The “Big Boy” No. 4104 steam locomotive will come chugging into West Chicago’s Union Pacific Training Center June 3, as part of its cross-country tour heading to the east coast. It is the world’s ...

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 ...

Work has started up again on Illinois Route 47, and officials in Woodstock taking the opportunity to assess whether there’s public support for a possible 1.3 mile “active transportation route” for non ...

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 ...

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 ...

After a prize-winning novel was yanked from the classroom at Lemont High School District 210, parents are saying other books on the reading list are too racy to read, including the 1969 classic “I ...

Palos Hills police shot and killed a suspect during a domestic disturbance call Sunday morning. Shortly before 4:20 a.m. Sunday, police were dispatched to a domestic disturbance at 7 Cour Versaille.

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.

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 ...

Two Rockford men face weapons charges from separate incidents over the weekend. Elvis Miller, 28, is charged with two counts of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, one count of no valid ...

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 ...

In 2005, the brutal Mother’s Day slayings of Laura Hobbs, 8, and Krystal Tobias, 9, shocked the city of Zion, Lake County, and the country. The bodies of the two girls were found in the municipality’s ...