Texas authorities on Tuesday released several hours of footage showing Sandra Bland during her three days in jail, saying they wanted to dispel rumors that she was dead before arriving there.

What Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan previously had labeled a "diversion" to resolving the state's budget impasse became a priority issue Tuesday when the House voted to repeal an automatic 2 percent pay hike following weeks of criticism f...

Taking a firm stand against Obamacare's controversial contraception mandate, Wheaton College on Friday will stop providing any health insurance for students.

The Chicago City Council will meet for the final time this summer as aldermen try to take care of business before the 2016 budget process starts to dominate the proceedings this fall.

South Holland's police chief says youth may have contributed to an officer's response during a recent investigative stop that was recorded on a cell phone and tweeted to tens of thousands of Twitter accounts.

The Farm Aid crowd in Champaign in 1985. (Chicago Tribune) Farm Aid will be celebrating its 30th anniversary in Chicago. While the crowd likely won't match the 80,000 who attended the epic concert at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, this year's lineu...

It has, all things considered, been a very good year for the preservation of Chicago's architectural treasures.

Rapper Chief Keef appeared - via hologram - at a Hammond music festival Saturday night, but his performance was shut down by police within minutes.

After throwing the first no-hitter against the Cubs in 50 years Saturday at Wrigley Field, Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels finished his postgame interview and strolled across the field to the visiting clubhouse.

A woman was injured after being shot in the Gresham neighborhood, and two men were shot in a separate incident on the West Side, police said.