The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

On this day, former Boston Celtics forward Employee No. Eight -- better known as Antoine Walker -- was born in Chicago, Illinois.

The Bears are set to take on the Titans this Saturday in the preseason opener. Here are 10 players to keep an eye on.

The opinion was handed down in a lawsuit by a central Illinois lawmaker who argued that banning the sale of high-powered rifles and high-capacity magazines violates the state constitution.

Paul Borik, 91, who worked as a Chicago Park District horticulturalist at the Garfield Park Conservatory, is among those the state’s safety net increasingly is failing to protect, an Injustice Watch investigation has found.

The Illinois Supreme Court plans to issue an opinion Friday on the state’s ban of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally, including the Independence Day 2022 shooting that killed seven and injured dozens in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park

After the last Illinois rebate program ran out of money earlier this year, some car buyers were left frustrated.

The 102nd edition of the Dairy Building’s crown jewel was unveiled Wednesday, ahead of the official start of the Illinois State Fair on Friday.

Agent Brendan O’Leary told jurors that Michael Madigan depended on “his tight inner-circle,” which is why the FBI was so interested in hearing what Madigan’s longtime chief of staff, Tim Mapes, would say in front of a grand jury.

The Bears had a long and physical practice on Wednesday. Our Brendan Sugrue was in attendance and shared his observations from Halas Hall.

A federal prosecutor has told jurors that evidence would show a former chief of staff to longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan lied to a grand jury to protect his boss

"I kid you not—there were zero affordable homes" says Stephen Drew.