HOUSTON – Rodeo came to the U.S. from Mexico and grew in popularity after William F. Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, ...

Representative Tony McCombie has reintroduced a bill to repeal the Reproductive Healthcare Act and ban abortion in Illinois, ...

Timothy Glass, a Rockford pimp, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for forcing a woman into prostitution and threatening her ...

Bennie Burton has fond memories of attending the Lampasas Colored School back in the 1950s. When schools were integrated, ...

Rockford firefighters rushed to the scene of a house fire on Benton Street early Thursday morning on reports that a ...

Beloit College honored Johnny Watts, the first black basketball player at the college, and his contributions to the team’s ...

DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick has announced his bid to run for the Republican nomination for governor in the March ...

An investigation has revealed that Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration greatly underestimated the cost of providing healthcare ...

Most Illinois residents will not need a REAL ID, according to Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who has created a new ...

A jury has found Joseph Czuba, 73, guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and hate crime for the fatal stabbing of Wadee Alfayoumi and wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaneen, due to their ...

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin joined Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara and community leaders to celebrate the grand opening of Think Big!, an incubator for minority-owned businesses, which will offer ...