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Seven advocates for mental health services got in trouble with police Monday as they protested the closing of city clinics by demonstrating outside Mayor Emanuel's office.
State Rep. Derrick Smith has pleaded not guilty to charges that he accepted a $7,000 bribe.
Former Gov. George Ryan has served most of his 6 1/2 year prison sentence and is set to be released next year, but he will have a chance to appeal for a new trial again before that.
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) says he has been told there are virtually no minority firms being considered in a massive Metra construction project in the Englewood neighborhood, and he's prepared to shut Metra down.
It turns out that when it comes to baseball, the White House is a house divided.
The Illinois State Senate has passed unanimously, and sent to the state House of Representatives, a bill that would regulate "fracking," the process used to obtain access to deep natural gas reserves
As part of the activities leading up to the NATO Summit next month, some Chicago high school students traded performances and questions with music students from Afghanistan in a live, electronic hook-up.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart had some harsh words Thursday for state cuts in preschool funding.
Former alderman and political powerbroker Edward Vrdolyak is completely free, after being released from home imprisonment three months ahead of time.
A legal battle is on between Chicago's Inspector General and a well-known veteran of the city's political scene.
Now that his controversial construction financing plans have passed the City Council, Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he does not mind if the aldermen make a couple more changes.
On the final day of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Chicago, panelists will be talking with high schools students about hopes for a world with no nuclear weapons.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) will be at the table, when members of the House and Senate try to find agreement on the nation's next transportation bill.
A local man spent just $450 to buy a locker full of valuable items belonging to late Cook County Board President John H. Stroger Jr.
The City Council on Tuesday approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan for a controversial infrastructure trust.
