Bill Conway is up with an ad in the race for Cook County state’s attorney in which he says he was fired upon while serving in the military overseas. “When I was in Afghanistan, I experienced the trauma of being fired upon,” Conway said in his ad that was released on Nov. 15. “It’s something I think about every...

Sen. Martin Sandoval has submitted his resignation to the Illinois Secretary of Senate’s office months after federal agents raided his office.

Video shows a Metra train hitting a vehicle moments after several people helped an elderly driver from the car. (Courtesy Chris Diaz)

A St. Charles North High School football player who suffered a “severe brain injury” last month during a game has returned home as he awaits a second surgery, his family said.

Multiple lanes of Interstate 55 near Wilmington were blocked Thursday morning after a crash involving multiple trucks and cars, authorities say.

Coach Matt Nagy insisted there is a silver lining somewhere for the Chicago Bears. It’s just hard to find at the moment. The defending NFC North champions are reeling after four straight losses and eyeing their fifth last-place finish in six years. They’re being tested in a way they never were last season. And their coach is trying to figure...

A group of people broke into a South Loop store Wednesday and stole an ATM, among other items.

A Joliet man was sentenced to 118 years in prison Monday for sexually assaulting a teenage girl at their shared southwest suburban home in 2015. Chandel Dirkans, 37, was found guilty in August on 17 total counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated domestic battery, the Will County state’s attorney’s office said.

A proposed bill would require all CBD products sold in Illinois to meet testing requirements that would be developed by the state Department of Agriculture. CBD is a cannabis extract that does not cause a high but is marketed as a healing remedy to alleviate conditions such as anxiety or chronic pain. The product’s regulation is so lax that even...

Federal agents sought items related to at least 70 separate people or entities when they raided the office of state Sen. Martin Sandoval late last month, according to an unredacted search warrant released by the Illinois Senate on Friday.

Illinois Sen. Martin Sandoval resigned as Transportation Committee chairman on Friday, the same day details were released about a search warrant executed at his home and office. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

A sophomore football player at St. Charles North High School is out of a coma after suffering a “severe brain injury” during a game on Friday, according to the teen’s family.

Chicago officials are holding public meetings for residents to weigh in on the sale of recreational marijuana in the city. A new state law will allow recreational marijuana to be sold to people 21 and older starting Jan. 1. Mayor Lori Lightfoot says her office wants to hear from residents, business owners and others about where businesses that sell marijuana...