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Bartlett officials plan to join Barrington and Will County in continuing the fight against Canadian National Railway. Bartlett is the latest to announce it will file a petition of stay with the Surface Transportation Board regarding the recent approval of CN's purchase of the EJ&E Railroad.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached for failing to put the state's interests before his own and losing the citizen's confidence, an Illinois House panel investigating the governor recommends in a report published this morning.

President-elect Barack Obama warned of dire and lasting consequences if Congress doesn't pump unprecedented dollars into the economy, making an urgent pitch for his mammoth spending proposal in his first speech since his election.

A Geneva teen was charged Wednesday with concealing a fugitive who eluded police in a December traffic stop. Deisi Melchor, 17, also faces charges of obstructing justice and marijuana manufacturing or delivery, according to the Kane County Sheriff's Department.

A 3-year-old Schaumburg girl with a rare, life-threatening liver disease has been enjoying the fulfillment of her heart's desire for nearly a month.

Cubs general manager Jim Hendry refused to call it a salary dump, but the Cubs wound up saving a few bucks Tuesday. As expected, they traded No. 5 starting pitcher Jason Marquis to the Colorado Rockies for onetime White Sox reliever Luis Vizcaino and cash considerations.

Schaumburg Police have charged a 24-year-old Glendale Heights man with several felonies and misdemeanors after he attempted to evade police near a popular local nightclub.

Elk Grove Village police confirmed Sunday that they are questioning a person in the murder of 70-year-old Marilyn Wood.

Algonquin police on Sunday released the names of the three women hospitalized Saturday after a two-vehicle collision at Randall Road and Harnish Drive.

Funeral services will begin Monday for the four teenagers killed in a fiery, head-on car collision over the weekend in unincorporated Burlington Township.

If Jim Hendry seems eager to get to the general managers meetings, maybe it's because the hot-stove season began much too soon for the Cubs general manager.

The Grayslake Elementary District 46 teachers union and school board reached a tentative agreement on new contract Saturday afternoon.

The Cubs announced Friday they have declined the $3 million option for 2009 on backup catcher Henry Blanco's contract.

Congressional negotiators and the Bush administration's top Treasury officials go to work today on settling the final details of a historic $700 billion Wall Street bailout aimed at keeping credit flowing and saving the nation's shaky economy from collapsing into a crippling recession.

The racing ended decades ago, but the warm memories are still fresh.

One of the craziest areas to enter and exit a highway is about to undergo a major renovation.

With such a wild week in the presidential race, it is impossible to guess what the next five may bring voters.

The White Sox no longer are trying to back their way into the playoffs.

If there had been a noise meter to measure the booing at U.S. Cellular Field on Saturday night, White Sox starter Javier Vazquez would have been the winner by a mile.

Javier Vazquez again showed he is not a good pitcher on just three days' rest during Saturday's start against the Indians.