NORMAL — Illinois State University is strongly disputing the findings of a report released Tuesday that states the school isn’t preparing future teachers as well as it should.

DECATUR — A teen male who is on probation in connection with an October burglary of a relative’s house was arrested on preliminary felony charges Monday for allegedly breaking into his next-do…

MULBERRY GROVE - A Mulberry Grove man already serving a six-year sentence in Illinois for the sexual abuse of a child will now serve another 10-year term in federal prison for the possession o…

DECATUR — Traffic will change direction on North Park and South Park streets downtown, starting today (June 19).

DECATUR — The combined team salaries of the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals represent a lot of money.

DECATUR - Tuesday’s official afternoon rainfall total of just under an inch at Decatur Airport didn’t come close to telling the full weather story in the city.

SHELBYVILLE — Two weeks after the death of Shelbyville Mayor Roy Shuff, the Shelbyville City Council could not agree on a replacement at Monday night’s city council meeting.

The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended like all the others -- with the feds walking away empty-handed. FULL STORY

AEG Live lawyer Marvin Putnam asks Paris Jackson about former nanny Grace Rwaramba.

Slim Whitman, the yodeling county music singer whose productive career spanned decades, died Wednesday, his son-in-law told CNN. He was 90.

It's that combination again: Justin Bieber, an automobile, and a mishap.

Material that "may be human remains" has been found at a former New York home of gangster James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, a law enforcement source with knowledge of an investigation at the home said Wednesday.

The accelerating pace of the slaughter of elephants for their tusks has put African elephants at catastrophic risk in the coming decades. To make matters worse, some of the region's most notorious armed groups are taking tusks to finance their atrocities.

Prince William's wife, Catherine, plans to give birth to their first baby in the same hospital wing where her husband was born to Diana, Princess of Wales, almost 31 years ago, sources familiar with the plans said Wednesday.

Two men have been charged in the Albany, New York, area in a bizarre plan to use a device loosely described as a ray gun to "target people they didn't like," a federal law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said Wednesday.

Afghanistan has suspended security talks with the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office said Wednesday.

Dr. Paul Offit, chief of the division of infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, warns against the dangers of taking too many vitamins.

Bernard Pollard is bringing a swagger with him to the Tennessee Titans.

The Tuesday night interview between Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and Byron Scott went very well, according to sources with knowledge of the meeting.

Hoping in part to push along sales of NBA jerseys, more teams will wear uniforms with sleeves next season.

Investigators plan to execute a search warrant on an Enterprise rental car registered to Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, two days after a body was found about a mile away from his home.

Tiger Woods' sore left elbow will keep him out of competition until the British Open.

Darrelle Revis was able to secure the No. 24 when he was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but it didn't come cheap.

Chicago Blackhawks winger Marian Hossa did not participate in morning skate on Wednesday but is expected to play in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins.

The Houston Astros say they have signed right-handed pitcher Mark Appel of Stanford, the No. 1 overall draft pick in the draft earlier this month.