Illinois and Northwestern are talking about moving their annual Big Ten football game to Wrigley Field. Northwestern spokesman Mike Wolf says the schools have talked several times with the Chicago Cubs, most recently last weekend.

A 57-year-old Oak Forest man is out on bail after being arrested in Steger for trying to arrange a sexual encounter with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl, police said.

One of the key figures in the uproar over the role of political influence at the University of Illinois is resigning.

A new national report shows that graduation and dropout rates have declined slightly in Illinois while the number of children living in extreme poverty has held steady.

Closure finally came Tuesday in a brutal child murder case that has been a political football for more than a quarter century. Convicted murderer Brian Dugan, 52, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the Feb. 25, 1983, kidnapping, rape and murder of

A McHenry County Adult Correctional Facility officer has been arrested and relieved of his duties following allegations of inappropriate contact by four female inmates.

State Rep. Julie Hamos says her experience makes her ready to serve in Congress, and if she gets there she says she would support President Barack Obama's health care reform efforts.

The temperature is in the low 80s on Tuesday. It feels warm after all the cool weather we've been having. It's been so "cold" farmers say corn is not growing like it should. And that could cost all of us.

The complaint department is officially open for relatives of people buried at Mt. Glenwood Cemetery in South suburban Glenwood. CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman reports on what loved ones have reported, so far.

A Villa Park woman who suffocated her longtime lover, then hid her body and went on a date with another girlfriend, was sentenced today to 50 years in prison.

An East Texas man has been indicted on charges of sexual assault and making "improper video of a child."

The father of a newborn baby who was mutilated, killed and cannibalized by his mother says he wants to see her executed for her crimes.

An Edinburg teen needed 15 stitches to close a leg wound after a shark bit her left leg.

An East Texas town has had an unusually large amount of rain - so much, in fact, many streets and highways have had to be closed.

Forget paying a traditional fee for your car insurance. A new device could have you pay as you drive.

Associated Press - July 28, 2009 5:45 PM ET PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A $1 billion stimulus program to keep cops on the streets was praised Tuesday as a heavenly blessing in places like tiny...

Associated Press - July 28, 2009 5:45 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a jury's $31.9 million award to victims of a car crash that killed five people on Interstate 10...

Associated Press - July 28, 2009 6:05 PM ET BROWNWOOD, Texas (AP) - The provost at Hardin-Simmons University has been hired as the new president at Howard Payne University.

Associated Press - July 28, 2009 6:25 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says she will vote against confirming Sonia Sotomayor to be a Supreme Court justice.

Some Saint John-area residents living close to where Irving Oil Ltd. and BP had proposed to build a second oil refinery are celebrating that the massive project will not disturb their quiet neighbourhood.