The jury began their first full day of deliberations on Thursday - 14-and-a-half weeks after being seated in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial.

The jury in the landmark racketeering trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime confidant deliberated ...

Rockford Police arrested Brian Murphy, 52, for allegedly attacking and strangling a woman. Heart disease is one of the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- 14-and-a-half weeks after the jury was first seated in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial, his fate, and that of his co-defendant ...

Madigan is charged with 23 counts of bribery, racketeering, and official misconduct.

South Holland police ultimately had to clear out trustees, neighbors, and the news media after allies and critics of Thornton ...

Michael Madigan’s defense team rested Thursday, nearly three months after opening statements and testimony began in the ...

Jurors began deliberating the charges against the ex-Illinois House speaker on day 55 of the trial. CHICAGO (CN) — The jury began deliberations Wednesday afternoon in the federal corruption trial of ...

Good afternoon, Chicago. A packed Thornton Township meeting that started in high spirits devolved into a brawl after residents got up to speak. Chaos erupted during the public comment period last ...

In their final pitch to jurors on Wednesday, prosecutors displayed a screenshot from an undercover video: Michael Madigan, ...

In their final pitch to jurors on Wednesday, prosecutors displayed a screenshot from an undercover video: Michael Madigan, then speaker of the Illinois House, leaning forward with his hand out. That ...

After four days of closing arguments, the political corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is slowly drawing to a close.