Former pastor of St. Zachary Parish dies
November 29, 2024Rev. John “Jack” Plotkowski, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and the former pastor of St. Zachary Parish in Des Plaines, died Monday at the age of 76. Plotkowski…
Rev. John “Jack” Plotkowski, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and the former pastor of St. Zachary Parish in Des Plaines, died Monday at the age of 76. Plotkowski…
The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe of the Archdiocese of Chicago will kick off celebrations in honor of the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe with two pilgrimages. The Des Plaines…
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office joined the Cook County Housing Authority on Tuesday to provide free turkeys to south suburban residents ahead of Thanksgiving festivities. “Ensuring…
A Chicago man has been charged in connection with an October armed robbery. David Atwater, 24, a resident of the 900 block of West 115th Street, was charged with aggravated robbery…
Members of Jovenes Latinos Unidos, the youth group from Immaculate Conception St. Michael Parish in South Chicago, provided a Thanksgiving meal for the officers of Chicago’s 4th…
When Chicago was just a small frontier town of 12,000, a group of Scots gathered to celebrate St. Andrew’s Day. Fast forward nearly 180 years and the group’s name may have changed,…
Chicago police are alerting residents of the 10th (Ogden) District of a criminal sexual abuse incident that occurred today on the CTA Pink Line platform in the Lawndale neighborhood….
(First of three parts looking at the push being made for more Early Intervention funding in the state’s next budget) Talibah Moore waited six months for a decision on whether her…
A 16-year-old boy was killed and another teen was injured in a shooting this morning on Chicago’s West Side. Shortly after 1:30 a.m. today, the victims were standing on a sidewalk…
A Chicago man has been charged in connection with the shooting of a 22-year-old man on the city’s West Side. Glenn Russell, 36, a resident of the 4900 block of West Concord Place,…
SPRINGFIELD — Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late Saturday, bolstering coffers with new taxes…
Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois. To the director of one of the museums, the work to rebury those remains…
This week in ag, the fallout continues from RFK’s “Make America Healthy Again” report that recommends sweeping changes to how farmers produce food. We’ve also got info on big…
The Illinois State Fair will offer a little something for everyone this year. Fans of the fair and its food gathered at the state fairgrounds in April to celebrate the countdown of…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office is projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his February budget…
Electric customers around Illinois will see significantly higher prices on their bills next month. The average residential customer of northern Illinois’ Commonwealth Edison will…
Mid-May rains across north-central Illinois did little to alleviate dry conditions in many locations, though some benefitted from up to 5 inches of precipitation. This week we will…