Feds seek to seize her belongings including 311 registered quarter horses, plus their unborn foals expected in the coming months. more ›

An Illinois woman has been charged with attempted theft and forgery for trying to forge a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket. more ›

A judge has struck down a law intended to increase taxes collected from out-of-state online retailers. more ›

Nine Illinois residents have come down with salmonella. more ›

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has asked the FDA to investigate the health effects of energy drinks. He says the move is a response to the death of a 14-year-old girl in Maryland. Durbin specifically called out Monster Energy, Rockstar, Full Throttle and Red Bull in his call for investigation. more ›

We hate to say we told you so, but we told you so. more ›

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Secretary of State Jesse White are both backing a legislation aimed at preventing vehicles that hold disabled parking placards and license plates in Illinois from cheating the metered parking system. more ›

Residents of Harrisburg in southern Illinois are sifting through the rubble left by the tornado that tore through in the early morning hours Wednesday, killing at least six and injuring at least 100 people. Saline County Sheriff Keith Brown says 15 to 20 percent of residents in this 9,000-person town have been "very impacted" by the EF4 tornado. more ›

A powerful storm tore through the Midwest early Wednesday morning, injuring dozens and killing at least nine people in Kansas, Missouri and Illinois, six in the small town of Harrisburg, Ill. Earlier reports showed 13 people had died, 10 in Harrisburg. Later three more died in Tennessee. more ›

Wait, people hate Illinois more than they hate New Jersey? Well that's just not right. more ›

The budget proposal will close 14 state facilities, including the super-maximum prison in downstate Tamms, which currently hosts 388 inmates at triple the cost of other Illinois prison facilities. more ›

The faculty at a Des Plaines high school are trying to ban the bump and grind. While they clutch their pearls, let's revisit our favorite songs for getting down and dirty. more ›

Senator Mark Kirk, who suffered a stroke last weekend, has been improving after surgery this week. more ›

Illinois Senate Pres. John Cullerton had decent comedic timing, laying a political burn down on Gov. Pat Quinn. more ›

So what's the matter with Illinois? Well, the researchers place a lot of the blame for the decline in higher education on the state government. more ›

According to Wired, the water pump had simply reached the end of its life span and burned out. And what about the evidence that the system had been accessed by a Russian IP address? more ›

Two downstate state lawmakers think Cook County should be its own state because it is always bossing around the rest of Illinois. more ›

The two officers also were accused of stealing guns and drugs and receiving monetary compensation for their efforts. more ›

We can't help but see the resemblance between the Grammer's Tom Kane and a certain Elective Majesty, and the series draws inspiration from infamous Illinois scandals such as the Burr Oak Cemetery debacle. more ›

Extra cash flow coming in from a federal government grant will benefit not only Chicago but other Illinois cities. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced this week that the state of Illinois will receive around $26.5 million dollars in funding to "support community development and produce more affordable housing" for its residents. The official press release by HUD provides a breakdown of how much of the $26.5 million is going into different areas in Illinois, including which housing programs the money is set to benefit. more ›

The tension between CPS and the CTU only tightens going into the weekend. more ›

The new boundaries would make Walsh's 8th district more Democratic, and the Tea Party darling must be predicting his chances of reelection would be much slimmer. more ›

The state expected the Amazon tax to bring in $150 million, but lack of enforcement and the online retailers' closing of local affiliates leaves little money for the state to pick up. more ›

Despite a federal lawsuit filed by 10 Republican congressmen, a judge ruled that U.S. House candidates can start circulating ballot petitions after Labor Day. more ›

Yesterday, Governor Pat Quinn signed a legislation that would improve school facility planning as well as "increase transparency and accountability in Chicago Public Schools." more ›

Nice Cream owner Kris Swanberg said that she would fight the regulations, which essentially requires small-batch makers like Nice Cream to adopt preparation and production processes that "macro" ice cream producers use. more ›

Fourteen of the 21 same-day surgery centers that were inspected in Illinois were cited for infection control problems within the last year. more ›

Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is leaving on a jet plane for Israel tomorrow to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to learn more about foreign policy issues that affect the region today. more ›

Badass Esquire: A Northwestern Law School alumna completed the bar exam an hour early while in labor, then gave birth two hours later. more ›

Those who wish to have corporate-sponsored license plates could pay a reduced vehicle registration fee for a sponsored license plate. more ›