The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

Jennifer Maedge reported her husband Richard, 53, from Illinois, US, missing on April 27 last year after he phoned her to say he was leaving work early

‘I was looking for a tote of Christmas ornaments, and that’s when I discovered him,’ wife says

Armon Watts was a popular waiver claim last August. Did he do enough in his one year in Chicago to warrant coming back?

CHICAGO — When it comes to lung-damaging smog, Chicago and the rest of Cook County are the nation’s worst neighbors.

Richard Maedge, 53, from Illinois, US, was reported missing back in April 27 last year after his concerned wife Jennifer came back to their family home and couldn't find him

Institutional investors, be they state treasurers managing funds for public safety and education or asset managers running mutual funds, are responsible for protecting and growing other people’s hard-earned savings.

An Illinois man has received an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used to kill four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could derail hopes of canceled student debt for 1.5 million Illinois residents.

Heather O’Donnell of the Chicago social services agency Thresholds says the money is “an opportunity to really build up substance use care.”

Lawmakers and others should not seek to undo laws meant to protect people from gun violence.

CHICAGO — A downstate judge on Friday struck down the ban on high-powered firearms and high-capacity ammunition magazines that Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law earlier this year, a ruling the Illinois attorney general’s office immediately appealed to the state Supreme Court.