Gov. Pat Quinn has reiterated his support for a concealed carry law that gives local communities the option to impose their o...

An Illinois legislator is trying to prepare the state for what could be a new era in police surveillance.Democratic Sen. Dani...

An inmate found dead in his cell at Menard Correctional Center was serving a 20-year sentence on a sexual assault conviction ...

Chicago officials want to make it tougher on thugs packing weapons.But legislation to increase prison time for illegal gun po...

A prison inmate found dead in his cell under what an official has called "suspicious" circumstances at the Menard C...

Gov. Pat Quinn has filed an appeal over a Cook County judge's ruling that the state must pay wage increases promised to w...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County judge who is barred from judicial duties after an alleged confrontation with two sheriff&#...

A published report says that several politically-connected Illinois judges have found their way back to bench after facing el...

CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County's chief judge is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to appoint a judge from outside the c...

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say the death of a 23-year-old man who fell 22-feet down a Chicago skyscraper smokestack was...

CHICAGO (AP) — A veteran Illinois state senator charged with trying to board a flight with a gun and ammunition in his ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal officials are investigating the wrongful convictions of four men convicted as teenagers in the 1...

CHICAGO (AP) — A veteran Illinois state senator charged with trying to board a flight with a gun and ammunition in a ca...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois says several communities in the state will share more than $21 ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has found a former Cook County commissioner guilty of a misdemeanor charge of destroying a campa...