1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has announced the selection former state representative and deputy governor Christian Mitchell as his ...

Pat Quinn in 2009, after then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office. State Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez speaks at the Illinois Presidential Delegation's daily breakfast at ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has announced the selection former state representative and deputy governor Christian Mitchell as his ...

Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledged that President Donald Trump's reelection was a factor in his decision to seek a third term. "I ...

On June 27, 1957, Hurricane Audrey slammed into coastal Louisiana and Texas as a Category 4 storm, causing as many as 600 ...

Rod Blagojevich as those bonds are retired ... Average taxpayers will be mistrustful that property taxes really will drop and stay down. Folks like the Chicago Teachers’ Union will feed that ...

Webb, 61, is a deputy clerk in the Macon County Circuit Clerk's office and South Macon Township trustee. She previously ...