City recycles Christmas trees
January 3, 2025The Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, in partnership with the Chicago Park District, is conducting its annual Holiday Tree Recycling Program at 27 locations throughout the…
The Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, in partnership with the Chicago Park District, is conducting its annual Holiday Tree Recycling Program at 27 locations throughout the…
Hundreds of parishioners from St. Ferdinand and St. Ladislaus churches on Chicago’s Northwest Side will process down Belmont Avenue during a Three Kings Parade on Sunday. The annual…
A Chicago man died from injuries sustained in an armed robbery on Chicago’s South Side. The 51-year-old man was inside a store on the 7500 block of South Racine at 12:31 p.m….
A man has been charged in connection with the murders of two Park Forest women. Coleman Franklin was arrested shortly before noon Tuesday in Harvey. He faces two counts of first-degree…
Former Oak Park resident Heather Mack, who is serving a 26-year sentence in a West Virginia federal prison for conspiring to kill her mother in Bali in 2014, has formally complained…
SPRINGFIELD — Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the table…
A 17-year-old boy was charged in connection with a carjacking on Chicago’s Southwest Side. The teen was charged with one count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm…
Time to study up, Illinois. New state laws are now in effect. They include some of the defining bills of the 2024 legislative session and others that will change how people get IDs,…
Two individuals have been charged in connection with stabbings at an Oak Forest restaurant. Jaray Brown Jr., a resident of the 13900 block of Central Park Avenue in Robbins, and Camren…
A Park Forest man died from injuries sustained Thursday in a head-on collision in the south suburban village. Officers and fire personnel from the Park Forest Police and Fire departments…
Despite uncertainty over the economy and federal funding during the second half of fiscal year 2025, the state’s fiscal year closed June 30 with the state setting a record for…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…