Kristen McQueary

When President Donald Trump revealed last year he was considering commuting the prison sentence of Rod Blagojevich, he suggested Blagojevich was convicted "for being stupid and saying things that every...

By now, the whiteboard in a secure room at Chicago's FBI field office must consume voluminous wall space. Maybe multiple rooms. Floors? With an expanding federal corruption probe that has...

Chicago teachers remained on strike Monday, freezing 300,000 students out of crucial instructional time. Why? The reasons are growing, but they aren't about pay or working conditions. The latest reason:...

Englewood math teacher and chess coach Joseph Ocol hasn't been on the picket lines with his colleagues dancing the "Macarena" or hitting the bars during this strike-turned-party. Ocol has been...

Federal prosecutors have glided across Illinois' political chessboard for almost a year, picking off pawns, knights and even a king with speed and precision. Sometimes the chess moves are brazen...

A Chicago Public Schools student attending a Southeast Side grammar school was 14 years old in 2012 when his teacher took him to a grocery store parking lot, and later...

It's only a matter of time before actress Felicity Huffman sits down for the softly lit, tell-all interview about her role in the college admissions scandal. Place your bets: "60...

In the grip of a national opioid crisis that has been destroying families and driving up the cost of health care, controversy over an addiction facility is unfolding in west...

When state Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, announced unexpectedly last week that he would not seek another term in the House, the machine snorted with predictable smugness. It came from...