State: Food stamps, WIC at highest level ever in Illinois
The Illinois Department of Human Services says more Illinoisans than ever are getting help from the government to buy food.
The Illinois Department of Human Services says more Illinoisans than ever are getting help from the government to buy food.
Fair St. Louis organizers put their heart and soul into the entertainment lineup for this summer's Fourth of July celebration here -- with extra emphasis on the "soul."
A Carpentersville trustee and former delegate for Senator Barack Obama will ask a court to dismiss a citation she got for calling two black children climbing in a tree "monkeys."
Stray Rescue of St. Louis is one of three finalists in a contest to win a $1 million animal shelter makeover.
The judge at the fraud trial of political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko refused Thursday to provide the jury with transcripts of the testimony of a former banker who worked for the defendant.
A Chicago mansion built in 1880s has been restored to its original grandeur and next month will be reopened as the Richard H. Driehaus Museum.
Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago says a 2-year-old boy who spent 15 minutes underwater after his stroller was blown into Lake Michigan has grown strong enough to be taken off a respirator.
It's cool yet crunchy. It debuted in Missouri more than a century ago. And now the ice cream cone has been approved as the official state dessert.
State senators potentially killed an effort to change the embattled moment of silence for schools law Wednesday after a confusing debate that mixed religious differences and personal criticism.
A new state audit points out "appalling" problems with the Blagojevich administration's management of payments to health care providers that go much deeper than a large stack of unpaid bills, lawmakers and Illinois' comptroller said Tuesday.
Larry McKeon, Illinois' first openly gay legislator and an advocate for expanding state discrimination laws to cover gay people, has died at age 63, friends and colleagues said Wednesday.
At a time when many restaurant chains are counting calories and cutting portion sizes, leave it to Hardee's to launch another in its line of Thickburgers -- and its most expensive yet.
Carbondale police say a 69-year-old man was killed by a train when he was trying to cross tracks in his wheelchair.
A housekeeper stole more than $32,000 dollars from a Chesterfield home, police said Tuesday.
A former University of Illinois football player will spend four months in jail after admitting he stole a laptop computer.
Larry McKeon, Illinois' first openly gay legislator and an advocate for expanding state discrimination laws to cover gay people, has died at age 63, friends and colleagues said Wednesday.
A Marion woman found last month pinned under her husband's body inside their Marion home has died.
The Illinois Department of Agriculture says the first of the state's 104 county fairs will be held next month.
Remains found near an Illinois highway have been identified as those of a former central New York woman who was last seen three years ago in a Las Vegas suburb.
Records made public by the city of Chicago show a police officer was fired last month after deputy sheriffs evicting him from his home in August 2005 found foil packets with cocaine residue and nearly 300 unissued parking tickets.