Robert Herguth

Video gambling saturates Chicago area — nearly 80% of region allows video slots

A member of Rosemont's ruling family, Stephens has chaired the community college board since the 1990s. He was busted during a July 31 traffic stop with a substance believed to be cocaine. Two colleagues on the elected panel say it's time for him to step down from that position, while others…

Security cameras caught one public official kissing another after hours at a government office in the suburbs. A rival candidate got wind, and allegations are now flying.

Mark Stephens, a brother of Rosemont Mayor Bradley Stephens and a son of the late Mayor Donald E. Stephens, was recently arrested during a traffic stop in the far northwest suburbs where police found what they believe to be cocaine.

Answering to Gov. JB Pritzker, the Illinois Gaming Board has added just a dozen names to its "involuntary exclusion" list, as the black book is formally known, in his seven-plus years in office. Why certain nefarious characters are banned while others get a pass is a mystery.

McHenry County Judge Justin Hansen said the actions by 68-year-old Socorro Barrientos at the event last year near Woodstock were “perhaps not very kind,” but "I do not find it to be cruel." Hansen recently sentenced three other men to conditional discharge, similar to probation, over animal cruelty…

Victor D. Barr was convicted of sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl when she was a Rockford high school student and he was a teacher. He and his household have made three campaign donations to the Republican candidate for governor.

Called "steer tailing," or coleadero in Spanish given its Mexican roots, activists and some political figures say the practice amounts to animal abuse and needs to stop. Three men charged with animal cruelty after one of the events last year were sentenced in a far northwest suburban courtroom…

When long-ago allegations of sexual harassment and domestic violence resurfaced against the Hillside Democrat in 2021 as he was vying to replace Michael J. Madigan as speaker, an influential female legislator and a women's advocacy group called for an inquiry into the accusations against Welch. But…

Among the Society of Saint Pius X's former members who have faced misconduct accusations: a cleric in the south suburbs whom Australian authorities tried to extradite to face child sex crimes.