ALSIP, Ill. — Workers at a historic Illinois cemetery may have dug up more than 100 bodies and dumped them in mass graves at the back of the 150-acre property in a scheme to resell plots to unsuspecting customers, authorities said Wednesday.
ALSIP, Ill. — Four cemetery workers have been charged with dismembering bodies after police found what they called "startling and revolting" conditions at a historic cemetery near Chicago.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A Canadian company's quest to build a 170-mile oil pipeline underground through Illinois' midsection has won the approval of state regulators.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed suit against a Chicago furniture retailer that she says didn't deliver purchased merchandise and refused to give people refunds for down payments.
South Side Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd), along with community organizations, residents and business owners, dispute a recent report that lists four Chicago neighborhoods among the nation's most dangerous.
The negative portrayal of women in the media and homes without fathers or strong male figures have contributed to girls and young women thinking they have to settle for less and must depend on a man to feel complete, said the president of Bennett College
A former top aide to ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has pleaded guilty to taking part in a plan to sell or trade President Barack Obama's former Senate seat in exchange for financial benefits for the governor or his wife.
