MURPHYSBORO — Amanda Allen Hall meticulously plans every meal. She avoids restaurants. Spending time outdoors requires careful consideration — a painful reality for the former hiking enthusiast since ...

Area communities have plenty of celebrations on tap to mark America’s 250th birthday. Whether it is fireworks, parades, music, carnivals or meat on a stick that is your way of… ...

The Village of Villa Park is working with Illinois Prairie Path, labor unions and two railroad museums to give new life to a piece of west suburban transit history. The Chicago Aurora and Elgin ...

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias launched an online appointment system in September for Illinois drivers needing to come to a driver’s services facility, ostensibly to reduce wait times. The “Skip ...

The Republican primary field for the Illinois 11 th Congressional District has doubled with the addition of two new candidates vying for the opportunity to go against incumbent Democrat Bill Foster.

Many Oswego school buildings are showing signs of age and stress and district officials are considering asking voters to approve a $317 million referendum to make infrastructure fixes and other ...

A hulking concrete monolith has straddled railroad tracks east of downtown DeKalb for nearly a century, but the end has now arrived for the piece of rail history. Demolition crews last week began ...

The Addison Township Board voted Wednesday to sue former Supervisor Dennis Reboletti and three other former officials for allegedly misappropriating more than $78,000 in funds, and using part of it to ...

Agencies serving victims of domestic violence say they will continue to push for passage of state legislation that would get guns out of the hands of abusers. Representatives of Legal Aid Society, ...

The 53rd State Senate District GOP primary ballot will remain crowded after Gridely businessman and farmer Mike Kirkton survived a challenge to his nominating petitions by the slimmest of margins ...

Illinois Democratic congressmen are blasting the federal spending bill for ICE that lawmakers approved on a partisan vote. “It is beyond irresponsible to hand ICE – an agency that has murdered ...

Students and staff at Charles W. Earle STEM Elementary organized a surprise rally Wednesday to honor their principal on the heels of a statewide award. The Illinois Principals Association named ...