A yellow ribbon is tied to a porch light. Red, white and blue bunting hangs from the wooden porch. And a sticker stamped with American flags on the front door

The Illinois Republican Party is feeling positive about its chances to win key elections next year after a GOP rout in governor's races in Virginia and New

A Chicago-based anti-abortion law group says it's heartened by today's vote by a state board that clears the way for enforcement of Illinois' abortion

When police in Edgar County started an investigation after a bank robbery there, they found the robbery was not the first for this suspect.

The application period for low-income Illinoisans to apply winter home heating assistance has opened.

Jim Ryan said Tuesday he has more experience than the other candidates seeking the Republican nomination.

Officials said 43-year-old Joseph Blaze, of Olney, was driving a motorcycle east on U.S. 50, one mile west of Olney

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris plans to use a stop in Chicago to outline his position on proposed changes to the way health care is provided in America.

The health department will hold a will hold clinic Nov. 7 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. central time. The first vaccinations will be for children ages 4 to 18.

It's time for Illinois politicians to stop just talking about a run for office and start the formal process of getting on the ballot.

Caterpillar Inc. said Monday about 2,500 laid-off employees will be permanently cut from the company and 550 others will be brought back to work by the end of

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who succeeded ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich in January, has formally declared his run for a full term.

A Wabash Valley man was out riding a horse Wednesday afternoon when he saw the bull and shot it.

Crawford County, Ill. officials continued a large search Tuesday, hoping to capture the bull that brutally attacked a Palestine woman.

The search continued Monday for a runaway bull after it brutally attacked a Wabash Valley woman.