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(CHICAGO) A board member of the school district in south suburban Harvey was charged with sexually assaulting a woman in the city's municipal center last week. Tyrone Rogers, 59, faces one count of ag...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News   (CHICAGO) Mayor Emanuel says there will be discipline for the police officer who allegedly disrespected Chicago rapper and songwriter Rhymefest as he was trying to ...

(CHICAGO) A former City Hall insider who rigged Chicago's red-light camera program to favor crooked business executives from Arizona was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for his crime, the Chica...

(CUSTER PARK) Police said heavy rainfall played a role in a fatal head-on crash Saturday morning in southwest suburban Custer Park. Cameron A. Latour, 18, was driving a Chevrolet Monte Carlo eastbound...

(CHAMPAIGN) Researchers say an Illinois law that locks in tuition rates for in-state students appears to have the unintended effect of driving up tuition for out-of-state students and fees for all. Th...

(CHAMPAIGN) Public records show that the University of Illinois athletic department’s security program for fans to anonymously report incidents at football and basketball games via text isn̵...

  Derren Sorrels (left) and Darwin Sorrels Jr. (right) | Chicago Police   (CHICAGO) Career criminals Darwin and Derren Sorrells decided to open fire on a stranger Friday afternoon in the Par...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The board of Illinois’ largest public-pension fund could take action that would increase the state’s annual contribution by hundreds of millions of dollars amid a ...

  By Nick Gale,, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Just in time for back to school, Chicago’s museums are offering fre admission for Chicago Public School students, starting this weekend. Free admissio...

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A Decatur woman’s ambition to become a nurse has led to new legislation allowing some convicted felons to petition the state for a health care worker license. The Pantagraph...