Werckle was born Aug. 10, 1939, in Peoria and grew up in Rockford, where he aspired to become a doctor at a young age. After graduating from East High School in 1957, he received a bachelor’s degree from Cornell College in Mount Vernon,…

A woman opened fire at YouTube's headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area Tuesday, wounding four people before she shot and killed herself and prompted panic as employees hid and tried to flee, police and witnesses said.

Illinois medical marijuana companies may have to deal in cash because the main bank serving them is withdrawing from the industry.

A storm expected to dump 10 inches of snow Tuesday in central Wisconsin and southern Minnesota was making April feel more like January.

Seventeen states, the District of Columbia and six cities sued the U.S. government Tuesday, saying the addition of a citizenship question to the census form is unconstitutional.

 ARIES If you really want to finance that project, all it’ll take is a trip to the bank to put you at the heart of the action. On the romantic front, expect your relationship to take an affectionate turn. TAURUS To surround yourself…

Saturday, March 31 was a pretty magical day for Chuck Jefferson -- dozens of his friends and colleagues gathered to honor the former state representative from Rockford, a library was named after him, and it was his birthday.

Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents covered by Medicaid will see their health coverage change Sunday when they're transferred into managed care.

An unforgettable run to the Final Four is over, but the memories won't be fading anytime soon.

Illinois state health officials say a second person has died who bled severely after using synthetic marijuana.

Richard Howard, 62, will be leaving the Dixon Correctional Facility Sunday. He's been in prison since 2000 for killing 22-month-old Carrie Lynn Gaines in 1995.

Foster is one a few emergency goalies the Blackhawks occasionally call upon. They're usually just on standby, activated only if both netminders on the roster are lost to injury, which rarely happens. But the way Chicago's goaltender…

A plan to close the wage gap between men and women swept through the Illinois Legislature last year, but it met the veto of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Now, the measure is back.

A coroner's office has ruled that the wife of a Nobel Prize-winning chemistry professor died of exposure and hypothermia.

The U.S. Treasury has ruled that Illinois homeowners who prepaid their 2018 property taxes last year will receive the full state and local tax deduction.