In recognition of their academic performance, more than 180 seniors at Elgin Area School District U-46’s five comprehensive high schools received the Illinois State Scholar designation. The award ...

Edwardsville Hall of Fame Spotlight on Luke Kreamalmeyer, Christina Perozzi ahead of the 2025 induction ceremony in February ...

Take a stroll down Vine Street and pop into Yoder’s Kitchen for a home-cooked meal that’ll make you want to trade in your ...

Rich Township coach, athletic director George Egofske died at 93, leaving behind a legacy as a trailblazer in high school ...

Mississippi Palisades State Park is where Illinois decides to show off and prove it’s not just cornfields and Chicago.

After nearly three months, more than 60 witnesses and a surprising turn on the stand from the defendant himself, the evidence phase of former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has drawn ...

Public reaction to the 10 finalists has been mixed, to say the least, so we turned to local design experts. They had some ...

Rita Crundwell used her position as Dixon, Illinois, comptroller and treasurer to embezzle $53.7 million for her Quarter ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to enact mass deportations — and his famous antipathy toward Chicago — have girded local ...

Firefighters around Los Angeles are preparing to attack flare-ups or new blazes. The National Weather Service issued a rare warning that dry winds combined with severely dry conditions created a ...

Mid-January is always a period of great adjustment. That icy time when we hopefully have finally started ending dates with ...

He recalled that he had spoken in Champaign before, but the June 1925 speech by three-time presidential candidate William ...