Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who was cited in a criminal complaint against Rod Blagojevich, went to the U.S. Attorney's office about alleged wrongdoers, including the Illinois governor, a Jackson spokesman ...

Businessman Stan Leavell is one of the few non-Chicago candidates running in the Democratic primary as he seeks the nomination for U.S. Senate. Leavell, from Carmi, calls himself a "working man who's ...

Since 2008, Central Illinois Business Magazine's Forty Under 40 awards have celebrated the men and women who make our community go. Class No. 18 walked the red carpet Thursday at the I Hotel and ...

We're in conversation with horror legend Robert Englund for our special Halloween Day exclusive Digital Feature interview.

Here are two weeks of real estate transactions in Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties. Several of the purchases exceeded a million dollars.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers are cautiously optimistic that a deal can be struck to avert a major budget shortfall threatening transit systems across Illinois. The so-called “transit funding ...

From a Whitney Houston tribute to Cat in the Hat, A-list stars are pulling out all the stops when it comes to Halloween this year.

The man once known as the most powerful politician in Illinois is trading his suit for prison stripes. Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan reported to prison on Monday to begin his 7 ½-year ...

Corrupt former Speaker of the Illinois House Michael Madigan has reported to prison. He will begin serving a 7 ½-year term for bribery, conspiracy and other corruption charges. But in Springfield, the ...

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A year after a jury deadlocked on all charges, a former AT&T executive accused of bribing then-House Speaker Michael Madigan entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with prosecutors Tuesday that ...

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan reported to a low-security federal prison camp in West Virginia on Monday to begin serving his 7½ -year sentence on corruption charges, an ignominious end for a ...