Regional animosities have existed in Illinois since before it was admitted to the Union in 1818 as the 21st state, and only ...

Starting July 1, 2025, a 15% tobacco tax increase will apply to non-cigarette tobacco products in Illinois, raising the ...

A Springfield dairy farm is one of a dozen or so farms in the state producing raw milk. We look into the recent trend and if ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week he has joined another multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to withhold billions of dollars in federal funds that ...

After his deportation, Martinez-Lopez re-entered the U.S. illegally for a third time. On Aug. 8, 2011, he was found guilty in Arizona of human smuggling conspiracy and sentenced to a one-year ...

Some legal fireworks in Illinois include snake or glow worm pellets, smoke devices, trick noisemakers known as party poppers, booby traps, snappers, trick matches, cigarette loads, and auto burglar ...

Kevin McHale, Wayne Embry, and John Thompson were inducted into the Hall of Fame, and Jaylen Brown and E'Twaun Moore were ...

Illinois and Vermont are two of three states limiting residents to sparklers or other novelty fireworks. The third state, Massachusetts, bans all fireworks. Federal law bans many types of fireworks ...

Ald. Michael Rodriguez scraps vote on city of Chicago ordinance that would have raised the pay of drivers who use the ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will seek a third term in office next year amid growing questions about the Democrat’s ambitions ...