Two firefighters from Chicago and Addison also received the Medal of Honor, the highest award given to a firefighter in the ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Tuesday the agency is investigating a potential hantavirus case in an Illinois resident that is not linked to a recent deadly cruise ship outbreak.

It is now up to Circuit Court Judge Adrienne Davis to decide whether there is enough evidence to uphold the conviction of ...

Critics are pointing to the law’s changes to the pretrial detention system as having led to the controversial decision by Cook County Judge John Lyke to allow Bartholomew’s alleged killer out on ...

Chicago’s Native and Pollinator Garden Registry is now open for applications. But before a single submission has even been ...

The Illinois General Assembly continues to debate what to do about data centers as the artificial intelligence business keeps booming, and communities complain about their energy bills, noise and ...

As households across Illinois brace to lose their federal food assistance this month, grocery stores, especially independent grocers across the state, are preparing for the devasting effects of ...

The stalled diplomacy and recent exchanges of fire could tip the Middle East back into open warfare and prolong the worldwide ...

The cost of defending and resolving police misconduct lawsuits has become a frequent source of political heartburn for ...

Mourners gather for the funeral of a Chicago police officer killed in a hospital shooting. And Mayor Brandon Johnson lobbies state lawmakers for more funding.

Springfield, was in response to an incident in Taylorville where a girl was sexually assaulted by an older, male student on ...

This verdict reflects the jury’s clear conclusion that the crash resulted from the fleeing offender’s own actions, and not ...