Plans to redevelop Mars Wrigley’s candy factory on the West Side of Chicago have been met with fierce backlash – even though they were based on a concept developed with input from residents of ...

Blake Montgomery has quite a Christmas present ready for anyone willing to go with him on a journey. Montgomery has revived his award-winning production, “Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs ‘A ...

Gun owners in Illinois must take new steps in 2026 to secure their firearms in their homes, particularly when children are present. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 8, known as the Safe Gun ...

A Harwood Heights woman died Wednesday evening in an accident on the Tri-State Tollway. Sylvia Barranco, 55, a resident of the 4400 block of North Newcastle Avenue, died in a four-vehicle accident ...

If the kitchen and hearth are the heart of a home, then Benson Stone Co. is the heartbeat of countless Rockford area households. The family-owned company, a staple of Rockford’s business landscape, ...

CHICAGO — The Illinois Commerce Commission Wednesday sharply cut rate increases proposed by Nicor Gas and Ameren Illinois, slowing the speed of rising energy bills for customers in much of the state.

Cook County is putting more resources behind the Public Defender Immigration Unit, doubling its small staff at the start of 2026 and setting the goal of tripling it by 2027. Since 2021, the unit has ...

Officials at the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva are expressing relief that the government shutdown has ended and funding for the essential SNAP food assistance program is secured for the next ...

Thirty high schools in Cook County saw more than 95 percent of their students graduate in four years. Those numbers helped push Illinois to its highest high school graduation rate in 15 years, ...

PEORIA — The number of protesters gathered outside the Peoria County Courthouse awaiting a verdict in the Sean Grayson murder trial continues to grow this afternoon. Jury deliberations have stretched ...

The Glen House Food Pantry is spending eight times what it did last year on food. A mother of four worries that the pending cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will leave her a week ...

Rockford, AED Essentials and iEmpathize are partnering to welcome a national touring course, which focuses on identifying and combating human trafficking and child exploitation. From Nov. 3-7, ...