Free Ride Cards Going Out For Seniors Who Qualify
The Illinois Department on Aging says postcards are in the mail to senior citizens on the state's Circuit Breaker Program, which will get them as many free rides as they want.
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The Illinois Department on Aging says postcards are in the mail to senior citizens on the state's Circuit Breaker Program, which will get them as many free rides as they want.
A laid off Chicago Public Schools teacher is taking his former employer to court.
Illinois is in line for funding to purchase some new trains.
Three nationwide car rental companies are turning thumbs down on a new Chicago ordinance.
A judge rendered a directed verdict this afternoon and declared McHenry County State's Attorney Louis Bianchi not guilty on counts of professional misconduct.
The State of Illinois has ordered a debt settlement company in Chicago to stop doing business.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing a new ordinance that might make it easier and safer to walk around downtown Chicago.
Three Illinois residents who have changed their gender are going to get new birth certificates that reflect the change.
An assistant public defender won't have his day in court at the same place where he was charged for attacking a prosecutor.
Some new developments have surfaced in the case of a suburban woman who was found murdered last week in Virginia.
A new company that wants to use 16-seat bicycle-powered vehicles to ferry them from pub to pub says it's fighting the City of Chicago's decision to deny it a business permit.
Job cuts are coming to the Tribune Company as a result of a major reorganization.
Gov. Pat Quinn has overhauled the board that oversees the state's prepaid college tuition program.
Chicago Public Schools administrators, still faced with a deficit of more than $600 million after making significant cuts, are considering more job cuts and a property tax increase.
The state of Wisconsin is on the verge of adopting a law that would allow its residents to carry concealed guns, leaving Illinois as the last state in the union with a ban on the practice.
The Country Club Hills City Council voted unanimously Monday evening to pull the mayor's village-issued credit card because of questionable spending.
The last of the trials related to the brutal and deadly beating of Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert is over.
A man's family has sued the CTA, nearly a year after he was hit and killed by a car while running between buses.
Newly-elected Ald. Michele Smith (43rd) is already following through on a campaign promise, and trying to curb the redevelopment plans for the old Lincoln Park Hospital.
A Will County judge is set to decide whether felony reckless conduct and battery charges will be dismissed against two people who were charged after a bet on a party game led to man's death.
A move is afoot to unionize teachers and others at a the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Support is growing in Springfield for legalizing medical marijuana.
The union representing many state employees disagrees strongly with Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford's plan to require state workers to contribute more to their pensions.
Riverside Police are now working with a description given by a witness of the hit-and-run driver and vehicle, which struck a child who was riding a bicycle near a school earlier this week.
Will the Chicago Children's Museum stay at Navy Pier, or will it go? According to reports Wednesday, the answer seems to be a definite "maybe."
