Jeffrey Meitrodt

State parks aren't the only tourist destinations suffering from this year's budget woes. The state's 49 historic sites, such as Lincoln's New Salem in central Illinois, are reeling from a...

Silver Cross Hospital won state permission Tuesday to move from its aging campus in Joliet to a new, $398 million facility in New Lenox despite spirited opposition from local officials...

Despite a history of heart problems, Larry Ippensen lifted shovel after shovel of sand Wednesday afternoon with scraped and sunburned hands in a desperate sandbagging effort to save his 160-acre...

J.R. Winters has vivid memories of dismantling the washers and dryers from his downtown coin laundry and lugging the motors up a flight of stairs, safely away from the 1993...

The corruption convictions of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's friend, top adviser and fundraiser dealt a fresh blow to a beleaguered administration Wednesday, weakening the governor's ability to lead and further undermining...

State legislators who have fought to keep open the maximum-security wing of Stateville Correctional Center said Friday that Gov. Rod Blagojevich has backed off a proposal to shut it down...

Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich got a rare bit of good news from Springfield on Thursday, emerging bruised but victorious after senators rejected a recall measure aimed at knocking him out....

Gov. Rod Blagojevich's aggressive fundraising machine collected hundreds of $25,000 checks in a campaign effort that dwarfed his predecessors', and most of these big givers ended up benefiting from his...

A massive rock formation 7 miles below West Salem, Ill., moved just an inch or so at 4:36 a.m. Friday, but that was enough to cause the 5.2 magnitude earthquake...

The government authority angling for Wrigley Field is expected to submit its bid as early as Tuesday, but the proposal will arrive badly bruised, according to sources close to the...