Red Bud, Illinois resident Merle Butler stepped forward Wednesday to claim his third of the record $656 million jackpot in the March 30 Mega Millions lottery drawing.

Butler, 65, and his wife Patricia, 62, came forward on Wednesday -- as mandated by Illinois lottery policy -- to take ownership of their share of the windfall and RadarOnline.com has video ...

The house made famous in the 1990 smash hit Home Alone has been sold for nearly $1 million less than the asking price after being on the market for a year.

Nestled in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, Illinois, the 4,243 square-foot home was listed last May with a $2.4 million price tag, but according to the Chicago Sun-Times, it sold on Thursday for just $1.585 million.

The family of a deadly hit and run victim has been searching for answers for more than three years and they never expected to find the key to her death on the trunk of a NASCAR driver’s racecar.

When Kevin Conway heard the story of Melissa Lech, who was fatally struck in suburban Chicago in August 2008, he agreed to put her picture and information on the rear deck lid of his Nationwide car for last September's Chicagoland race, reported Yahoo! Sports.

Patti Blagojevich still believes that her convicted husband and former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is innocent, despite him currently serving a 14 year-prison sentence for 18 charges of corruption.

Patti voiced her undying loyalty on an upcoming episode of The Rosie Show, and RadarOnline.com has a sneak peek of the enlightening interview set to air on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network on Wednesday.

Have you ever wondered where you should move to get hit by Cupid's arrow? Or where the happiest couples around live after they've found the look of love?

RadarOnline.com has found the most romantic towns in America where chocolates and roses abound every day of the year, not just on February 14.

Most aspiring high school athletes grew up kicking soccer balls around or practicing their wrestling moves with their dads, but Michael Woulfe had a different kind of bonding with his parents, who were both diagnosed with cancer when he was a small child.

The 17-year-old from Oak Park, Illinois, has overcome adversity that would have beaten the spirit of many adults and has grown up to become not only a valedictorian of his high school, but also a varsity wrestler, and has now been accepted in the U.S. Naval Academy.

Despite the unseasonable heat wave warming up cities across the country, the most highly esteemed weather man in America has predicted six more weeks of winter.

After cautiously emerging from his hole on Thursday in front of hundreds of eager eyes and flashing photographers, Punxsutawney Phil, of Pennsylvania, cast a shadow, promising a dramatic reversal in the mild temperatures that have been 20 to 30 degrees higher than normal in many areas.

Known as Groundhog Day, the marmot has been making weather predictions every February 2 since 1887, but many avid followers don’t know the details behind the bizarre tradition beyond what they learned in the Bill Murray comedy classic of the same name, so RadarOnline.com has compiled seven essentials everyone should know about the furry critter’s national holiday.

The father of Sara McMeen -- the Illinois woman who killed her boyfriend and three young children last week, before turning the gun on herself -- fatally shot his wife more than 40 years ago, RadarOnline.com has learned.

In January of 1971, Louis McMeen Sr. fatally shot wife Pamela in front of their 2-year-old son, Louis A. McMeen Jr., the Pontiac Daily Leader reported, adding both were just 20-years-old when the incident occurred. The paper reported he then went to the Streator Police Station and confessed to the crime, telling officials, "I just murdered my wife."

Louis was initially declared incompetent and did not go to trial, but he was sent to the Department of Mental Health, where a judge in 1973 ruled he was “to be retained in such custody so long as he continues to suffer from said condition.”

As the small farming town of Emington, Illinois, mourns the deaths of a whole family after Friday's shocking murder-suicide, the grandmother of two of the victims says there were no warning signs leading up to the tragedy, RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal.

"We didn’t see any signs that this was coming, this was a total shock to us," Kathy Lemke told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview. "It was not something we would anticipate happening."

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Sara McMeen shot and killed her three children, Skylar, 8, Ian, 7, and Maggie, 10 months old, and her boyfriend, Daniel Warren, 29, and then turned the gun on herself.

Rocked by the horrific tragedy, a family member of murder-suicide instigator Sara McMeen's exclusively revealed to RadarOnline.com how they have found strength in loved ones, and in their faith, in the days since the shootings.

"We are doing OK, we are finding comfort in the Lord and in the huge outpouring of love and support from family and friends,” the relative exclusively told RadarOnline.com.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the 30-year-old mother from the small farming town of Emington, Illinois, shot her three children, Skylar, 8, Ian, 7, and Maggie, 10 months old, and her boyfriend, Daniel Warren, 29, and then turned the gun on herself.