The body recovered from the Fox River on Wednesday has been identified. According to the Kane County coroner, the woman is Amanda Flick, 41, of St. Charles. With the assistance of the Fox River and ...

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 ...

(Editor’s note: Some individuals in this story are identified only by first name and last initial at their request to allow them to speak openly about their addiction without fear of reprisal for ...

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 ...

Beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday, the outer northbound and southbound Lanes of Kilburn Avenue in Rockford will be closed to traffic from Bruce Street to Fairview Avenue. Traffic will be directed into the ...

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 ...

Two Plainfield residents have been charged with dismembering a body. Both suspects, James Adams, 26, and Robin Turner, 62, are charged with dismembering a human body, a Class X felony; and concealment ...

CHILLICOTHE – Dozens of border collies and their human owners met for a weekend of camping, sheep herding and fellowship during the Land of Lincoln Border Collie Association’s annual “trialing” ...

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, ...

The landlord and CEO of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park were in court twice last week attempting to settle their differences short of trial and were scheduled to go before a judge again on ...

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 celebrating our ...

Two independent candidates in the 4 th Congressional District, Mayra Macias and Byron Sigcho-Lopez, raced against the clock last week as they tried to gather evidence against allegations that they ...