High Speed Rail Alliance, a Chicago-based advocacy group, is throwing its support behind three state bills that, if passed, ...

Members of a Chicago police oversight board got an earful from retired police officers, elected officials and citizens at a ...

Are cellphones a useful tool or a distraction in the classroom? According to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, they’re a distraction, and ...

Chilly, occasionally rainy weather didn’t stop Southwest Siders from celebrating Chicago’s birthday March 4 in front of St Andrew Lutheran Church — at a spot recognized as the city’s geographic center ...

High school students generally don’t participate in drafting legislation. Jordan Henry is an exception.   A senior at the ...

Heather Mack, the former Oak Park resident sentenced to 26 years in prison for her part in the brutal murder of her mother, ...

Ten Illinois congressional Democrats have sent a letter to the U.S. attorney general demanding that the Department of Justice ...

A Bloomington man was killed Saturday morning when involved in a traffic accident. The crash involving two sedans occurred ...

Two women have been appointed to the Governors State University Board of Trustees. Frances Pao-Han Kao and Judith Mitchell ...

Chicago police are alerting delivery drivers working in the Englewood area to be on alert after two drivers were carjacked ...

St. Patrick Day deals and a restaurant anniversary celebration are among upcoming highlighted items in the Chicago area ...