McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese and County Sheriff Robb Tadelman, along with Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner in Lake County, have added their voices to calls for a review and reform of the ...

From early evening, family friendly events to late night soirees, central Illinoisans can usher in the nation’s 250th birthday with a slate of New Year’s Eve celebrations centered on downtown Peoria.

Being her family’s go-to for tech issues even though the youngest, Henrietta Eghan learned to love technology. The Romeoville resident even considered being a technical writer or a professor. Her ...

A Chicago man faces multiple felonies in connection with properties being defaced on the city’s West Side. Philip Dominguez, 38, a resident of the 2400 block of South Springfield Avenue, faces five ...

As Indigenous Peoples’ Day approaches, Brookfield Zoo Chicago officials reaffirmed their acknowledgment that the zoo sits on unceeded, traditional and ancestral homeland of Indigenous people.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D) will continue to be banned from receiving Holy Communion in his home diocese for his pro-choice stance. Citing church law, Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Springfield ...

It’s been an open secret for almost two years that something important was buried next to the historic Haymarket Martyr’s Monument in Forest Park. On Oct. 3, archaeologists and volunteers dug up an ...

Cairo, she said, had set the stage for what was to come as Illinois embarked on its new grocery store initiative — a $30 million endeavor to build and sustain new food businesses in distressed small ...

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kathaleen Lanahan was host for the ceremony, complete with honorariums and lunchtime treats. Since 1998, the Bridgeview Problem-Solving Courts have been part of the ...

Pezband co-founder Mimi Betinis used the word “legacy” several times as he talked about the recent release on vinyl of “The Best of Pezband.” Betinis, the band’s guitarist, along with bassist Mike ...

Elgin High School alumni include scientists and scholars, business execs and artists, musicians and journalists and even a Nobel Prize winner. But until last week memories of many distinguished former ...

It took many years and many setbacks, but the transformation of the former Emmet Elementary School at the heart of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood into a job training and social services hub is now well ...