Early plans for a new downtown university campus to be shared by the University of Illinois Springfield and Southern Illinois University have emerged, with a local economic development group suggesting a location on the business district's eastern edge.  The Springfield-Sangamon Growth Alliance has proposed a university campus to be located between Second and Fourth streets to the west and east and Washington and Monroe streets to the north and south.

Leland Grove resident Kent Gray did a lot of traveling during the year when his law license was suspended, and he'd like to do plenty more in the future - to Washington, D.C., for U.S. House sessions, if he has his way.

A former City Water, Light and Power employee who also served as a Democratic precinct committeeman pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution, among three counts.

LAHORE, Pakistan - Page after page, the names stack up: 629 girls and women from across Pakistan who were sold as brides to Chinese men and taken to China.

Springfield Police are continuing to investigate two armed robberies from Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee's first impeachment hearing quickly burst into partisan infighting Wednesday as Democrats charged that President Donald Trump must be removed from office for enlisting foreign interference in U.S. elections and Republicans angrily retorted there were no grounds for such drastic action.

JACKSON, Miss. - Jackson State University says an active shooter is on its Mississippi campus and a lockdown is in effect.

ATLANTA - Georgia's Republican governor has chosen a wealthy businesswoman and political newcomer to fill an upcoming vacancy in the U.S. Senate, flouting President Donald Trump's preferred candidate in a play for moderate suburban voters.

WASHINGTON - For weeks, the House Intelligence Committee has investigated President Donald Trump's conduct with Ukraine.