Chicago, served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021 and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. He ...

As his predecessor’s scheduled 7.5-year prison term for public corruption begins, the speaker of the Illinois House is not ...

There are a number of famous athletes from the city of Chicago. The biggest city in Illinois and third biggest in the nation has certainly turned out some house ...

If President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to send National Guard troops to Chicago — over the objections of Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson — then it would be unprecedented.

Jason Cribbs, 45, of Chicago, was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree murder in connection with a 2021 fatal shooting. Police say Cribbs fatally shot a 29-year-old man on July 4, 2021 in the ...

President Donald Trump is threatening to send the military to Chicago, calling the city a "killing field" and claiming violent crime is out of control. But data doesn't support his claims.

Illinois and Chicago’s lawsuit against the deployment of federal troops to the city, meanwhile, is scheduled for a hearing ...

A 6-year-old boy was shot Monday evening while riding in a car on the Bishop Ford Expressway, according to Illinois State Police.

Illinois’ Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said the state “will not stand idly by” if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to respond to crime in the ...

Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson comment on reports of armed federal agents spotted on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago on Sunday.