New farmers markets hope to grow on people
May 5, 2020Please don’t squeeze the cherries — or anything else, for that matter. Area residents are finding a different kind of farmers markets as the annual spring and summer outdoor selling…
Please don’t squeeze the cherries — or anything else, for that matter. Area residents are finding a different kind of farmers markets as the annual spring and summer outdoor selling…
A couple of thousand people were expected to attend the launch of the Downtown Evanston Farmers’ Market on May 2 at University Place and Oak Avenue with 36 vendors. Due to…
A small-business owner in the near-west suburbs of Chicago wants to send a message to big banks and their big-name clients. Stacy Hawkins Armstrong, the owner of Sha-Poppin Gourmet…
Two people were killed April 26 when struck on Interstate 57 in Cook County. A 35-year-old Chicago woman and a 34-year-old Bolingbrook man died after being hit by a car at 4:26 a.m….
Illinois golf courses officially reopened on May 1, much to the delight of both hardcore enthusiasts and casual players sidelined since fall. But a return to the fairways has a catch…
Republican congressional candidate Jeanne Ives conducted a food drive April 25 to assist local food pantries. The candidate in the 6th Congressional District noted that due to the unprecedented…
An unrelated police pursuit led to a Chicago teen being charged in connection with a Chicago Heights murder. Michael Caraway, 18, a resident of the 2900 block of South State Street,…
Two more detainees at Cook County’s Juvenile Temporary Detention Center have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the facility’s total of infected detainees to five. The Office…
It was said by the late Waukegan newspaperman, Dan O’ Shea, that “Every reporter has one good book in them.” The lack of sports events during the pandemic has left a large hole…
The music played, and I remembered what it was like to lose love forever. Brahms Clarinet Quintet, Opus 115. I’d never heard it before, and I didn’t know much about Johannes Brahms….
With new guidance from the CDC that addresses the need to keep students in classrooms while protecting residents from COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and…
A new bill, HB 5785 would ensure funding is adequately available for the families of fallen police officers. The legislation was proposed by Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza and is sponsored…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation on Aug. 12 laid out a $34.6 billion six-year spending plan for road, bridge, transit, rail, airport and port upkeep. It’s…
SPRINGFIELD – The 2022 Illinois State Fair officially got underway Thursday, Aug. 11 when Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Secretary of State Jesse White cut the ceremonial ribbon in front…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois State Fair organizers unveiled the 101st State Fair butter cow Wednesday, Aug. 100, an unofficial kickoff of the fair which begins Thursday…
Grant Gingerich was about 3 years old when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Olivia White was a farm girl who wanted to be a pharmacist, but a medical student mentor opened…
This just in: Illinois is expected to repeat as the nation’s leader in soybean acreage, production and yield; we will dissect the early projections from Kansas State University for…