Sometimes the best adventures are hiding in places you’ve driven past a hundred times without a second glance. Van Patten ...

The state again had the highest residential property tax rate in the U.S. in 2024, tied with New Jersey. Illinois remains at ...

A 41-year-old man was fatally shot in East St. Louis on Friday night. St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. said his office ...

An unusual coalition of people across the political spectrum have banded together to rally against a border wall in the Big ...

Exhibit of memorabilia pays homage to the Mother Road. Pop culture collector John Atwater tells columnist David Allen: “Route ...

The Will County Sheriff’s Department in Illinois detained a boy who allegedly planned a shooting at Grand Prairie Elementary ...

The City of Marion has marked veteran graves on its GIS map, providing information on veterans’ time of service and branch, ...

Running from the start of strawberry season to the fall and winter holidays, a new map points to nine different pick-your-own ...

A proposed 1,730-acre solar development south of New Berlin is drawing growing opposition from residents, local officials and ...

Today is Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago: In 1926, a farm-management professor at the University of Illinois, R.C. Ross, released a study he ...

That’s exactly what finding Woodstock, Illinois feels like, a charming town about an hour northwest of Chicago that’s been ...