Southwest Airlines is ending open seating and introducing assigned seats, aligning with other airlines and responding to customer preferences and investor pressure.

Illinois told a federal court that Coinbase’s planned sports event contracts look like state-regulated bets, intensifying a fight over who governs prediction markets. The ruling could reshape nationwide access to these markets.

A DuPage County judge gave Joshua Crye a nine-year prison term after a 2023 drunk-driving crash on Eola Road that killed teacher Nicole Dickerson. Prosecutors called the crash preventable.

Blackstone sold The Streets at Woodfield for $69M — a 59% markdown from its 2015 purchase — as a Hartford investor takes over the Schaumburg lifestyle center.

A 7-year-old Hammond girl, identified as Kay'Lee Hawkins, was struck and killed on Wallace Road, the Lake County coroner said.

A Des Plaines man was charged after police say he fled a July crash that killed a motorcyclist. Authorities say witness accounts and forensic work identified the driver.

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a state emissions permit doesn’t automatically force insurers to cover pollution claims tied to Sterigenics’ Willowbrook facility.

A Lombard teen was sentenced to 30 months of probation after prosecutors say he filmed services at a Glendale Heights Islamic center and faced terrorism and gun charges.

A Cook County judge vacated Antonio Porter's 2003 murder conviction in the 2002 killing of Laymond Harrison and ordered his release on electronic monitoring while prosecutors weigh a retrial.

Chicago neighborhoods face a surge in commercial burglaries, with businesses targeted by a group using sledgehammers for break-ins and stealing various items. Police issue a citywide alert and advise on security measures.

Cook County prosecutors dropped charges against a Calumet City teacher accused of giving nicotine gum to sixth graders, and families say they won’t let the matter rest.

A Civic Federation baseline finds Illinois’ new Department of Early Childhood inherits severe provider shortages, workforce pay gaps and funding complexity that could slow reform.

Warlord owner Trevor Fleming faces felony charges after a former co-worker accused him of sharing private sexual images without her consent.