With the state transit bill passed, CTA, Metra and Pace have approved budgets without fare increases, no layoffs and some potential service expansions, especially in the suburbs. Under the Chicagoland ...

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 ...

Four police officers were hurt Friday during protests at the ICE facility in Broadview. Two Broadview officers and a Cook County Sheriff’s Police officer were transported to a local hospital for ...

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 ...

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.

Rockford’s Finance and Personnel Committee has approved the city’s 2026 budget, maintaining property tax levels and lowering the general fund by $2 million from last year. Despite a state-mandated $5 ...

A group of community organizations representing neighborhoods along the South Branch of the Chicago River is looking to build a riverwalk that would go from Chinatown’s Ping Tom Memorial Park to ...

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 ...

PEORIA – Jury selection was completed Monday in the trial of ex-Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, charged with killing Springfield resident Sonya Massey. Moved to Peoria County due to ...

A bronze statue of Northern Illinois University’s nationally-known Siberian Husky mascot now has a permanent home outside Huskie Stadium. Diesel, who patrolled NIU football sidelines for nine years, ...

The Oswegoland Park District has a full plate of projects for 2024, but none as critical as construction of a new administration and operations center. Officials at the sprawling 38-square-mile ...

ST. CHARLES – The Kane County Sheriff’s Office is urging motorists to commit to sober driving, buckling up, and following traffic laws this Halloween as children and their families haunt neighborhoods ...