A Plainfield math teacher is one of 28 educators across the country who is helping draft lesson plans for new educational standards that will soon kick off in Illinois and across the country.

Mount Prospect's public health nurse Jill Heinking said that after discovering far too many of the Latino families she treated were struggling with obesity, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, she launched bilingual education programs targeting these potentially deadly, yet often preventable, illnesses.

The Deerfield Plan Commission has recommended a plan to build luxury apartments at the site of the former Beth Or synagogue, just south of Deerfield Road and west of Interstate Highway 94.

After a decade serving on the Wheaton Fire Department, Bill Schultz will take over as fire chief.

Vernon Hills officials have nearly completed a multi-million dollar economic incentive package to help fund the expansion of Westfield Hawthorn Mall, one of the much-anticipated project's last preliminary hurdles.

Lively chatter filled the air outside of Northbrook Village Hall recently as officials welcomed new residents into town and encouraged them to interact with their neighbors.

James Ealy could face life in prison when he's sentenced for murdering his former manager at a north suburban Burger King.

The mother of a student allegedly pushed down the stairs by a school security guard says the video of the incident made her break down in tears.

The Chicago Bears will retire Mike Ditka's jersey No. 89 this season.

Investigators in suburban Zion say a man who was shot to death in a grocery store parking lot may have been set up for robbery. Police were called to the Aldi food store in Zion Thursday night after getting a 911 call for shots fired in the parking lot.

A scandal involving inappropriate photos leads to a major punishment for a suburban high school baseball team.

A young boy was approached by a man on the playground at Bell Elementary School in the North Center neighborhood, police said.

President Barack Obama will be back in Chicago next Wednesday, May 29, to attend to Democratic fundraisers.Photo Credit: AP

Cell phone video shows a Dunbar Vocational Career Academy employee pushing the girl.

State Treasurer Dan Rutherford is still the favorite. We'd love to see him run against Attorney General Lisa Madigan.

Roberts gives commencement speech to high school he graduated from.

This season, Deng helped the Bulls to a 47-35 record and was named an All-Star for the second consecutive year.Photo Credit: Getty Images

Pair hits the jackpot after years of playing Illinois Lottery.Photo Credit: Illinois Lottery

The Boston Marathon bombings showed how quickly surveillance images can help identify suspects. Now a suburban police department wants to use that same technology to help solve and prevent crimes in their community. CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports.

Joey Votto extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a homer, and Ryan Hanigan and Brandon Phillips also homered on Friday night, powering the Cincinnati Reds to their fourth straight win, 7-4 over the Chicago Cubs.

First Class Petty Officer Aaron Haines waited anxiously Friday night at the Louis Joliet Mall. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.

Pushback by riders and consumer groups have prompted the CTA to pull back on some of the fees it intended to charge when it introduces its new Ventra transit fare card this summer.

The kits each contain soap, shampoo and hand sanitizer, toilet paper, wash cloths, toothpaste and a brush, among other things. But World Vision?s Angela Appleton said encouragement is also packed.

Kara Cannizzaro scored four goals in the second half to help third-seeded North Carolina beat two-time defending national champion Northwestern 11-4 on Friday in the NCAA women's lacrosse semifinals.

Seven people, including the co-owner of a Chicago condominium building and two loan officers, were part of a scheme to fraudulently buy mortgage loans totaling more than $8.8 million from various lenders, then keep the money, federal authorities alleged Thursday.

A 16-year-old Waukegan boy, Elijah Murphy, is being held on $500,000 bond this week, charged as an adult with armed robbery after he allegedly used a shotgun to rob a classmate and two others on a north suburban Waukegan street.

A boy arrested on a juvenile warrant Thursday night somehow escaped from a West Side police station.

Bricks came crashing down off a church in Evanston on Thursday night as storms rolled through.

An 81-year-old woman, Tasoula Metropolos, was crossing the street Thursday night on the North Side when a Chevy Tahoe slammed into her and ended her life.

Police and Lake County, Ind., hazmat authorities are investigating the death of a 58-year-old Northwest Indiana man Wednesday night after a chemical believed to cyanide was found at the scene.

Temperatures struggled to reach 60 today as Chicago’s beaches opened for the season.

Prosecution witness Nodarse faces minimum of 45 years Confessed murderer Jacob Nodarse's most recent appearance in a DuPage County courtroom could hardly have been more different from his previous one.

They ask city officials to prove their projectionsSkeptical aldermen took aim Friday at Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to revamp the much-reviled parking meter lease, warning that his proposal to trade longer meter hours for free Sundays could turn into yet another financial boon for the company holding the lease.

A man died this afternoon after falling off the roof of a small apartment building in the Albany Park neighborhood, authorities said.

Just 4-feet tall, the tiniest student protester stands on a chair to reach the podium. The microphone is adjusted downward so that he can speak to the crowds, who are sometimes stunned for a second—who is this kid?—and then electrified.

Two girls discovered a spill of mercury on a street near downtown Plainfield, and firefighters successfully cleaned up the toxic metal late this afternoon.