SPRINGFIELD — The lengthy, consuming fight over retirement benefits for public workers is likely to affect campaigns for office in Springfield this November, but as the debate could continue until Election Day — and afterward — leaders of both parti...

Carpentersville Trustee Doug Marks got a new job in early January, but it conflicted with the 6:30 p.m. start time for village board meetings. The village board amended the municipal code Jan. 17 to accommodate Marks’ new work schedule, agreeing to ...

About 1,200 walkers described as “core Komen people” rested Saturday night at a mobile campsite set up on the grounds of Maryville Academy in Des Plaines before beginning the final leg of the 60-mile Susan G. Komen Chicago 3-Day. The walk kicked off...

SPRINGFIELD — Suburban Republicans Saturday praised Mitt Romney's decision to pick Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate, saying the budget-minded lawmaker was a good fit as voters focus on government spending. “He's as sharp as people...

A long time ago, in a suburb not that far away, Jimmy “Mac” McInerney first saw the movie that would become a lifelong obsession. McInerney, a veteran Chicago radio professional who now works as production director at 95.9 FM “The River” in Aurora, ...

Kalvin Thong planned to spend this weekend getting ready for school at Kankakee Community College. The Wheeling graduate and two-time all-Mid-Suburban League baseball player did not expect to be on a bus Wednesday morning bound for Midland, Mich., a...