Beckman calls it "Illini Time," insisting that if players are not 10 minutes early, then they're late. That goes for classes, practices, everything. more ›

University of Illinois football coach Ron Zook is out after seven seasons with the fighting Illini. more ›

• As expected, the University of Illinois approved a 9.5 percent tuition increase for incoming freshmen.
• Erin Hughes, the New Trier teen charged in the recent hit-and-run accident, has been allowed off electronic monitoring.
• Ten people were hurt this afternoon, one in serious-to-critical condition, in a crash involving a CTA bus on the city's Northwest side.

• Things got heated at today's Cook County Commission vote on the tax roll back and WBEZ has the sound bites to prove it.
• The CTA is investigating rider claims that a door on a Red Line train stayed open as the train moved from the Addison to Sheridan stops just after midnight Sunday morning.
• A deal has been reached between the University of Illinois and striking graduate assistants.

The trustees at the University of Illinois have selected a new president for the school. Current President B. Joseph White will remain in place until the end of the year when Stanley Ikenberry will return to the school to take over the position. Ikenberry previously served as president of the university from 1979 until 1995; he will fulfill the position only temporarily until a permanent replacement can be found. [CBS 2] more ›

We've all heard about the Clout List in the admissions office at University of Illinois. But it's never been clear where the students came from. The Trib's database project, the first that we've seen from Olde Chicago Journalism lately, lets you check out your metro-area high school's clout statistics - while encouraging tutt-tutting and tsk-tsking from, well, everyone else. more ›

A judge threw out Kevin Jones's confession in the case of Blair Holt's murder. According to the ruling, the state failed to demonstrate that Jones understood his Miranda rights. [S-T] more ›

Today is World TB day, and we should be observing extra-hard in Illinois. 2007 saw 521 active cases of TB in the state, which is an all-time low. Go us! Except we're still the 5th highest in the nation, and there was a 25 percent increase in the number of drug-resistant cases. [IL Department of Public Health release] more ›