PEORIA – Greater Peoria Honor Flight is dedicated to providing veterans from Central Illinois with an unforgettable day of honor in Washington, D.C., to visit service memorials. Operation Penguin, ...

A project more than a decade in the making has come to fruition. Hollywood Casino Aurora is now open, putting smiles on the faces of leaders from PENN Entertainment, owners of the property, and the ...

CHICAGO — Attorneys for the now-cleared “Broadview Six” protesters are asking a federal judge to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate alleged misconduct by those in Chicago’s U.S. attorney’s ...

Raymond Grieshaber seemed to have it all. Working as a chemical engineer, the Evanston resident had plenty of friends and was having plenty of fun. “I had everything I wanted. I was going through the ...

The band is back together, and that should be sweet music to diners’ ears. Chefs who made a name for themselves in the Chicago area have teamed up to provide food offerings to visitors to the new ...

Now celebrating its 60th anniversary, Starlight Theatre is one of Illinois’ oldest outdoor community performance venues, having staged 186 shows with a cast and crew totaling nearly 50,000. From ...

Sirens and announcements to take shelter blared from public address speakers in Libertyville, Gurnee, and North Chicago the evening of Wednesday, June 17. Tornado clouds and potential funnel systems, ...

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 ...

A 32-year-old Arlington Heights man has been charged after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation allegedly found he uploaded child sexual abuse material and shared it with others. Ian Stehmeier ...

Cook County faces a $550 million budget gap for fiscal year 2027. In releasing the county’s Preliminary Budget Forecast, County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said years of disciplined financial ...

Driving on Interstate 294 going south, near the O’Hare Interchange, a large billboard touts a data center coming to Grayslake. While village officials are not responsible for how the Atlanta-based T5 ...

“From the time I was 8 years old, I would play ‘radio’ and make up stories to ‘broadcast’,” he said. “Now, my lifelong dream has become a reality that serves the community I call home.” Named for its ...