1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction underscores the systemic problems in ...

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker this week set out to make history, launching his bid to become the first Illinois governor since the 1980s to be elected to more than two terms in office. A win next year ...

Dennis Rader, the so-called "BTK" (bind, torture, kill) killer, pleaded guilty to 10 slayings in the Wichita, Kan., area. He ...

“I requested that we have an opportunity to weigh in before a final decision is made,” Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Ill., told the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday.

On June 27, 1957, Hurricane Audrey slammed into coastal Louisiana and Texas as a Category 4 storm, causing as many as 600 deaths. In 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were ...

Trump Pardons Rod Blagojevich, the Former Illinois Governor. The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as “Blago.” ...

Illinois has a well-documented history of corruption, extending beyond elected politicians to include appointed and career ...

Bored with sketching fruit, she ended up in the courtroom where the Chicago Seven were on trial. WLS-TV reporter Hugh Hill needed a replacement courtroom sketch artist. "I can draw," she told him.

Ben Collins has overseen the comeback of a print edition of 'The Onion' over the past year and pledges that it will continue ...