Can we agree that we owe them more than words? There is, of course, plenty to say - and that all too familiar. The agony of having to confront yet another horrific slaughter of innocents. The grief for a community of our fellow citizens made a targe...

Border Lines: Inside the Immigration Debate -- Part 2 of 2 Second of two parts. When crime and violence in their village became too much, Reynold Garcia and his wife, Karen Margarito-Pineda, did what many parents do - they moved to a safer plac...

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, a Highland Park Republican facing a tough re-election fight in November, rebuked presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump Tuesday in harsh terms despite earlier comments he “certainly would” support the party's candidat...

Enjoy sampling craft beer and checking out local eats? Browsing art fair booths? Listening to live bands? There's a festival for every taste this weekend in the suburbs. Harvard Milk Days: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, June 3; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturd...

Shelly LeGere of Elmhurst lost her 13-year-old daughter, Annie, to a sudden allergic reaction less than a year ago. This week, LeGere watched from seats above the Illinois Senate chambers in Springfield as lawmakers voted to send Gov. Bruce Rauner a...

U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, a Plano Republican, said Friday he's "not sold" on Donald Trump, perhaps further deepening the split among Illinois GOP leaders over the party's presumptive presidential nominee. "I am not sold on Mr. Trump - not yet," Hult...

Merck posted an 18 percent jump in first-quarter income, beating Wall Street expectations, as reduced spending on marketing, administration and research easily offset lower medicine sales outside the U.S. The second-biggest U.S. drugmaker on Thursda...

Gov. Bruce Rauner won't endorse Republican Donald Trump for president and will skip the party's summer convention, despite saying after Illinois' primary he'd back the businessman if he was the GOP nominee. A senior administration official confirmed...