A district court judge has resentenced Danette Colbert to 25 years in a trial that occurred last year in which she was sentenced for computer fraud and theft.

Jean Lafitte Mayor, Tim Kerner Jr., (R) has clinched the Jefferson Parish District 1 Council seat in the May 3 election runoff, defeating Andrea Manuel (D). NBC Sports Anchor Mike Tirico Departs ...

MIAMI -- The Marlins placed second baseman Otto Lopez on the 10-day injured list on Sunday (retroactive to Saturday) with a Grade 2 right ankle sprain. In a corresponding roster move, Miami reinstated ...

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, whose legacy was sullied by a scandal that landed the Kankakee native in federal prison ...

Saturday night's special election for the Jefferson Parish Council District 1 seat was a win for Tim Kerner, Jr. Kerner, the 34-year old mayor of Jean Lafitte and scion of a lower Jefferson ...

George Ryan's corruption case overshadowed a nationally historic move to halt the state’s death penalty and empty its Death ...

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Ryan became the third Illinois governor to be convicted of wrongdoing since the 1970s. Otto Kerner received 3 years in prison in 1973 for taking bribes while governor in the late 1960s ...

(John Vogele/Chicago Tribune) Gwendolyn Brooks, of Chicago, was named by Gov. Otto Kerner, right, the new poet laureate of Illinois on Jan. 8, 1968. Brooks, a Pulitzer-Prize winning author and ...