2004: Democrat Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate. In defeating Republican Alan Keyes by the largest margin ever in a Senate contest in Illinois, the 43-year-old Obama became the only African ...

A woman from Kenosha County, Wisc., has been charged with aggravated DUI resulting in death after law enforcement officials determined she was intoxicated when she caused a crash that killed a friend ...

In 2011, after months of public hearings and detailed presentations, Illinois tollway directors took the controversial step ...

Theaster Gates’ latest demonstration of an artist’s potential for civic planning comes at GRAY Chicago during the exhibition “Oh, You’ve Got to Come Back to the City." ...