A Granite City woman has been found guilty of first-degree murder for fatally shooting her ex-boyfriend. Tara Anderson, 40, was convicted of murder in the 2023 crime. Following a three-day trial that ...

A Campton Hills woman died Saturday when she was struck by a vehicle in her own driveway. At 2:15 a.m. Saturday, the Campton Hills Police Department notified the Kane County Coroner’s Office of an ...

The village of Glendale Heights and the Glendale Heights Police Department are coordinating a Fire Relief Supplies Drive for 11 displaced families. On Sunday, a fire at the Ellyn Crossing Apartments ...

Elgin High School alumni include scientists and scholars, business execs and artists, musicians and journalists and even a Nobel Prize winner. But until last week memories of many distinguished former ...

The archbishop of the Chicago Archdiocese is blasting the Trump administration for glamorizing the war effort. Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, said in a statement Saturday that the U.S.

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, ...

Illinois voters might know Alexi Giannoulias as the state’s treasurer from 2007 to 2011, or they might know him as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate who lost to Republican Mark Kirk in 2010. He’s ...

It took many years and many setbacks, but the transformation of the former Emmet Elementary School at the heart of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood into a job training and social services hub is now well ...

A Hinsdale couple have filed a $500 million claim against a car wash they said was negligent in their son’s death. Brian and Kristine Richards, as independent administrators of the estate of Sean ...

PEORIA — A large mural celebrating America’s 250th birthday will soon appear along Peoria’s busy West Main Street corridor. The planned “America 250” mural, which celebrates the signing of the ...

The Chicago Department of Public Health has launched a Public Health Vending Machine pilot program. Vending machines, located at five sites around the city, are part of the department’s strategy to ...

The Durkin Brothers stand under the honorary Westchester street sign recognizing their parents, Tom and Colette Durkin. The brothers are (from left), Bill, Bob, Jim, Pat, Mike, Terry, Kevin and Tom.