Gemma Pollard and Talia Wexler were basically just along for the ride for Evanston’s trip to the Illinois High School ...

In her first "Neighborhood Walk" of the new year, Val Warner continued her "ABC7 Chicago takeover" of the segment, as she was joined by veteran WLS-TV anchor/reporter Karen Jordan.

A Melrose Park man was arrested after police found a gun and drugs in his vehicle during a traffic stop last week in Evanston ...

Office vacancy rates have struggled in Chicago suburbs postpandemic, but Evanston’s numbers have fared better than those of ...

Republicans are considering the proposal after roughly a third of counties in the Prairie state voted to break away ...

The ballot question posed to Illinois voters in the November election alluded to "the possibility of separating from Cook County to form a new state or to seek admission to the Union as such ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

Trump administration officials are suing Illinois and top state officials, hoping to force them to turn over suspected illegal immigrants rather than releasing them from jails and state prisons.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Among the challenged provisions are state laws that prohibit Illinois law enforcement officials from engaging with federal officials on enforcement of civil immigration laws. State law ...

The Trump administration has filed suit against the state of Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago, arguing their sanctuary laws “interfere” with Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...