Four Chicago residents have been charged in connection with a Downers Grove restaurant burglary. Elmhurst police had initiated an investigation related to recent burglaries, including a review of ...

Illinois State Police Troop 3 Commander Capt. Patrick Manno announced that 13 seat-belt violations were among 137 citations and arrests made during December roadside safety checks in Cook, DuPage, ...

CHICAGO — Preventable pregnancy-related deaths rose and stark racial disparities remained in the Illinois Department of Public Health’s most recent maternal mortality report. The report studied 219 ...

SPRINGFIELD — Immigrant rights and artificial intelligence were two of the hot-button issues that influenced public education in 2025. They are also the subject of new education-related laws that will ...

SPRINGFIELD — In an expected move, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit last week seeking to nullify a new state law that allows Illinois residents to sue federal immigration agents who arrest ...

Karen D. Fyke, 87, of Eureka, Illinois, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, at her residence. She was born on Aug. 18, 1938, in Galesburg, Illinois ...

As Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District prepares to launch passenger train service in northwest Indiana, one oft-overlooked Chicago neighborhood stands to benefit. The Hegewisch ...

SPRINGFIELD — The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 23 kept in place a lower court’s ruling temporarily barring President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago as part of his ...

The schedule for Rockford garbage, Christmas tree and household waste collection is: Garbage: Garbage collection is not affected through Wednesday. There will be no collection on Thursday. Regular ...

A Chicago woman has been charged in connection with a Lombard crash that injured a family and severely injured a 10-year-old boy. Jaquelin Onofre Reyes, 27, a resident of the 900 block of Lawler ...

Illinois workers with a newborn in a neonatal intensive care unit will soon have additional access to job-protected, unpaid leave. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 2978, dubbed the Family Neonatal ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Christmas Eve visited patients at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Cupich met with patients who were not able to be home to celebrate Christmas ...