Former Top Cop Of Country Club Hills Indicted On Fraud Charges
U.S. prosecutors in Springfield announced the indictment of Regina Evans on Friday. She's charged with mail fraud and money laundering.
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U.S. prosecutors in Springfield announced the indictment of Regina Evans on Friday. She's charged with mail fraud and money laundering.
On a day when Pro Football Hall of Famer Richard Dent was honored in the Illinois House, it seems the only person reporters wanted to talk to was indicted Illinois State Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago).
Dozens of Chicago union workers boarded buses to Springfield Tuesday morning, where they joined about 3,000 other workers protesting today's speech by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
State university officials have begun their annual trek to Springfield, testifying before panels of House and Senate lawmakers about what their financial needs will be for the upcoming fiscal year.
The proposal is one female legislator's reaction to legislation that would encourage women to get an ultrasound before ending a pregnancy.
Lincoln history buffs are in for a birthday treat this weekend.
A downstate woman has turned a hobby into the sweet smell of success.
While the west suburban Lisle institution has no plans to leave town, a proposal up for approval this week could result in the private Catholic nonprofit school establishing a campus in Mesa, Ariz.
The Illinois House has approved a package of tax breaks designed to keep retail giant Sears and the Chicago-based financial exchanges
A Chicago conservation company that restored Illinois' rare copy of the 13th Amendment signed by President Lincoln is turning it back over to the state.
A federal probe finds no evidence that foreign hackers infiltrated computers controlling a downstate water plant.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating the failure of a water pump in Springfield as a possible cyber attack.
Copper thieves struck the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln sometime within the last few weeks, and a state lawmaker says his measure will make such crimes harder to commit.
It was a "split decision" in the state capitol for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel during the General Assembly's veto session.
Overriding a veto from Gov. Pat Quinn, Illinois lawmakers have given power companies in Illinois authority to raise rates every year for the next decade to pay for modernizing the state's power grid.
Staff, parents and students from School District 300 in the northwestern suburbs were headed to Springfield on Monday to tell lawmakers they oppose extending existing tax incentives to keep Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is trying to give a lesson on working across the aisle.
Attorneys for Catholic Charities are asking an appellate court to stay a ruling that allows Illinois to stop working with the groups on adoptions and foster-care placements.
The carnival rides, the greasy food and the agriculture exhibits are all ready as the Illinois State Fair opens in Springfield.
A college student from Gurnee has quite a story to tell about what he is doing over his summer vacation.
Ideas for a national museum to tell the story of the Korean War have shifted from Springfield to the Chicago area.
The re-drawing of the map is almost done in Illinois, and the state Senate is expected to vote on new Congressional lines today.
A huge expansion of legalized gambling in Illinois is headed to the House floor.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says the new congressional district map drawn up by Illinois Democrats denies suburban voters a voice.
In a victory for gun owners over advocates of open government, the Senate voted 42-1 to overturn a ruling earlier this year by Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office that the names are public under the Freedom of Information Act.
