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Six students from Chicago and its suburbs are among more than two dozen whose anti-violence activism has earned them Giffords Courage Fellowships to aid…

Legislation before the Illinois House would replace school-based police officers with social workers. Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch is sponsoring the plan to…

Richwoods High School was a part of a national conversation on school violence Wednesday. Students participated in a sit-in, lining the hallways of the…

Authorities say they've arrested the former hotel owner of what was Peoria's Four Points at Sheraton. The Florida businessman sought to flee on a private…

Two graduates of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business have made a $75 million gift to the school.The university says the Booth School will…

Allstate expects insurance losses of about $593 million in August after Hurricane Harvey left a path of destruction along the Gulf Coast.The insurer said…

Ameren Illinois officials say that more than 200 employees and contract workers are on their way to help with recovery efforts after Hurricane Irma.The…

Democratic-leaning Illinois is the latest state to direct taxpayer money to private schools. Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democratic-controlled Legislature…

A 30-year-old woman suffered a medical emergency and died during a cosmetic procedure at a medical clinic in Florida. Lattia Baumeister of Rock Island,…

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has selected a Florida Democrat to lead Illinois' troubled Department of Children and Family Services.George Sheldon ran…