In a sit-down interview with the Washington Examiner, LaHood said he’s happy with his current job representing Illinois’s ...

Nearly two dozens wildfires were burning in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is just north of Minnesota and North ...

For those interested in viticulture, Baxter’s Vineyards and Winery – Illinois’ oldest winery – offers tastings of locally produced wines. Their specialty fruit wines, particularly those made from ...

For many locals, Petersen’s serves as a constant in a changing world – the place they went after Little League games as children and now take their own kids after soccer practice.

Chicago’s Lincoln Yards could bring neighborhoods together around a shared resource that would draw visitors from across the ...

Chicago’s Bank of America 13.1, a half marathon that wraps around the city’s West Side, is almost here. With the race kicking off in just a few days, street closures have already begun across the ...

Roundup of small news items for the Elgin area. Donna Vickroy: At 78, suburban ‘Butterfly Man’ still releasing thousands of monarchs and swallowtails By Donna Vickroy ...

In just a few months, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested more than 1,000 “illegal alien workers without employment authorization.” ...