No. 20 Northwestern Holds Off No. 21 Wisconsin, 13-7
Justin Jackson ran for 139 yards and a touchdown.
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Justin Jackson ran for 139 yards and a touchdown.
Bryant McIntosh scored a career-high 32 points.
Bryant McIntosh scored 20 points, and Trey Demps added 14.
Justin Jackson ran for 116 yards and a late touchdown.
Alex Olah scored 21 points.
Jack Mitchell's 35-yard field goal with nine seconds left was the game-winner.
The calendar has changed to November and here come the make or break games.
A Northwestern University professor who was accused of sexual harassment by a student, spurring five lawsuits, resigned Monday in the midst of termination proceedings at the north suburban school.
Clayton Thorson's 37-yard touchdown pass to Dan Vitale and Jack Mitchell's third field goal gave Northwestern an eight-point lead in the fourth quarter.
In what is the biggest single donation ever given to a law school, J.B. Pritzker and his wife, M.K., are donating $100 million to Northwestern, which will rename the school the Pritzker School Of Law.
Reserve running back Akrum Wadley ran for 192 yards and tied a school record with four rushing touchdowns.
Jehu Chesson returned the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown, and No. 18 Michigan scored on offense and defense to build a four-touchdown lead by halftime ,
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Justin Jackson ran for 120 yards, and the Northwestern defense turned in another dominant performance.
A Northwestern University graduate who traveled to Africa has been using her journalism degree to do more than just tell stories there, she has been giving back to the girls of one of the world's poorest nations.
Clayton Thorson threw three touchdown passes.
Warren Long touched the ball three times for No. 23 Northwestern — and wound up making two critical plays.
Redshirt freshman Clayton Thorson threw his first career touchdown pass and ran one in himself.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has started this week on CBS 2 with much fanfare. Many of you may not know that Stephen got his start right here in Chicago.
Freshman Clayton Thorson ran 42 yards for a touchdown while playing turnover-free ball at quarterback, and Justin Jackson added 134 yards rushing.
The national office overturned a 2014 decision by the regional office.
To determine symptoms of depression, doctors may only need to look no further than a patient's smart phone.
Northwestern University is parking its Ryan Field shuttle buses and will let CTA do the job, beginning this fall.
One hundred at-risk middle school boys from the North Lawndale and Evanston areas are tackling Northwestern for a two-week camp, reports CBS 2's Megan Mawicke. Football is the hook, but the primary goal is academics and teaching life skills.
Nine people and counting have now announced campaigns for mayor of Chicago for 2027, and the first was Chicago business owner and former mathematics teacher Joe Holberg.
A fiery crash shut down eastbound I-88 in Aurora, Illinois, early Wednesday morning.
Chicago Public Schools teachers are expected back in their buildings in less than two weeks, and people are asking Mayor Brandon Johnson what he is going to do to ensure the district can make payroll.
In the livestream, which has since been taken down, Hilton appears to be bloodied and in a distressed mental state.
A South Holland woman said she was left high and dry after paying thousands of dollars to have her swimming pool fixed, only for the contractor to vanish.
Nine people and counting have now announced campaigns for mayor of Chicago for 2027, and the first was Chicago business owner and former mathematics teacher Joe Holberg.
Chicago Public Schools teachers are expected back in their buildings in less than two weeks, and people are asking Mayor Brandon Johnson what he is going to do to ensure the district can make payroll.
After losing two of his top three financial advisers in the past week, Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday sought to assure Chicago residents "they have stability" headed into what will likely be another tough budget season at City Hall.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of bills Tuesday protecting consumers in the state from unfair home and auto insurance rates.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget director, Annette Guzman, is stepping down from her post, the mayor's office confirmed Monday night.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
While the building that housed the flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue has been torn down, the renowned Chicago restaurant chain is now set to open a new Lakeview location.
Nationally, data centers used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023 — a figure projected to reach 72.6 billion gallons by 2028, raising concerns about states' water supplies.
Chicago's Wishbone Restaurant will soon be closing after 36 years in business.
The Old Town Pour House isn't in its namesake neighborhood anymore, but it's returning to the central area of Chicago — specifically in the Loop.
Stella's Diner in Chicago's East Lakeview community has gone out of business.
Crews need about a week and a half to tear down the festival site before the city can begin its own inspection — and past cleanup costs have topped $1 million.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Chicago Public Schools teachers are expected back in their buildings in less than two weeks, and people are asking Mayor Brandon Johnson what he is going to do to ensure the district can make payroll. Lauren Victory reports.
A suspect was taken into custody after SWAT teams surrounded a home in southwest suburban Homer Glen on Tuesday, following a home invasion in nearby Darien.
Chicago business owner and former teacher Joe Holberg has entered the Chicago mayoral race.
A man has been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two teens on the Far South Side of Chicago in 2024 and 2025.
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A man has been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two teens on the Far South Side of Chicago in 2024 and 2025.
A teacher and father in northwest suburban Algonquin is on a long road to recovery after a tree fell on him as he was attempting to cut it down.
A 61-year-old Chicago nurse has filed a lawsuit against two private security companies, after she said she was seriously hurt by a fare dodger at a CTA station on her way to work last year.
Nine people and counting have now announced campaigns for mayor of Chicago for 2027, and the first was Chicago business owner and former mathematics teacher Joe Holberg.
A fiery crash shut down eastbound I-88 in Aurora, Illinois, early Wednesday morning.
A South Holland woman said she was left high and dry after paying thousands of dollars to have her swimming pool fixed, only for the contractor to vanish.
An Elgin man has seen what he thought was the deal of a lifetime turn into weeks of frustration after a fake tracking number scam left him without goods or a refund after buying a game system on eBay.
Nationally, data centers used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023 — a figure projected to reach 72.6 billion gallons by 2028, raising concerns about states' water supplies.
A clean energy initiative on the South Side of Chicago is increasing access to solar energy and electric vehicle charging stations, and community members say it's making a difference.
A glitch in the Illinois Tollway system earlier this month left about 100,000 drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls, some dating back about a year.
The Chicago Cubs spoiled Tarik Skubal's debut with the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night, posting a 5-1 victory behind key RBI singles by Nico Hoerner and Pete Crow-Armstrong.
The Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to six games with a 14-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
Standout right tackle Darnell Wright has agreed to lucrative contract extension with the Chicago Bears.
The Chicago Bears held their second straight padded practice Tuesday with multiple periods of live tackling as they focused in on defense.
Seiya Suzuki, Carson Kelly and Kevin Alcántara each hit a two-run homer, and the Chicago Cubs handed the Los Angeles Dodgers their fourth consecutive loss with a 10-5 victory.
A woman stood charged Tuesday with stabbing a man during a fight in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood this past weekend.
An Illinois State Police trooper who has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a bartender in southwest suburban Tinley Park will remain behind bars as he awaits trial.
Thieves stole an ATM from a gas station in Chicago's Roseland community early Monday.
Two young men and a teenage boy were shot and wounded early Monday in Chicago's Park Manor community.
A man was stabbed late Sunday night in a fight with a woman on Chicago's West Side, police said.
