The founder of Misericordia, a Chicago-based nonprofit serving children and adults with intellectual and physical disabilities, is being remembered for “shaking society from prejudices”…
Ever since the Riot Fest punk rock festival moved from Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood to North Lawndale’s Douglass Park 10 years ago, one of the major complaints from…
SPRINGFIELD — In a year when many state agencies received little or no funding increase, state lawmakers approved an increase of $15.7 million, or 22.4 percent, for general operating…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker spent hours Thursday defending his governing record and Illinois’ immigration policies as he was peppered with questions from members of the U.S. House Oversight…
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has released video and other materials related to Chicago police officers’ fatal shooting of a suspect in Hammond, Indiana. COPA investigators…
A Freeport man is being held in Cook County Jail in connection with the incident that led to the death of a Chicago police officer on the city’s South Side. Adrian Rucker, 25,…
Kate Sidley was supposed to be in theater. However, while pursuing her “dream” in New York, her husband noticed something about his mate. “One day he said, ‘For doing something…
An Oak Park man is being held in DuPage County Jail in connection with a carjacking at a Villa Park fast-food restaurant. Demitrious Green, 33, a resident of the 600 block of North…
A Chicago woman is being held in Cook County Jail in connection with the death of a 2-month-old boy on the city’s Near West Side. Lauryn Shakespeare, 24, a resident of the 100…
A 22-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with the July murder of a 26-year-old man on the city’s South Side. Yorgelder Hernandez, a resident of the 6100 block…
Three men shot – one ...Three men were shot – one fatally -- Saturday afternoon on Chicago's ...
Government, defense spar as child ...With the criminal trial of Elburn veterinarian Adam Stafford King fast approaching ...
Challenges persist for women, minorities ...PEORIA — For 60 years, SkillsUSA Illinois has held workforce development competitions ...
Chicago teen charged in fatal ...A 19-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with a fatal ...
