Illinois has made it easier for people who have had sex reassignment surgery to change their birth certificates to reflect their new gender.
Starting to formulate that Christmas gift wish list? Look for gadgets that make life easier and help save cash, says Geek Squad agent Erin Welch.
It was supposed to be a lively forum of all four Democratic candidates for Cook County Board president. All were scheduled for the 43d Ward Democratic
A man was charged Sunday morning in a shooting that wounded three last week in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.
Gov. Pat Quinn says selling a prison in rural northwest Illinois is a once in a lifetime opportunity to create
jobs in the struggling area.
Police have found a 9-year-old boy who went missing Saturday after getting into an argument with his teenaged sister on the South Side.
A man has been charged in a Friday night incident where a 3-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was hit in the head by a brick while sitting in a car
To the sweet sounds of Jimi Hendrix' version of the Star Spangled Banner, hundreds poured into the Dames Funeral Home in Joliet, Illinois to pay their final
A man was ordered held without bond Saturday after he allegedly shot at police while attempting to flee from them on the South Side Friday afternoon.
A philanthropic group under federal investigation for alleged illegal ties to the Iranian government was found to have a financial stake in a proposed Islamic center in DuPage
A man has been charged in a Friday night incident where a 3-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was hit in the head by a brick while sitting in a car
Gov. Pat Quinn says the federal government may be interested in using a near-empty prison in northwestern Illinois.
The brother of a Cook County commissioner is back on the county payroll tonight just weeks after he was fired for what some suspect were political reasons.
Salvation Army bell-ringers are really worried this year because of the recession. They're facing a double whammy: More people are needing help, but those who would like to be
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cheryle Jackson says the race for her party's nomination is wide open.
They take the money and run. That's how some people say a roofing company operates here in Chicago.

