Ashley Rueff

Will County prosecutors downgraded the charge Friday against a local elected official arrested this week in connection with an alleged theft related to an insurance policy he previously shared with...

Christmas celebrations and decorations will be less extravagant in some suburbs this month as town officials weigh the importance of their holiday spending in the face of layoffs and budget...

When a taxi driver this summer charged $40 to take Stacey Newsom from a Tinley Park hotel about 10 minutes east to the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, she thought it...

When a taxi driver this summer charged $40 to take Stacey Newsom from a Tinley Park hotel about 10 minutes east to the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, she thought it...

Gov. Pat Quinn will get to decide whether text messaging while driving is banned in Illinois. The House sent to the governor's desk a measure to do just that on...

Waving rainbow flags and signs reading, "We Demand Equality," more than 1,000 people marched along Halsted Street in the rain Tuesday evening to protest the California Supreme Court's decision to...

At the same time Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn was touting the need to reform Illinois' pay-to-play culture of corruption, his campaign was using the waning days of the legislative session...

The Illinois House on Thursday jump-started several key measures aimed at cleaning up state government, but it was all a prelude to a Friday showdown between the most zealous reform...