State lawmakers in Springfield will consider increased protections for student-athletes after several former Northwestern football players alleged rampant hazing and sexual misconduct within the program....

In high school, Darrell King always wanted to win a state championship. As a football player and track runner in North Chicago, he never lived out his dream. But King, now chief of Evanston’s Water...

For 24 years, basketball was Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir’s entire life. She broke both the male and female state scoring records at her Springfield, Massachusetts, high school. As the first Muslim woman to...

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) will partner with State Rep. Litesa Wallace (D-Rockford) to introduce legislation that would require all legislators, legislative staff and lobbyists to undergo sexual...

Construction work on Sheridan Road will come to a halt if state lawmakers cannot pass a budget by June 30, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said. The project, managed by the Illinois Department of Transportation,...