Why has the president chosen to commute the sentence of a violent Chicago crime lord, particularly when he has consistently expressed an anathema for violent crime?

The Herbert Hoover Huskies girls sports program wins the Class AAA Champions Cup, while the Ripley Vikings claim the boys crown.

Larry Magid: The disappearing off switchWhen I was a kid, nearly everything had a clear and simple way to turn it off. Switches flipped down to cut the power, and knobs clicked off when turned all the ...

ESPN's Rece Davis has named Illinois as a potential team from the Big Ten to shock the world and make the College Football Playoff.

Martinez, a former federal prosecutor who served as a Del Mar City Council member at the same time she was trying a former Del Mar mayor in a high-profile Ponzi case, has died. She was 82.

Larry Hoover, in prison since 1973, faces the parole board with his wife, Winndye Jenkins, at the Dixon Correctional Center on on Feb. 7, 1995, in Dixon, Illinois.

CHICAGO — Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, a letter arrived at the offices of Gov. JB Pritzker that purported to be ...

On Wednesday, the Miami Heat drafted Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis with the 20th pick in the NBA Draft. After he was projected in the No. 8-12 range, Jakucionis’ slip to 20 was a bit of a ...

JB Pritzker, who has spent years building a national profile, will seek a third term as Illinois’ governor.

Police in Yorkville, Illinois west of Chicago confirmed that a body was found during the search for a missing 16-year-old girl Sunday. Aiyana Williams was reported missing almost one week ago.