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Maybe you have unclaimed money that's being held by the Illinois Treasurer's Office and didn't even know it. If that's the case, you also may not have known that up until recently the state didn't have to pay any interest on those funds.

By pretty much every measure, last week's MLB at the Field Of Dreams game was an amazing success. A gorgeous corn-filled location, outstanding TV production work, a walk-off ending, and great TV ratings have ensured another trip to Iowa for baseball.

I'll admit right off the bat that I don't frequently call on the services of a coffee barista. Don't get me wrong, I love all things coffee, but I'm pretty good at whipping up the things I like all by myself.

Yesterday, while working to put out a building fire in Chicago, firefighters happened to be rolling some video of the outside of burning structure when something pretty incredible took place.

The Chicago Police Department recently released some new stats on crime, showing that while robbery and burglary were down in 2020, carjackings in Chicago are on a record-setting pace.

I've heard lots of people ask where the tax money from the sales of recreational marijuana products here in Illinois is going. With sales of nearly a billion dollars in 2020, we've got to have a pretty decent pile of cash to spread around, wouldn't you think?

Governor JB Pritzker's executive order okays limited in-person instructions at both public and private schools this summer.

Starting today, more businesses will be allowed to reopen and people can start gathering in small groups while social distancing. But many things will look and feel differently.

A quick-thinking suburban teen saved a man's life one recent Sunday afternoon while running errands for her parents.

High waves along Lake Michigan over the weekend left part of Chicago’s lakefront path in pieces, crumbling asphalt and piling sand in several locations.