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Past articles by Jim:

Admired Chicago photographer John H. White chronicles the humanity of history

In 1982, while at the Chicago Sun-Times, White won the Pulitzer Prize for photojournalism. → Read More

Wood Dale Junior High once again heads to national finals of Future City competition

Wood Dale Junior High School students are excelling in STEM. The word is out: these 12- and 13-year-olds are a powerhouse. → Read More

InZone Project still helps Chicago boys of color succeed in new environment

CBS 2 is revisiting one man's vision to help Black and brown boys from some of Chicago's roughest neighborhoods succeed in a new environment. → Read More

15 years later, Lane Bryant murders remain unsolved; 'I'm still at that why?'

"Why did these women have to die? What was it that you were looking for to take five women's lives?" said one woman who worked at the store, but wasn't there when five co-workers were killed. → Read More

After helping fellow veterans, Indiana man sought his own help at Chicago Rush

Reg McCutcheon spent 34 years in the U.S. Air Force, including time in Afghanistan, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. → Read More

Eagle Scout leads effort to take down playground in Winnetka, and send it to Ghana

"It's going to be great, because it's going to help the community here by getting a new playground, and it's going to help the community in Ghana," Jake Claybrook said. → Read More

University of Chicago professor Douglas Diamond wins Nobel Prize in Economics

Diamond won the prize along with former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke – now of the Brookings Institution – and Philip Dybvig of Washington University in St. Louis. → Read More

Veterans from around the U.S. help to beautify Chicago neighborhoods

The organization "The Mission Continues" said they pick a city to help every year. → Read More

Good Samaritans help return dogs after being stolen in River North

An unknown suspect drove off in the dog owner's SUV in with the two dogs inside. → Read More

Loss of $8,200 from bank account a nightmare for suburban woman

The woman received a notification from her bank that all of her money was taken from her account. → Read More

'Boating welcomes all': Meridian Private Yachts participating during Black Yacht Weekend

An entrepreneur whose love of boating led him to launch a business on Lake Michigan. → Read More

Citibank customer couldn't get back $7,500 stolen from his account until he called CBS 2

"I tried everything — websites ... I called Citibank headquarters, I called all these people trying to find somebody, frankly, who cared," David said. → Read More

The Black Pullman maids are front and center in an exhibit at Chicago's Newberry Library

"If you think about the cultural narratives we tell about the U.S., the railroad is pivotal to the stories we like to say about the United States, but we don't normally usually include the narratives or the experiences of Black women." → Read More

CBS 2's Joe Donlon takes to the mound before Wednesday's Chicago White Sox game

"It just shows you an idea how deceiving it is when you get on that mound. You're a lot higher off the ground than you think." → Read More

At age 105, Martha Zanotti still has plenty to get "wild and woolly" about

She's still going strong, and she as celebrates her 105th birthday on Tuesday, there are examples for all of us in her life's story. → Read More

'It's been a lifetime': Elk Grove Bowl closing after 60 years

Loyal fans will say goodbye to Elk Grove Bowl, a home away from home for generations of bowlers. → Read More

Autonomy Works' inclusive approach is helping employees with autism change the workforce

Our colleagues at ''60 minutes'' showed how employees with autism can excel. That single story on the CBS news magazine led to a remarkable thing in Chicago. → Read More

'The world we want to see': Laughing and learning life lessons at Illinois' Camp Kupugani

"When you actually, really live and work and play together and have conflict together and overcome challenges together, that is how you really learn how to interact with people or people you perceive as different from you." → Read More

Local group urges everyone to get tested, provides tips to help curb kidney disease

National Kidney month is a time when we look at kidney disease and what we can do to curb it. → Read More

If You’ve Got A Chicago Architecture Question, Jennifer McElroy Has An Answer

And amid our wonder, we might have questions: What is that at the top of this building. What is this design? There's a source for bite-sized answers in this fast-paced world. → Read More