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The 2.5-pound, 10-inch-long model’s inspiration came from a bespoke, two-way radio system that Motorola created in the 1960s for Chicago pol...

Voting at the Cook County Jail has risen sharpy since the jail added pioneering in-person polling places in 2020.

Strikes are looming at two other state universities — Eastern Illinois University and Governors State University — as employee unions say th...

The candidates focused on mobilizing their bases and generating turnout in the bitterly contested race.

Ryuichi Sakamoto, a world-renowned Japanese musician and actor who composed for Hollywood hits such as “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant,...

A last-minute attempt by Indiana legislators to redefine wetlands and strip state protections via amendment to an unrelated sewage bill coul...

Governor J.B. Pritzker will visit the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere this morning to survey damage caused by the Friday tornado that killed one...

Welcome back to another Chicago White Sox season at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Sellers are not listing their homes because they are afraid they won't find a house to buy, says one real estate expert.

The abrupt end to House Speaker Michael Madigan’s nearly four-decade reign over Illinois politics was only two years away when a trio of key...

At least three people were reported dead in Crawford County in southern Illinois following a Spring storm that created tornadoes in the regi...

Belvidere city officials said a news conference Saturday morning a 50-year-old man died and about 40 people were injured in a roof collapse...

Johnson said his family got behind on bills and had worked out a payment plan with the city.

Weather officials said the area remains under a wind advisory in effect till 1 p.m. Saturday for central, east central, north central, nort...

A 14-year-old girl was wounded when gunfire from outside struck her inside of a West Pullman residence, Chicago Police said.

Weather officials said the area remains under a wind advisory in effect till 1 p.m. Saturday for central, east central, north central, nort...

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital's volunteers, like registered nurse Guido Calcagno, help patients and visitors forget the cares of the day.

Crime and economic development key issues in two South side aldermanic runoff races,.

A roof of a building where a metal concert was happening has collapsed Friday night in Belvidere.

CTU called the filing "frivolous" and said it "generally ... can spend its money any way it chooses."

Subpoenaes have been issued to both companies, according to the Illinois Department of Labor

The “ComEd Four” trial recordings have given jurors -- and the public -- the ultimate insider glimpse into how the famously reclusive former...

A recorded phone conversation between Michael McClain, Anne Pramaggiore and Fidel Marquez was played at the "ComEd Four" trial.

An Illinois appeals court on Friday overturned the convictions of a man who was serving an 84-year sentence in the 2013 shooting death of Ha...