Trump's infrastructure plan is counting on cities and states to pick up 80 percent of the tab on improvements to the national transportation network.

Officials say at least one person has died in the pileup on eastbound Highway 18/151 just south of Verona Monday morning.

Courts across Illinois have had about a month to adjust to the requirements of the new bail reform law that took effect Jan. 1.

J.F. Berube logs 27 saves in his return, but 'Hogs fall 2-1 in Iowa.

The report says taxpayers have paid $24 billion more than was required by the “Edgar ramp” pension restructuring plan passed in 1996 by then Gov. Jim Edgar.

Darvish has agreed to a $126 million, six-year contract with Chicago, giving the Cubs one of the deepest rotations in baseball and taking one of the top players off the slow-moving free agent market.

A winter storm that pounded the Midwest caused at least two deaths Friday, authorities said, while closing schools and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

Three of every five patients entering South Shore Hospital are poor or disabled and get their health care coverage through government-subsidized Medicaid.

The Chicago Sun-Times cites records that show International Brotherhood of Teamsters President James P. Hoffa approved the recommendation by a panel of union leaders to permanently expel John Coli Sr.

An appellate court in Chicago says the governing body of Illinois high school sports didn't violate anti-discrimination laws by refusing to establish a division for disabled runners.

The loss snaps Rockford's six-game home point streak. The IceHogs skate in Iowa Saturday before hosting the Cleveland Monsters Tuesday, Feb. 13.

Donald Trump said Friday that a former aide accused of domestic abuse by two ex-wives had done a "very good job" at the White House, adding, "We certainly wish him well."

Congress may have averted a shutdown, but don't get too excited, warns a Harvard budget expert. The deal isn't sustainable longterm.

Six-to-eight inches fell around the city and some places south are still seeing heavy snowfall as officials warn about travel dangers.

Turner Brass of Sycamore designed and made the Olympic torches that traveled to and lit the flames of the Lake Placid Winter Games and the Los Angeles Summer Games.