The 15-term Congressman, who put the house up for sale on his 78th birthday in November, sold it for $795,000.

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan returned to the witness stand Monday afternoon in his federal corruption trial.

Late in the day, the prosecution of Madigan's corruption trial highlighted an apparent contradiction in Madigan's direct testimony.

Emmett Ellis was born in rural Louisiana in 1933 and grew up picking cotton on his family’s farm. He found an escape from farm labor in the blues, building his first guitar from broom wire, nails, bottles and bricks.

Bobby Dalbec, who showed flashes of power with the Boston Red Sox in 2020 and 2021, is set to join the Chicago White Sox when Spring Training gets underway.

He was the second pick in the draft by the Vikings. Jones' NFL career was ordinary as he rushed for 2,178 yards in seven six seasons, six with Minnesota. Larry Csonka Larry Csonka starred and Syracuse and was the eighth overall pick by the Dolphins.

With each round of the playoffs, the milestones, records and achievements add up, and several notable Eagles playoff records could go on Sunday. The main goal – the only goal – is winning the game and advancing to the NFC Championship Game.

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. Jiménez in the 1960s founded the Young Lords as a street gang to counter the growing hostility toward the Puerto Rican community in Lincoln Park,

Carter’s resignation comes as a debate brews in Springfield about whether to combine the CTA with Metra, Pace and the Regional Transportation Authority.

Prosecutors are taking aim at Michael Madigan’s previous statements at the former Illinois House speaker’s bribery and racketeering trial in Chicago. Assistant U.S. Attorney Amar Bhachu peppered Madigan with questions Monday afternoon about how the former speaker’s political supporters got jobs.

The assistant U.S. attorney who’s spent nearly half of his career as a prosecutor with Madigan in his crosshairs wasted no time confronting the former speaker.