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Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s office said the medical condition that has forced him to take a leave of absence is more serious than originally believed, and he will require extended medical treatment.
Republican Congressman Joe Walsh isn't apologizing for his statement that Democratic rival Tammy Duckworth seems to talk too much about her military service record.
The son of a Will County Board member is accused of whipping a man with a belt Sunday in Joliet in a road rage incident that police said was fueled by a thrown soda.
Bond was set at $175,000 on Tuesday for a former Chicago alderman who is facing bribery charges for the second time.
A 12-year-old from Grayslake has made a personal appeal to Gov. Pat Quinn to veto legislation that would prevent communities like hers from banning retailers from using plastic shopping bags.
Two county clerks from downstate and a Chicago-based Catholic law firm are asking a judge for permission to defend Illinois' gay marriage ban.
The union representing Chicago Police officers has been calling for months on the city to hire more officers, even going so far to take billboard ads.
The Chicago Inspector General's office says scheduling errors involving the crews that immobilize vehicles with the Denver boot have cost the city $160,000 per year.
A downstate gun rights group turned dozens of firearms for the city's gun turn-in program last month, and used the $6,000 in proceeds to send a group of young shooters to a camp hosted by the National Rifle Association.
A new comic is recounting the NATO Summit back in May in cartoon form, and it doesn't share the admiration for Chicago Police officers that dominated the headlines in the days after the summit.
Chicago and the company running the city's parking meters are at odds over a $14.2 million bill.
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has reached last day in office, and he is going out in much the same way he has served.
The police superintendent previously faulted CeaseFire for bypassing the police as it negotiated truces.
The U.S. Supreme Court essentially upheld President Barack Obama's health care plan Thursday, and Illinois political leaders and think tanks are alternately calling the ruling a guarantee for better health care, or a destructive stress on the economy.
The free ride on mass transit in Illinois may soon be over for everyone.
