Between January and December 2024, Illinois collected over $800 million from video gaming machines. In Springfield alone, businesses netted over $52 million, with the city receiving more than $2.5 ...

SPRINGFIELD – As the Trump administration has begun enacting mass deportations in recent weeks, activists and public ...

On Tuesday, the Springfield Park District announced that the president of the district, Leslie Sgro, was the recipient of the ...

Central Illinois has a unique connection to the Super Bowl through Brendan Daly, a Sacred Heart-Griffin graduate and NFL ...

The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an up-front and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.

CHICAGO – Former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, ...

The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois ...

A jury has delivered a split verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, finding him guilty on 10 of 23 ...

One of the biggest debates in Springfield — how to keep mass transit from running out of money — is finally starting to take shape.

Jurors weighing the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan have reached a verdict on a majority of counts, but ...

Federal prosecutors have made it clear they are listening to phone calls. But have the threats of federal investigations and ...

It’s time once again to dive into another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about ...