Black-owned businesses showcased
April 24, 2024Nine Black-owned small businesses from Chicago’s South Side are open from noon to 6 p.m. daily through Jan. 31 at the Far South CDC Marketplace. Sponsored by the Far South Community…
Nine Black-owned small businesses from Chicago’s South Side are open from noon to 6 p.m. daily through Jan. 31 at the Far South CDC Marketplace. Sponsored by the Far South Community…
Measles appears to be making a stealthy comeback, including the first case in DuPage County in 15 years. Declared eliminated in the United States in 2000 by the federal Centers…
What impact would 22 million more pounds of appliances have on the environment? Mike Abt is glad we don’t have to know. Abt has championed environmental practices throughout his…
Wet fields kept the majority of Illinois farmers from planting for a second consecutive week, but windows for field work will be arriving soon. In addition, the U.S. EPA finally green-lighted…
True Crime with Dr. Amanda Vicary Eureka Public Library, 202 S. Main St., is thrilled to be hosting Dr. Amanda Vicary from Illinois Wesleyan University to discuss her research on…
Sheahon J. Zenger, previously the interim president at the University of New Haven, has been named the 21st president of Illinois Wesleyan University, effective July 1. Zenger was…
Disgraced Pere Marquette Hotel developers Gary E. Matthews and Monte J. Brannan will serve prison time for what prosecutors say was a sophisticated fraud scheme that cost investors…
Illinois’ State Board of Elections is demanding a media company owned by two controversial right wing political operatives delete from its websites all registered voter information…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….
On March 19, voting will conclude in primary contests for hundreds of seats in the Illinois legislature and in the state’s court system. But most of those contests are uncompetitive….