Teachers union responds to budget address

The Illinois Federation of Teachers President Dan Montgomery is speaking out, following Governor Pat Quinn's budget address. Read More

Quinn gives bad news budget address

Quinn got a little more blunt about pension reform in this budget address this afternoon. He asked the legislators, what are you waiting for? Read More

Mary Magdalene tibia bone on display at Yorkville church

A "first class relic" of St. Mary Magdalene will be on display in Fox Valley next week. Read More

Venture capitalist Bruce Rauner moves toward run for governor

Millionaire venture capitalist Bruce Rauner moved a step closer toward running for governor by announcing Tuesday he is forming an exploratory campaign committee and embarking on a 60-day “listening t Read More

More than 9 inches of snow dropped in Tuesday's storm

The Tuesday snowstorm that made Chicago's evening rush a "nightmare" produced the most accumulation since the 2011 blizzard. Read More

Dawn Clark Netsch, iconic Illinois politician, dies

There was nobody like Dawn Clark Netsch, the cigarette-smoking, pool-playing politician who helped break barriers that had kept women as stenographers and homemakers. Read More

Flight travel mostly back to normal after Tuesday snowstorm

Flight travel in and out of Chicago's two major airports has mostly returned to normal after Tuesday's storm produced the greatest accumulation of snow since the 2011 Groundhog Day blizzard. Read More

Peterson judge 'shocked' by former attorney's comments

The judge who presided over Drew Peterson's murder trial said Tuesday he's "shocked" by some of the comments the ex-cop's lead trial attorney has made. Read More

Slick road, fast driving cause pickup to crash into fire truck

Police say a woman driving too fast for conditions on a snow-slickened South Side street Tuesday morning caused a crash when her pickup slid into a Chicago Fire Department truck. Read More

Woman 'enraged' when witness calls cops about child left in car

A woman who left her 3-year-old daughter in a running car while shopping at a north suburban Walgreens later cursed out a concerned witness who called police and resisted arrest, according to police. Read More