Updated Feb 4, 2012 at 5:40 PM CST PEORIA, Ill. -- In these tough economic times, one group is working to help underprivileged college students get into the workplace. Saturday, the Tri-County...

Daniel James Olaska, 27, was charged Saturday afternoon with first degree murder and two counts of attempted first degree murder, announced Dupage County State's Attorney Robert B....

RIVER FOREST, Ill. (STMW) – A River Forest man who took in dozens of foster children since 1996 and volunteered with local youth groups was charged Friday with the sexual abuse of two girls. ...

February 4, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Dozens of angry customers of a South Side tax preparation business showed up at several of the company's locations Saturday, complaining they had not yet...

Bonnie Burkman of Arnold, Mo., can't keep her eyes off Cappuccino, a barn owl perched on TreeHouse Wildlife Center senior wildlife technician Pam Lippert's hand Saturday at the Lewis and...

After 65 years in the business, Henry Saenz has closed the doors of Barleff's in Godfrey and he will be remembered as a "one-of-kind" clothing salesperson and tailor. Saenz, 87,...

Updated Feb 4, 2012 at 5:07 PM CST PEORIA, Ill -- A father and his two young children are dead tonight, after a fire destroys much of their Peoria home early Saturday morning. A father and his two...

Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll says all three were pronounced dead at about 4 a.m. Saturday in the emergency room of OSF Saint Francis Medical...

Shaun Wild (Left) and Willie Hayes are two victims of a stabbing in Naperville early Saturday. Wild died from his injuries Saturday. Hayes remains in intensive care at Edward...

MADISON, Wis. (CBS) The wild and wacky Big Ten might actually be starting to sort itself out. Ohio State, the consensus favorite in the conference this year and undoubtedly the most talented Big Ten...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Freshman Pat Connaughton had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Notre Dame made 11 3-pointers and beat No. 15 Marquette 76-59 Saturday. Connaughton shot 5 for 8 on 3s to lead the...

CHICAGO (STMW) - A 25-year-old woman who was driving her 59-year-old mother and her 2-year-old nephew early Saturday in the West Side Garfield Park neighborhood was wounded when an errant bullet from...

Protestors in Chicago gathered to call for no sanctions and no war against either Iran or Syria after Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at stopping the...

Chicago Bears rookie JT Thomas had a big surprise today for his No. 1 fan. Thomas created a foundation to help kids inspired by his brother who has autism. Thomas met 14-year-old Anthony...

A person died when a van spun out and was hit by a semi truck near the Portage plaza of the Indiana Toll Road. Indiana State Police say the van may have hit some ice on the roadway at around 4:30...

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Would you blow up the Bucks and start over?This would lead to my follow up.Does Jennings want to stay. If he wants to go- then I trade everyone. No choice.If he wants to STAY, then I have...

LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) -- The defense attorney for one of two men charged with killing five members of a central Illinois family wants to withdraw from the...

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Remove the Heisman Trophy from the discussion and I don't know if Phil Emery knows Robert Griffin III from Robert...

Antiabortion activist Randall Terry, a write-in candidate for president, demanded that a Chicago station run an ad showing aborted fetuses during the Super Bowl. The FCC ruled against...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The former congresswoman and one-time Mary Kay saleswoman dashed up to the pulpit of the black megachurch and offered stories of growing up poor and raising two children on her own as...

Similar disputes have been playing out in a number of cities in recent years as the corps has declared 10 percent of the levees in a new database of 2,200 federal levee systems...

Shortly before 1 a.m. on Saturday, Naperville Paramedics and Police responded to a report of a person having been stabbed but found three individuals with stab wounds, according to a press release...

The city of Chicago has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle a 2006 lawsuit filed by a South Side family alleging abuse and extortion from rouge police...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (STMW) – A Wisconsin man is dead and two others injured from a stabbing that took place in Naperville overnight. Shortly before 1 a.m., Naperville paramedics and police...

In December, the brain of former NFL player Lew Carpenter was found to have an advanced case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, despite never having suffered a concussion. Here's an excerpt...

A woman was charged with felony DUI after allegedly hitting another patron with her car in a West Side club parking lot. Alexis Dumas, 29, of the 800 block of North LaTrobe Avenue, was charged with...

Gov. Pat Quinn is set to announce the members of a state commission that will raise scholarship money for students from immigrant families. Quinn will name the Illinois DREAM Fund Commission on...

WGN-AM Friday with Jonathon Brandmeier. The governor says that in a "weak moment" he accepted the challenge to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon. The "Cinnamon Challenge" is an old...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Given the state's financial predicament, lawmakers will need to consider every possible strategy for cutting the state's Medicaid budget this year, Illinois Department of...

WOOD RIVER -- A country concert featuring Steve Lowe of Alton as Willie Nelson will be presented at 7 p.m. today, Saturday, at Vaughn Hill Church of Christ, 662 S. Bellwood. Admission is free. Call...

Tweet Widget CHAMPAIGN -- Police are looking for a Champaign man who fled the scene of an accident on an Interstate 74 exit ramp Friday night. Illinois State Police at Pesotum said about 7:30 p.m.,...

Tweet Widget BISMARCK -- The Vermilion County Sheriff's Department has investigated an alleged bullying incident at Bismarck-Henning High School this week but found no evidence of a crime,...

Tweet Widget OGDEN -- A Champaign man was arrested early Saturday for drunken driving after his car allegedly ran a school bus carrying junior high school students off the interstate in western...

Tweet Widget URBANA -- Melissa "Missy" Mullins Lackey is being remembered as a person who helped others cope with the very demons that haunted parts of her life. The 36-year-old Urbana...

CHICAGO (STMW) – Two Chicago police officers sitting in a squad car were shot at early Saturday in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood. The officers were sitting in the car in the 3800 block...

PORTAGE, Ind. (STMW) – Indiana State Police are urging motorists to drive cautiously and to reduce their speed on wet or ice- and snow-covered roads, following a fatal crash on the Inidna Toll...

The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Chicago kicks off its 2012 season with a 10th anniversary birthday bash Saturday. The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Chicago kicks off its 2012 season with a 10th...

Indiana's top elections official could lose his job after he was convicted of voter fraud. Sec. of State Charlie White was accused of lying about his address on voter registration forms....

Here's a distinction Windy City residents probably don't want to embrace: Chicago ranks sixth as the most miserable city in the United States, according to one magazine's...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' human rights department says it's found substantial evidence of discrimination at the Chicago office of a German industrial...

o A man once charged with killing his daughter has paid a tipster whose information led to a convicted rapist in the girl's death. Kevin Fox and his family refused last year to pay $100,000...

Tweet Widget DANVILLE -- Danville Area Community College is hosting a college financial aid event for families of students who will be attending college in 2012-2013. The purpose of the...

Tweet Widget DANVILLE - The HALO Project and County Market are partnering to offer the public some guidance in making healthy food choices. Beginning Monday, the "Fast and Easy Healthy Food...