The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

The “No. 1” plate was issued by the City of Chicago in 1904.

Here are 10 players we're keeping an eye on when the Bears take the field this preseason one last time before the regular season begins.

A single ticket purchased at an gas station in Des Plaines, Illinois, won the gigantic sum

The Wyoming Cowboys head to Champaign to face the Illini. Here's how to watch and what to watch for.

Regulations are a huge problem for the US cannabis industry as marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, forcing those involved to work around the many hurdles. Fortunately, more and more influential people are joining the effort to help bring about change. We call them friends of the industry. 

Before Illinois took over the issuing of license plates, Chicago made plates from thin, stamped aluminum. Of those, the first-ever made is expected to sell for upwards of $4,000.

State Sen. Darren Bailey, Republican candidate for governor of Illinois, is holding firm to his assertion that Chicago is a hellhole, a designation he first bestowed upon us during a May primary debate, when he called the city, to be precise, “a crime-ridden, corrupt, dysfunctional hellhole.”

Biden administration officials are criss-crossing the nation in August to highlight President Joe Biden’s accomplishments in advance of the November elections.

The latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.

This new climate jobs stimulus will tip the scales and help us tackle the climate crisis while beginning to reverse 40 years of wage stagnation and widening racial inequality.

The beautiful inch-long bug sucks the sap out of grapes, hops and other fruits.