Prom limo driver charged with DUI

Emily Florez and Katy Smyser, NBC Chicago

NBC Chicago - Richard L. Madison, the limousine driver charged with driving under the influence after being stopped Saturday night while driving 24 high school students to their prom, has only one local traffic conviction on his driving record, NBC5 Investigates has found.

Mayor, lawmakers make case for Chicago casino

Sophia Tareen, Associated Press

The latest bill — which recently cleared the Illinois Senate and also would allow slot machines located in lounges at O'Hare and Midway — appears to have the best chance yet.

Illinois: Mother attacked, boy, 1, abducted

NBC Chicago

NBC Chicago - An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday afternoon for a 1-year-old boy last seen in Maywood.

Gay marriage divides black church in Illinois

Renita D. Young

theGRIO REPORT - Since the Illinois Senate passed its same-sex marriage bill on Valentine’s Day, proponents and opponents of the measure have amped up their arguments in hopes of drumming up more support to sway undecided congressmen...

Mother, son run against each other in Illinois mayoral race

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - Wendy Casey, 45, is running against three candidates, including her 27-year-old son Randall, in April's election for the mayoral role of village president in Dixmoor, Illinois...

Gun control advocate wins Jackson seat primary

Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - A former Illinois legislator who favors an assault weapons ban captured the Democratic nomination Tuesday in the race to replace disgraced ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr...

Toi Hutchinson exits race for Jackson's US House seat

Jason Keyser, Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - A well-known Illinois state senator dropped her bid Sunday for the U.S. House seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr., narrowing the field and consolidating key support behind another Democrat in a race where gun control has emerged as a central issue...

Former Congresswoman Cardiss Collins dead at 81

Herbert G. McCann, Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - Cardiss Collins, the first African-American woman to represent Illinois in Congress, died of complications from pneumonia at a Virginia hospital, according to a family friend...

Hadiya Pendleton's death draws White House attention

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - The shooting death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton has drawn national attention, prompting renewed calls for gun regulation, and reigniting the public outrage created by the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut...

Lincoln museum to display iconic stovepipe hat