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July 2, 2025

With scant notice, Rockford hospital closes

Residents on Rockford’s west side are feeling abandoned and betrayed after Javon Bea Hospital permanently closed its doors today on just a few hours’ notice. While sudden, the…
July 2, 2025

Arachnid 360 selling fun for 50 years

For product elevation, evolution and innovation, Arachnid 360 in Loves Park has hit a bullseye every time. The dart machine manufacturer recently celebrated its 50th anniversary and…
July 2, 2025

USA’s 249th birthday celebration marked by food, local festivals and fireworks

Independence Day fireworks shows are as old as the nation itself.  According to historical accounts, the first such shows came in 1777, one year after the 13 American colonies declared…
July 1, 2025

Growing number of visitors discovering southern Illinois as travel destination

WOLF LAKE. Ill. — Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could thank the perfect words she typed into…
June 30, 2025

NASCAR weekend prep starts long before the engines roar

As thousands of NASCAR fans prepare to converge on Chicago’s lakefront, and hundreds of thousands of others anticipate watching on television, extensive work has continued preparing…

With scant notice, Rockford hospital closes
July 2, 2025

Residents on Rockford’s west side are feeling abandoned and betrayed after Javon Bea Hospital permanently closed its doors today on just a few hours’ notice. While sudden, the…
Arachnid 360 selling fun for 50 years
July 2, 2025

For product elevation, evolution and innovation, Arachnid 360 in Loves Park has hit a bullseye every time. The dart machine manufacturer recently celebrated its 50th anniversary and…
USA’s 249th birthday celebration marked by food, local festivals and fireworks
July 2, 2025

Independence Day fireworks shows are as old as the nation itself.  According to historical accounts, the first such shows came in 1777, one year after the 13 American colonies declared…
Growing number of visitors discovering southern Illinois as travel destination
July 1, 2025

WOLF LAKE. Ill. — Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could thank the perfect words she typed into…
Burglars strike in Bronzeville
June 30, 2025

Chicago police are warning apartment dwellers in the Bronzeville neighborhood about a string of burglaries in their area. In the South Side incidents, offenders entered apartments through…
NASCAR weekend prep starts long before the engines roar
June 30, 2025

As thousands of NASCAR fans prepare to converge on Chicago’s lakefront, and hundreds of thousands of others anticipate watching on television, extensive work has continued preparing…
Three men shot – one fatally – on South Side
June 30, 2025

Three men were shot – one fatally — Saturday afternoon on Chicago’s South Side. The men, ages 25, 31 and 40, were in a business on the 800 block of East 63rd Street in…
Chicago officials seek to allay ICE crackdown fears
June 28, 2025

Chicago officials tried to reassure Pilsen neighborhood residents that they are doing what they can to protect people from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns – while…

Raoul joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s termination of grants

July 2, 2025

SPRINGFIELD – Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined another multi-state lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to withhold billions of dollars in federal funds…

Growing number of visitors discovering southern Illinois as travel destination

July 1, 2025

WOLF LAKE. Ill. — Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could thank the perfect words she typed into…

Challenges persist for women, minorities breaking into skilled trades

June 27, 2025

PEORIA — For 60 years, SkillsUSA Illinois has held workforce development competitions for young people entering the trades. And for 60 years, there has never been an all-female team…

Pritzker launches third-term re-election bid

June 26, 2025

CHICAGO — In a hot gymnasium on Chicago’s South Side, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced this morning that he’s running for a potentially historic third term as governor. In his announcement…

Illinois’ soil conservation funding stagnates amid high-profile dust storms

June 26, 2025

SPRINGFIELD —– Three main factors contribute to the formation of Midwest dust storms: strong winds, dry soil in farm fields and large amounts of loose soil. That’s according to…

Illinois lawmakers delay pension reform again

June 25, 2025

SPRINGFIELD — Public employees hired since 2011 must continue to wait for pension reform after Illinois lawmakers declined to take up the issue during the spring session. Lawmakers…

Insurance plans could soon be required to cover horseback-riding therapy

June 25, 2025

SPRINGFIELD — Under a bill awaiting the governor’s signature, certain insurance plans would have to cover hippotherapy and other forms of therapeutic horseback riding in Illinois. …

With scant notice, Rockford hospital closes

Arachnid 360 selling fun for 50 years

USA’s 249th birthday celebration marked by food, local festivals and fireworks

Growing number of visitors discovering southern Illinois as travel destination

NASCAR weekend prep starts long before the engines roar

With scant notice, Rockford hospital closes

Arachnid 360 selling fun for 50 years

USA’s 249th birthday celebration marked by food, local festivals and fireworks

Growing number of visitors discovering southern Illinois as travel destination

Burglars strike in Bronzeville

NASCAR weekend prep starts long before the engines roar

Three men shot – one fatally – on South Side

Chicago officials seek to allay ICE crackdown fears

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Raoul joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s termination of grants

Growing number of visitors discovering southern Illinois as travel destination

Challenges persist for women, minorities breaking into skilled trades

Pritzker launches third-term re-election bid

Illinois’ soil conservation funding stagnates amid high-profile dust storms

Illinois lawmakers delay pension reform again

Insurance plans could soon be required to cover horseback-riding therapy

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