The Illinois Department of Transportation announced recently that construction on Interstate 57 in Iroquois County will begin Wednesday, May 28. The nearly 5-mile work zone is from a ...

Lumping his 31 feats together, Kami Rita Sherpa has climbed nearly 90,000 feet above sea level on the famous peak — about 170 ...

With government hiring across Illinois now outpacing hiring in the private sector, Wirepoints Executive Editor Mark Glennon worries the worst may still be yet to come ...

EAST ST. LOUIS The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that ramp closures on eastbound and westbound ...

Across Illinois, about 70% of days in nursing home care are covered by Medicaid, according to state officials. Advocates ...

Illinois lawmakers head into the final days of their spring session looking for ways to close a substantial gap in the state ...

Pvt. James C. Loyd disappeared during a nighttime firefight days after the Allied Forces landed near Anzio, Italy, in 1944.

One person died in a multi-vehicle crash on I-55 near Cass Avenue, prompting a shutdown of the southbound lanes.

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on ...

Just honest-to-goodness cooking that makes the drive worthwhile no matter what corner of Illinois you’re coming from. Now, with a name like “Chicken Basket,” you’d naturally assume we’re here to talk ...

Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket in Willowbrook isn’t just a restaurant – it’s a time machine disguised as a diner, with a neon sign that’s been beckoning road-trippers for generations. The iconic red neon ...

Police are looking for a person whose car plummeted off of the I-55 Stevenson Expressway and burst into flames.