The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

NCAA Tournament predictions, college basketball expert picks for the first round Friday games

The highlight of Arlington International Racecourse’s summer thoroughbred racing calendar will happen in Kentucky this year, after the suburban track’s corporate owner sold to the Bears. Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes said he has “mixed emotions” about the use of part of his village’s name in a…

A social media influencer is galvanizing nurses across the country to petition an Illinois-based organization for safer staffing at hospitals and other health care settings — a campaign that, this week, has included a rally, commercials on local TV and a mobile billboard traveling to Chicago-area hospitals.

LOS ANGELES — While UCLA and USC will fall short of New Orleans, there will be a distinct Western flavor in the Big Easy with Gonzaga and Arizona. And how about a Pac-12 champion as national champion for the first time in 25 years?

Illinois’ early catch-and-release trout season opening Saturday, LaSalle Lake’s reopening, Braidwood bass, river walleye, and trout and coho on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) attempt to overturn Chicago’s Amusement Tax — also called a “Netflix Tax” — has been dismissed by an Illinois court judge.

Salvi jumps in after no major Republican surfaced to challenge Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth.

CHICAGO — A proposal to prohibit firing workers for trace amounts of marijuana in their systems moved closer to passage when the Illinois House of Representatives approved the measure earlier this month — but employers remain very leery about it.

Saia Inc (NASDAQ:SAIA) opened a new terminal in La Salle, Illinois, the fifth terminal for the carrier in the state. With the opening of the new La Salle facility, Saia said it is excited to offer shippers more direct coverage. "We are thrilled to become a member of the La Salle community…