By Mark Weyermuller -   On Sunday, several thousand people went to North Avenue Beach in Chicago to jump in frigid...

WASHINGTON - Quoting from little-known mainstream media stories, constitutional attorney and former chief of staff for then-Attorney General Edwin Meese,...

By Nancy Thorner -  One free speech expert believes that the primary threat to free speech isn't from terrorists, but from an...

SPRINGFIELD - The 4th District Appellate Court on March 3 granted AFSCME Council 31’s request to put on hold the...

CHICAGO - Reporters were waiting outside Governor Rauner's office in Chicago Friday morning to ask Chance the Rapper about his...

By Nancy Thorner -   President Donald Trump's Joint Session of Congress address Tuesday night was a knockout, and not just for...

PALOS PARK - In the past, Republicans have left unchallenged Democrat candidates in Cook County's key leadership posts. With a new chairman...

CHICAGO – In November of 2016, the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed a penny-per-ounce tax on sports drinks, juices,...

CHICAGO - Governor Rauner's meeting with Chicago's Chance the Rapper was postponed from Wednesday to Friday morning, the Grammy award-winner announced...

PEORIA - Peoria's Star Journal reporters Chris Kaergard and Matt Buedel are on Thursday morning's breaking story about federal investigators...