Staff Sgt. Fred Herzfeldt, right, proposes to his girlfriend, JoAn Vargas, at the Illinois Army National Guard Maintenance Center Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in North Riverside. The proposal was...

February 3, 2012 (NAPERVILLE, Ill.) (WLS) -- An elementary school teacher was stabbed to death in a suburban bar. Shaun Wild was 24. Another man, a football player at North Central College, was...

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...

Staff Sgt. Fred Herzfeldt, right, proposes to his girlfriend, JoAn Vargas, at the Illinois Army National Guard Maintenance Center Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in North Riverside. The proposal was...

With Tom Brady and Eli Manning, two of the NFL's best quarterbacks matching up in Super Bowl XLVI, there is a strong possibility that a slew of new records will be...

A driver was killed when a 1999 GMC Savannah van was westbound on the Indiana Toll Road, in the right lane, at the 21.9 mile marker -- which is approximately 1 mile west of the Portage Toll...

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...

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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...

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 (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...

PORTER COUNTY, Ind. (STMW) – A semi-trailer truck driver was killed early Saturday when he hit a horse trailer that had broken free from an SUV on the Indiana Toll Road near Chesterton. The...

CHICAGO (STMW) – Police shut down a dangerous party at an unlicensed West Side nightclub early Saturday, seizing thousands of dollars in cash and arresting eight people -- including a man and...

(CBS) He owns the most 4,000-yard passing seasons of any quarterback in NFL history, already has a Super Bowl ring on his finger and is the only player ever to win four MVPs. Fox Sports has named...

February 4, 2012 (JOHNSBURG, Ill.) (WLS) -- The search for a fisherman who might have fallen through the ice on a lake in Johnsburg has become a recovery mission. Family members and friends were on...

A semi-truck driver was killed after his vehicle hit a horse trailer that had broken free from an SUV in northwest Indiana. The accident happened shortly after 12 a.m. Saturday on the Indiana Toll...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Pack lightly, Super Bowl fans. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano joined NFL and other officials in warning that security for Sunday’s game at Lucas Oil Stadium...

07:28 AM ET 02.04 | The Hornets are taking center Chris Kaman off the trade market for now and will permit him to return to the team, league sources confirmed Friday afternoon. The Hornets apparently...

The 32-year prison term imposed Friday on her husband's killer isn't harsh enough for Tracy Dragos, who said she wants John Gilbert to die behind bars for the 2009...

Thomas Lewickyj hugs his 12yr. mix breed dog Lilly after being carried from his 6th floor apartment at 2303 No. Clybourn after a Still and Box alarm fire routed the apartment buildings tennants. |...

Rashi Gant, 18, (left to right) David Stewart and Sharon Wilkins, talk about the pending $700,00 settlement they reached with the City of Chicago over abuse they say was caused by Chicago Police...

The Chicken Wing cupcake -- the brainchild of Coccadotts Cake Shop in Albany, N.Y. -- eliminates the need to dash into the kitchen for dessert and risk missing a key touchdown or...

As Emanuel goes toe-to-toe with the teachers' union, 63 percent of the voters said they approve of his stands on education issues and 75 percent support his decision to lengthen the school...

Ondelee Perteet's dreams of becoming the next Michael Phelps were shattered when the high school swimmer was shot and paralyzed at a West Side birthday...

Kolleen M. Lampa, 44, of Portage, is facing felony charges of drunken driving while operating a vehicle with children in it and neglect of a dependent for driving drunk with children on her bus,...

When police arrived at a dangerously overcrowded club in the Garfield Park neighborhood early Friday, they found utter pandemonium that included a fight, two car crashes and a man shooting wildly...

Five people are in custody after a Northwest Side bank robbery Friday afternoon and authorities believe two of the men are wanted for two other Wicker Park bank robberies last...

Five Chicago public pension funds have filed suit in Delaware to fire a controversial money management company created by a friend of President Barack Obama and a nephew of former Mayor Richard M....

The proposed airport in the south suburbs that Gov. Pat Quinn mentioned in his State of the State address last week is still stymied by feuding politicians, but the battle for its control seems to be...

A 13-year-old boy who brought a loaded .357 handgun to his middle school in west suburban Aurora told police he just wanted to show it to his...

A Pilsen man accused of raping a 26-year-old woman, then dragging her back into her Bucktown apartment as she tried to escape before strangling her into unconsciousness is free on...

Tony Cornelius, the son of "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius, received an urgent 3 a.m. phone call, shortly before Cornelius apparently fatally shot himself in the head, Tony Cornelius...

The FBI has said Eby's ex-girlfriend, Trisha Kiefer, led them to him. And though the agency gave her a $10,000 reward, the Foxes resisted paying her the $100,000 they'd...

Gov. Pat Quinn may have gotten a chilly reaction to his State of the State speech this week, but the Democrat warmed things up Friday by taking down his spiciest obstacle of the...