Democratic Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias kicks off his general election contest today at the Springfield home of Sen.

You've got to hand it to us: there's never a dull moment in Illinois politics these days.

As Tuesday night rolled into Wednesday morning no clear winners emerged in the Republican or Democratic gubernatorial primaries although Democrat Gov.

With just about 5,000 votes separating incumbent Governor Pat Quinn and state Comptroller Dan Hynes in the race for the Illinois Democratic nomination for governor, Quinn claimed victory early Wednesday while Hynes said it's not over yet.

The chairman of the Chicago City Council's police and fire committee pleaded guilty Monday to taking $40,000 worth of home improvements in exchange for a zoning change.

BIG STAR Mexican street fare from a pick-up window? Sounds tacky. Until Paul Kahan and co.

Chicago isn't seen as much of a seafood place, but that doesn't mean there aren't any seafood restaurants worth visiting.

Share + Jan 19, 2010 6:57 am US/Central A suburban man is accused of biting a Chicago Police officer in the chest during a fight outside the popular Gibson's steakhouse on Rush Street.

Share + Jan 18, 2010 11:25 am US/Central An off-duty Chicago Police officer was injured when he was allegedly bitten in the chest by a Hazel Crest man outside Gibson's Bar and Steakhouse in the Near North Side Gold Coast neighborhood Sunday night, police said.

Today's Chicago Tribune had a nice article on the Fulton River District Neighborhood located in the Near West Side area of Chicago.

Share + Jan 2, 2010 10:43 am US/Central 1 of 1 Elizabeth Grattan, 38, is charged with criminal damage to property, resisting or obstructing the police and battery to a police officer.

A North Side bakery helps people who are trying to put their lives back together and donates half of its profits to HIV/AIDS patients.

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Chicago Police arrested and charged a convicted felon with a weapons violation after he fled the scene following a traffic stop early Friday morning in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the Near North side.

Brian Ruiz faces felony charges in a brutal attack on Chicago firefighter Matt Jones in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Share + Aug 21, 2009 6:11 pm US/Central A man was charged late Thursday in the violent attack on a rookie firefighter on a fashionable stretch of Halsted Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Bond was set for a Northwest Side man charged with a hate crime after allegedly using a racial epithet while pushing and elbowing a man at a Gold Coast bus stop Wednesday night on the Near North Side.