Virginia McCaskey always seemed as comfortable with ordinary folks as she was with the most powerful people in the NFL. The Bears matriarch herself was both, and her funeral mass Wednesday morning at ...

The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an upfront and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.

When she was a kid hungering for ice cream, Ida Nelson would trudge to the local gas station or perhaps to a food & liquor ...

I went to the same high school as he did and I’ve always heard of him to be a good person,” jury foreman Timothy Nessner told the Sun-Times. “But I also know that good people sometimes break the law.

Jurors found Madigan guilty of 10 counts against him and not guilty of seven others, including a charge of racketeering ...

Jurors found Madigan guilty of 10 counts against him and not guilty of seven others, including a charge of racketeering ...

Three observations from the Eagles’ blowout victory against the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX: ...

Convicting Michael Madigan is a victory for federal prosecutors that few would have predicted when the former Illinois House speaker was at the peak of his power. Now it's time for lawmakers to be ...

Johnson's ominous warning before a church audience Monday night has fueled speculation about a high-level political purge as ...

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some ...

Someone who wants to overthrow a government should not be eligible to serve government,” states a draft of the proposal.

NEW ORLEANS — The Sun-Times’ Bears experts pick the winner of Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Eagles and Chiefs (5:30 p.m., ...