A police chase that started after a motorcycle shop burglary in Sangamon County ended over 100 miles away when a suspect fell from the bed of the speeding truck, later dying from his injuries.

At the southern tip of Lake Michigan, an hour’s drive from Chicago, lies one of the country ... as warm weather approaches and visitor numbers climb. The workers’ main gate frames the ...

The original members of REO Speedwagon gathered for a publicity photo near railroad tracks in Champaign ... Their first appearance was at a University of Illinois fraternity.

A group of historians, academics and legislators spent the last year finding sites connected to the Underground Railroad in Illinois and focusing on telling the stories of both those that helped and ...

WGN Radio’s Tom Fortino from Alpha Wealth Group gives you the latest financial business news, financial planning advice, and ...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights launched investigations into Chicago Public Schools, the Illinois State Board of Education and Deerfield Public Schools on March 20 for ...

Illinois State Board of Elections spokesman Matt Dietrich ... The study also found racial disparities in the numbers, with about 8% of white voting-age U.S. citizens not having citizenship ...

The village of Barrington, Illinois has begun installing new pedestrian gates at a railroad crossing ... Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio ...

The seven board members wrote in a letter that they oppose taking on additional debt to reimburse the City of Chicago with ...

Twenty-four federal facilities are set to close soon in Illinois, according to the Department ... The list includes facilities located in Chicago, Peoria, Springfield and more.

Chicago Board of Education member Angel Gutierrez, center, and other members have discussions before voting to keep open a number of Acero ... president of the Illinois Network of Charter Schools ...