The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

Top Illinois Democrats are pushing the Biden White House to speed up work permits for noncitizen migrants in Chicago, but the effort is complicated and nuanced.

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

Terminally ill or medically incapacitated prisoners can apply for early release. But the Illinois Prisoner Review Board has denied twice as many requests as it OK’d — and seven prisoners died months after their applications were rejected, an Injustice Watch / WBEZ investigation found.

The three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training exercise in Australia were from Illinois, Virginia and Colorado

Nationally, the total average daily rate for breakfast participation in schools went up by 11.2% in 2022 compared to 2021. In Illinois, it went down by 6.6%, according to the Food Research and Action Center.

The three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training exercise in Australia were from Illinois, Virginia and Colorado

Organizers called for Illinois to allow safe-use sites, where people can use drugs under supervision of medical professionals and be guided toward recovery resources.

He rocked hard with the Effigies, oversaw grand juries for the attorney general’s office and survived the Highland Park Fourth of July parade massacre with a graze wound.

The annual look at field conditions and prospects ahead of opening day for dove hunting in Illinois on Friday, Sept. 1.

The Bears will be all over the waiver wire this week when cuts are made, but how did last year's moves fare?

An Illinois judge is set to decide whether the father of the man accused of fatally shooting seven people at a suburban Chicago Fourth of July parade will stand trial himself