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 Rockford home sustained an estimated $100,000 in damage during a Thursday afternoon fire. Rockford firefighters were alerted to a residential structure fire shortly before 2:30 p.m. Thursday on the ...

Erin Aleman has pushed for better mass transit in Illinois for years and was ever-so-hopeful for a solution to aid financially strapped Chicago area transit agencies. Then came the end of the fall ...

A Chicago-based Illinois State Police forensic scientist has been honored. Aimee Stevens, who serves as a forensic scientist III in the Firearms/Toolmarks section at the Forensic Science Laboratory in ...

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, ...

Ashwin Shah, who immigrated to America 49 years ago, has celebrated the holidays for decades. These holidays, he said, are special for him and his wife, Ina, warmed by the happy resolution of a ...

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.

The Chicago Scots, Illinois’ first and oldest non-profit organization, is planning the 180 th annual St. Andrew’s Day Gala, “The Feast of the Haggis,” at 5 p.m. Dec. 6. Never missing a year – even ...

Feathered gobblers are much more than the center of customers’ holiday meals for Renee Koster and her family at Windsweep Farm in Lee County. For Koster, turkeys are the curious creatures that greet ...