of its vaccination program on Monday. Under Phase 2, everyone 16...
View Article‘I Just Wanted To See My Grandma’: Suburban Chicago Teens Help Peers Get...
CHICAGO (CBS) — There are new rules about who can get the COVID-19 vaccine in Illinois. Anyone 16 and older can now get a shot anywhere in the state, except for Chicago. But getting that shot may not...
View Article‘He Was All But A Boy’: CPD Officers Credited For Saving The Life Of...
CHICAGO (CBS) — There’s new video of the moment two Chicago police officers made a decision that saved the life of a 13-year-old boy in South Chicago. Swaysee Rankin was walking with his 14-year-old...
View ArticleBartlett Teen Faces Reckless Homicide Charges In August Crash That Killed 2...
By Mary Chappell CHICAGO (CBS) — A Bartlett teen is facing reckless homicide charges after allegedly causing a crash in early August that killed two Bartlett High School teens. The teen has been...
View Article12, 13 Year-Old Shot In South Austin; Among 4 Teens Shot In Chicago Overnight
By Mary Chappell CHICAGO (CBS) — 2 teens were shot in South Austin late Friday night, police said. The teens, ages 12 and 13, were standing on the front porch of a home in the 5800 block of West...
View ArticleCPD Officers ‘Sustained Minor Injuries’ After Scuffle At Roberto Clemente...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Several Chicago police officers were injured during a scuffle at Roberto Clemente Community Academy. According to authorities, police were called to the 1100 block of North Western...
View ArticleTeens Shot In Chicago’s West Englewood Neighborhood
CHICAGO (CBS) — Authorities are investigating a shooting in Chicago’s West Englewood neighborhood injuring two teens. It happened in the 6000 block of South Paulina just after 12:00 p.m. The Chicago...
View ArticleWalgreens Expressions Challenge Provides Creative Outlet For Teens To Cope...
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Expressions Challenge aims to use creativity and art to help teens cope. The nationwide competition put on by Walgreens features art of all kinds by teens struggling to cope with...
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