Marcus Bausley, 39, was charged with murder, attempted murder and kidnapping in Illinois and resisting law enforcement in Indiana.

An 8-year-old boy was found after he was abducted from Chicago's South Side, triggering an Illinois Amber Alert from the Chicago Police Department early Friday morning, authorities said.

State regulators will allow Peoples Gas to upgrade aging pipes but not further modernize the city's gas system.

Illinois companies announced 2,342 mass layoffs in January 2025, according to state reports. More than 9-in-10 job cuts impacted Cook and the collar counties.

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A Chicago man accused of killing a woman and stabbing her two sons faces multiple charges as he awaits extradition back to Illinois from Indiana. Marcus Bausley, 39, is facing a felony charge of resisting an arrest in Indiana,

The trial of a suburban Chicago landlord accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in a 2023 attack on a Palestinian American woman and her young son is set to start Tuesday. Joseph Czuba,

On Friday, a high of 31 degrees was expected in portions of north central and northeast Illinois as well as northwest Indiana.

A suburban Chicago landlord will go on trial starting Monday for allegedly killing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and injuring his mother in an attack law enforcement described as a hate crime.

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some charges in a mixed verdict at his federal corruption trial in Chicago

Dozens more victims have come forward claiming they were sexually assaulted while in juvenile correction centers run by the state of Illinois and Cook County.

Noga had two days to prepare for this rescue mission — save 18 pigs from a petting zoo in northeastern Illinois. The 36-year-old had a pet pig of her own and had rescued pigs before, but she had never done a rescue mission of this scale.