
Tara Molina
Reporter at WBBM-TV (Chicago, IL)
@CBSChicago reporter. #CLE native. @ASU Sun Devil + @Cronkite_ASU Master’s grad.
Articles
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Jeramie Bizzle |Tara Molina
Charges were pending Monday afternoon in a deadly shootout near the UIC-Halsted stop CTA Blue Line stop on Saturday. Police said two men were on the Peoria Street bridge over the Eisenhower Expressway near the UIC-Halsted stop just after 6 p.m. Saturday, when a quarrel escalated into a shootout.
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2 weeks ago |
krdo.com | Todd Feurer |Tara Molina
By Todd Feurer, Tara MolinaClick here for updates on this story GARY, Indiana (WBBM) — A police officer in Gary, Indiana, shot and killed a man who was pointing a gun at officers while holding a 1-year-old baby hostage early Wednesday. Lake County Sheriff’s deputies and Gary police officers responded to a hostage situation around 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 2200 block of Carolina Street, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Department.
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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Tara Molina
License plate readers, CPD helicopter lead to arrest in high-speed chase Police are crediting license plate readers and a Chicago Police Department helicopter with helping officers catch a woman who led them on a high-speed chase along the Dan Ryan and Eisenhower expressways on Thursday.
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Tara Molina
The heavy rain that soaked the Chicago area on Wednesday is being studied as part of a research project at the Shedd Aquarium, where scientists are examining how extreme weather impacts wildlife in the Chicago River. Scientists are studying the long-term impact on fish when sewage ends up in the river after heavy rain. Researchers at the Shedd Aquarium are putting tiny trackers inside fish living in the Chicago River to study them and the environment.
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3 weeks ago |
channel3000.com | Marissa Perlman |Sara Machi |Tara Molina
Click here for updates on this story CARPENTERSVILLE, Illinois (WBBM) -- A third child has died following Sunday morning's house fire in Carpentersville, Illinois. The fire happened around 9:43 a.m. in the 1700 block of Kingston Circle. When crews arrived, four people were in the burning home, but it was too late to save the other two boys inside. The 1-year-old was taken to Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin for treatment, but later died.
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