Larsen speller reaches national semifinals
June 13, 2025Yahya Mohammed, the Kane County Regional Spelling Bee champion, reached the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Mohammed, a student at Larsen Middle School in Elgin, earned…
SPRINGFIELD — In a year when many state agencies received little or no funding increase, state lawmakers approved an increase of $15.7 million, or 22.4 percent, for general operating…
Yahya Mohammed, the Kane County Regional Spelling Bee champion, reached the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Mohammed, a student at Larsen Middle School in Elgin, earned…
A flavor company is creating a second production facility in Illinois. Silesia will invest $40 million into a Huntley flavor innovation and production facility that will create 41 full-time…
Chronicle Media staff members collected 20 awards, including five first-place finishes, at the Illinois Press Association’s annual convention held Thursday at the Par-A-Dice Hotel…
Pride Month began in Lake County with people from all over the Chicago area lining the route for the seventh Buffalo Grove Pride Parade on Sunday. With 100 parade entries, colors popped…
A native of India who was in the United States illegally has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his role in a fraud conspiracy that victimized an 85-year old Madison County…
A 42-year-old Aurora man died Monday morning after being hit by a van while walking along a foggy roadway. Deputies from the Kane County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report…
SPRINGFIELD — In a year when many state agencies received little or no funding increase, state lawmakers approved an increase of $15.7 million, or 22.4 percent, for general operating…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker spent hours Thursday defending his governing record and Illinois’ immigration policies as he was peppered with questions from members of the U.S. House Oversight…
Cutting out funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services is among the priorities of the Trump administration’s Department of Governmental Efficiency, ostensibly in order…
WEST CHICAGO – A West Chicago company is investing $10 million to construct a manufacturing operation to enhance production of its powered stick packs and ensure it can meet consumer…
CHICAGO – Gov. J.B.. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity have announced 27 awards totaling $23 million through the Equitable Energy Future…
SPRINGFIELD — Heading into the end of the legislative session, consumer advocates, renewable energy industry groups and environmental advocates were hopeful about a bill that would…