Golden Apple surprises Greenbriar School teacher
May 26, 2020Golden Apple, the leading Illinois nonprofit committed to preparing, honoring and supporting exemplary educators who advance educational opportunities for students, today surprised…
Golden Apple, the leading Illinois nonprofit committed to preparing, honoring and supporting exemplary educators who advance educational opportunities for students, today surprised…
Raul Tomsa wishes he could worship with his family, but that has not stopped him and other members of Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church in Chicago from gathering Sundays. “My wife…
Four new Illinois State Police troopers wasted little time in making an impact on the job. Newly commissioned Troopers Matthew Giamanco, Blake Kerzich, Timothy Kuchynka and Sean Martinez…
Approximately 200 vehicles took part in a May 24 social distancing parade to honor the memory of late Evanston restaurateur Hecky Powell. Powell, founder of Hecky’s Barbecue…
SPRINGFIELD — The General Assembly on Saturday, May 23 approved adjustments to the tax framework of an expected Chicago casino because its success benefits the whole state,…
Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago will broadcast Memorial Day Masses at 8:30 a.m. Monday. All in-person field Masses at nearly 40 Catholic cemeteries have been canceled…
Chicago and an organization started by actor Sean Penn are establishing COVID-19 testing facilities to target neighborhoods most in need. The city has created a partnership with Penn’s…
A Chicago man is facing a drunken driving charge after allegedly hitting an IDOT maintenance truck called to the scene of another accident. Jamar Williams, 39, faces driving under the…
A food-delivery driver faces charges that he used his car to strike a woman and then fled the scene. Aamir Mohammed, 30, a resident of Chicago’s 2300 block of West Rosemont…
I may be getting used to people dying. I never thought I’d say those words. But they’re true, at least for now. It started in mid-March when my old friend Thomas “Hawk” Greer…
The Illinois State Museum (ISM) shines a spotlight on Generation X with the opening of its new exhibition, Growing Up X, on Saturday, Jan. 28 at its downtown location. The exhibition…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have awarded $13 million to 30 recipients to expand the Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship…
SPRINGFIELD – A law recently signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial from jail…
Natalie Phelps Finnie has been appointed director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced. Phelps Finnie, a lifelong southern Illinoisan, has served…
SPRINGFIELD – For newly sworn-in Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, customer service is the central mission as he assumes the state’s second-largest constitutional office, replacing…
In this week’s wintery mix of farm and rural news we celebrate Illinois farmers’ nation-leading 2022 soybean crop, and take a look at how Illinois figures into farm bill spending….
SPRINGFIELD – Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Monday filed a petition asking an appellate court to vacate a temporary restraining order that was issued late Friday afternoon blocking…