It was his marriage to Muriel which saved him on that day, June 21 1942, when the RAAF gave him a day off to tie the knot, ...

The top brass in the U.S. attorney's office needs to figure out why they have had such a miserably low initial conviction ...

The corruption trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III ended with a mistrial Thursday, with the jury unable to find agreement on ...

Records show Jackson, a son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., recently became an investor in Vendor Assistance Program LLC.

But exceptions exist. In 2001, Illinois law was amended to allow elected and law enforcement officials in municipalities with ...

Just one day into her campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Friday ...

Just one day into her campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Friday ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to be sentenced June 13 for his conviction on public corruption charges. The bribery trial of current Chicago state Sen. Emil Jones III ...

A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, after a jury deadlocked ...

The jury considering state Sen. Emil Jones III's federal corruption trial had indicated late Wednesday that it may be ...

Deliberations continued for nearly 23 hours before jury arrived at stalemate in the federal bribery trial of Illinois Sen.