Democrats unseated Republican House incumbents Florida and Connecticut on Tuesday and jumped to leads over Republicans in more than a dozen other contests as they sought to pad their majority. Ousting 22-year veteran Rep. Chris Shays in Connecticut gave...

Barack Obama's Kenyan family erupted in cheers Wednesday, singing "we are going to the White House," as he became the first African-American elected president. In the western village of Kogelo, where the Democratic candidate's late father was born, police...

Police are looking for three suspects who reportedly robbed a man and his girlfriend at knife-point Sunday morning. The couple, who is from out of town, was walking in the 800 block of Edgebrook Drive about 12:45 a.m. when they were approached by three...

Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president Tuesday night in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John...

Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to repeal the state income tax Tuesday as ballot measures across the nation addressed a host of contentious issues ranging from gay marriage to abortion. The Massachusetts item would have deprived...

emocrat Debbie Halvorson is leading Republican concrete company owner Marty Ozinga in a race for an open Illinois congressional seat. The race is to replace exiting GOP Congressman Jerry Weller. Weller opted not to seek an eighth term amid ethics questions...

Several ordinances were on the table at the Sycamore City Council meeting Monday night. The ordinance dealing with liquor sales beginning at 10 a.m. instead of 11 a.m. on Sundays was approved. The compliance officer from Jewel-Osco, Constance Zaio, requested...

Electric cars offer an alternative to using gasoline, but are not the best choice for everyone. NIU Transportation Manager Bill Finucane said electric cars are great for the environment. "An advantage of electric cars is that they don't emit pollution...

Barack Obama radiated confidence and John McCain displayed the grit of an underdog Monday as the presidential rivals reached for the finish line of a two-year marathon with a burst of campaigning across battlegrounds from the Atlantic Coast to Arizona....

Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election. Madelyn Payne Dunham was 86. Obama announced the news from the campaign...

Police are searching for a DeKalb man who allegedly stole several hundred dollars worth of property from a business in the 200 block of East Lincoln Highway. Sometime overnight Oct. 27, Aaron C. Johnson, 29, reportedly broke into the business and stole...

Election watchers won't have to wait for polls to close in the West to know how things are going. The first clues will come early, when voting ends in Georgia, Indiana and Virginia. If Democrat Barack Obama wins any of the three, he could be on his way...