Finds it ‘odd’ he’s still waiting to review gambling expansion billGov. Pat Quinn said Thursday that he will use his veto power to rewrite parts of the budget lawmakers sent him for the fiscal year that starts July 1.

Little evidence of variety that carries West Nile virusIf you live in the northern suburbs and had trouble getting through to mosquito abatement crews after this week’s storms, there’s good reason for it.

Other suburbs sounded the warning, thoughFerocious winds that spawned a tornado in Downers Grove on Tuesday night were serious enough to prompt village officials to end a council meeting a few minutes early.

Federal agents and Chicago police worked more than a year using wiretaps, surveillance and undercover buys to break up a Chicago-based drug ring and arrest some of their suppliers and wholesale customers, prosecutors said today.

The man who’s owned the Giant Slide at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield since 1995 is putting the attraction up for sale.