Chicago-area contractor accused of bribing Amtrak official with trips, steaks and a puppy in Philadelphia train station project
The owner of a Chicago-area construction company has been charged in a scheme to bribe an allegedly corrupt Amtrak official ...
Gov. JB Pritzker’s push to allow community colleges to offer 4-year degrees faces uphill climb in Springfield
A key policy proposal from Gov. JB Pritzker that would allow some community colleges to offer four-year degrees has failed to ...
Daywatch: What Pritzker texted about Johnson
Gov. JB Pritzker, in a text exchange with Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, expressed concerns about Mayor Brandon Johnson ...
Divers find car of Elgin woman missing since 1983 in the Fox River
Toyota Celica driven by Karen Schepers, the 23-year-old Elgin woman missing since 1983, was located Monday at the bottom of ...
Amid discontent at classical station, WFMT employees announce intent to unionize
Discontent at WFMT spilled into the public eye last fall, when Dennis Moore, a veteran host, accused the station of firing him rather than accommodating a doctor-approved disability.
Elgin detectives recount the week they knew they’d solved the Karen Schepers missing person case
Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley discusses the Karen Schepers missing person case with two detectives who found her car and remains in the Fox River after 41 years.
Wheeling synagogue, after an exhaustive search, selects new rabbi to lead the congregation
After an exhaustive search that included input from the entire congregation, Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Synagogue in ...
Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday ...
Earthquake compounds humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, where death toll has passed 1,700
A massive earthquake that rocked Myanmar could exacerbate hunger and disease outbreaks in a country already wracked by food ...