With a year to go until the 2026 primary election, Democratic Cook County officials are marking their territory. County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Sheriff Tom Dart, Treasurer Maria Pappas and ...

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump said his office monitored the deadly bout of severe weather and deployed the National Guard ...

The partnership that owned The Last Hotel began unraveling in 2021, ultimately dooming the downtown St. Louis boutique hotel.

History is on the verge early this softball season in the Mid-Suburban League. Elk Grove coach Ken Grams begins his 44th ...

Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, ...

That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state's bald eagle-themed ...

The family of an 11-year-old Chicago boy murdered last year by his mother’s ex-boyfriend the day after he was released from prison is suing the state — including the embattled Prisoner Review ...

Preckwinkle will be running on successes, including expanding health care for county residents, advocating for the pretrial ...

This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office in March 2025 shows the top voted state flag design, the current flag. Illinois Secretary of State’s Office via AP SPRINGFIELD, Ill.