It’s time once again to dive in to another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about over the past week: ...

William Byron raced to his second straight Daytona 500 victory, surviving a string of late-race wrecks that knocked out a ...

Federal authorities and state lawmakers say they will keep fighting public corruption in Illinois after the conviction of ...

Criminal defense attorney Michael Leonard of Leonard Trial Lawyers joins Jon Hansen on Let’s Get Legal. The two discuss ...

The party in power has to make these changes. Republicans can’t do it alone, nor does their public relations campaign have ...

Illinois taxpayers are off the hook for Michael Madigan’s future pension payments, now that the former Illinois House speaker ...

Western Illinois hosts the Morehead State Eagles after Marko Maletic scored 30 points in Western Illinois' 87-62 win over the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles.

UT Martin takes on the Eastern Illinois Panthers after Tarence Guinyard scored 23 points in the Skyhawks' 76-71 victory over the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars.

Illinois corruption takes center stage as Michael Madigan is convicted of bribery and Rod Blagojevich gets a pardon. Plus, why a project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes is on hold.

Most folks just figured that Mike Madigan had avoided the long arm of federal law by being extra-careful. And he may have ...

Early in their final pitch to jurors on Wednesday, prosecutors displayed a screenshot from an undercover video: Michael Madigan, then the powerful speaker of the Illinois House, leaning forward ...

Civic Federation Says Illinois Should Extend Sales Tax to Services to Help Bridge $3B Budget Deficit - “Illinois should extend its sales ...