Ohio State turns 3 takeaways into 21 points and beats Illinois 34-16
Illinois (5-2, 2-2) scored two TDs in the second half, doubling the number of touchdowns given up by Ohio State this season.
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Illinois (5-2, 2-2) scored two TDs in the second half, doubling the number of touchdowns given up by Ohio State this season.
Far beyond Harvard University and its standoff with the Trump administration, Republican officials in several states have been pushing for changes at public universities.
Vilmarilys "Lilly" Hernandez, along with her sister and their uncle, brought flowers Monday morning to the Homewood Memorial Gardens Cemetery — where their brother, Jean Eli Gonzalez, is now buried.
A car chase in Montgomery County, Ohio led to suspects throwing wooden boards from a truck at pursuing officers. The suspects now face various drug and assault charges.
Anthony Labrador-Sierra enrolled in the Perrysburg school system near Toledo without a legal guardian, claiming he was trafficked from Venezuela.
A pet raccoon named Chewy was in the driver's seat of a car in central Ohio earlier this week, holding a glass meth pipe in its mouth, according to police.
Ernest Williams, a double amputee, was trying to visit the Veterans Affairs office in Canton on Monday, but he forgot it was closed for the holiday. On the way to catch a bus back home, he got stuck on the sidewalk. Officers came to the rescue.
It's a reminder that hazardous and explosive materials can be found in everyday items, so be aware of proper handling and storage and disposal. No one was hurt in the explosion.
Video showed nearly a dozen people wearing black pants, shirts and head coverings and red masks covering their mouths marching down the street. Three of the people were carrying black flags with red swastikas.
The baseless rumors have been amplified in recent days by former President Donald Trump and his allies.
The father of one of the four people shot and killed on the CTA Blue Line train early Monday morning had to drive hours from Columbus, Ohio, to identify and claim his son's body. He suspected his son, Simeon Bihesi, 28, was on the train going to get a hot breakfast when the suspected shooter walked onto his train car and shot him.
Security Sunday night was tight at the ballroom at the easternmost end of Navy Pier.
Former President Donald Trump has chosen Sen. JD Vance of Ohio to be his vice presidential running mate this November. Trump announced his VP pick on social media just before he was to accept the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday.
As if this story were not already bizarre enough, the man was wearing a leopard-print onesie when he was arrested. And his name was Matthew Pancake.
A woman found murdered on the side of a rural road about 50 miles southwest of Chicago in 1976 has been identified, officials announced Thursday.
The periodical cicadas that have blanketed parts of the American Midwest this spring are strange creatures, but they have nothing on some of their superfans. Cicada "superfans" from making an extended field day (or, rather, field month) with the twin emergence.
A heat wave is forecast to bring dangerously hot temperatures to the Midwest and Northeast this week.
A FedEx driver put down the package in Columbus, and the thief swooped in and took it before the driver could even knock on the door.
A reported explosion caused extensive damage to a building in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, on Tuesday afternoon.
Ohio billionaire Larry Connor said he wants to prove that the imploded Titan sub "was a contraption" and that the ocean can be "kind of life-changing if you go about it the right way."
At a rally, Mr. Trump speculated on the consequences if he loses the 2024 presidential election.
Several tornadoes in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky caused deaths, injuries and widespread damage and knocked out power to tens of thousands.
Earlier this month, police in Ashland, Ohio responded after a 3-year-old girl hit her head and had a seizure. An officer immediately started CPR.
The bus was carrying a high school marching band– and three students, two chaperones, and a teacher were killed. CBS 2's Irika Sargent reports.
Police identified 20-year-old Benjamin Charles Jones as the gunman in the shooting just days before Thanksgiving.
A teenager who is accused of dressing as a clown and randomly stabbing a man in the St. Louis area has been charged with murder.
Some Evanston, Illinois, residents are being asked to shelter in place due to a high-pressure gas line break on Friday morning.
Friday's jobs report showed employers shed jobs last month, rather than adding 95,000 new hires that had been forecast by economists.
Just over two weeks until more than a million students across Illinois will head back to their classrooms.
Two people were injured after a crash involving an ambulance on I-57 in Calumet Park on Thursday night.
As Chicago's civilian police oversight body begins the process of searching for a new police superintendent, it has scheduled a series of meetings to gather public input.
Federal officials who want immigration agents to detain and deport Cook County Jail inmates have threatened Sheriff Tom Dart with prosecution if he doesn't give them access.
The Supreme Court in June struck down President Trump's earlier executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship.
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was hospitalized on June 14.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions during testimony before the committee last week.
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.
With the cyclosporiasis linked to iceberg lettuce growing and consumers wary of the products on grocery shelves, many in Chicago are turning to local farmers market for fresh and safe greens.
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.
The Shops at North Bridge on the Magnificent Mile announced plans Thursday for a multimillion-dollar renovation project.
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.
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.
A teenager accused of dressing as a clown and randomly stabbing a man to death at a bus stop in the St. Louis area has been charged with murder, authorities said.
Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher defeated Trump-backed U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles in a Republican primary Thursday for a significantly reshaped congressional district.
Don't miss your chance to see The Notebook musical in Chicago.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, in announcing her opposition, cited the Justice Department’s handling of files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, the sweeping tax audit immunity deal and the proposed “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”
The 2026 Price is Right casting call is underway in Downers Grove.
An investigation was underway Thursday evening at a Far South Side funeral home, after more than 50 decomposing bodies were found in the facility.
Just over two weeks until more than a million students across Illinois will head back to their classrooms.
A teenager who is accused of dressing as a clown and randomly stabbing a man in the St. Louis area has been charged with murder.
Federal agents who want to detain and deport Cook County Jail inmates have threatened Sheriff Dart with prosecution if he doesn't give them access.
Some Evanston, Illinois, residents are being asked to shelter in place due to a high-pressure gas line break on Friday morning.
University of Illinois researchers have found a correlation between more green spaces and less violence in neighborhoods. A group in Chicago is planting trees with the mission to bring beauty and safety to the whole city.
Security video captured the moment a utility pole fell in a parking lot behind a La Grange Park, Illinois, animal hospital, igniting a fire that destroyed multiple cars.
An Illinois Tollway glitch that left thousands of drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls stemmed from an extra digit in codes within the system's computers, according to records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
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.
The Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 12-11 Thursday night in a game that lasted more than four hours.
Pete Crow-Armstrong scored on a throwing error in the 11th inning after Alex Bregman hit a two-strike, two-out homer in the ninth, and the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Wilyer Abreu homered for the fourth time in three games and the surging Red Sox beat the White Sox 4-0 on Wednesday night.
Chicago Bears right tackle Darnell Wright is very grateful for his historic four-year, $116 million contract extension. Wright thanked general manager Ryan Poles, who used his first 1st round draft pick to pick Wright 10th overall in 2023.
Chicago State University's new football team is just a couple weeks away from the first game of the Cougars' inaugural season.
A teenager described as "troubled" and "bullied" by a classmate killed his grandparents before gunning down five staff members at a high school in Thailand, police said.
A man has been charged with breaking into a home in west suburban Darien before leading police on a high-speed chase to his own home in southwest suburban Homer Glen.
Police in the southwest Chicago suburb of Lockport were investigating a crash-and-grab burglary at a pizzeria early Thursday.
Chicago police on Thursday were investigating a break-in at a bar in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood.
A candy store in Chicago's West Ridge community was burglarized early Thursday morning.
