State models county’s medical debt relief program
November 20, 2024A state pilot program designed to erase medical debt for 300,000 residents has already helped thousands eliminate $72 million of debt, the governor’s office announced. The Medical…
A state pilot program designed to erase medical debt for 300,000 residents has already helped thousands eliminate $72 million of debt, the governor’s office announced. The Medical…
LiV Warfield remembers walking to track meets at Peoria Stadium with track shoes on her shoulders. “I was being put in track and field,” Warfield said. “The catalyst was I started…
In January, Tyshun Rule was behind the wheel of his car, hands trembling, during a traffic stop in which officers found a loaded gun. Rule owned the gun legally but is alleged to have…
A Romeoville man died from injuries sustained Saturday morning in an accident on Interstate 55. Illinois State Police said the driver of a Honda Civic struck a Subaru SUV shortly before…
A 22-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with an August murder on the city’s South Side. Humza Raja, a resident of the 5300 block of North Forest Glen Avenue,…
True Value Co. has announced that it plans to layoff 873 workers in Chicago and two McHenry County locations, beginning next month. The hardware company has entered into an agreement…
Three Cook County men are facing multiple felony charges for allegedly kidnapping and beating a man in an incident that started in a Lombard gas station. Philip Stamps Sr., 47, a resident…
A woman and her son have been sentenced for the 2018 murder and armed robbery of a Naperville man. Candace Jones, 44, formerly of Chicago, and her son, Ernest Collins, 28, formerly…
A Chicago man has been charged with two armed robberies on the city’s Southwest Side. Trinidy Mintz, 22, a resident of the 5600 block of South Emerald, has been charged with two…
St. Cajetan Parish and the Mendel Catholic Prep Alumni Association will conduct a Mass tonight to honor South Side Chicago Catholic high school veterans and first responders. The service…
Nearly 13 percent of the 1,350 Illinois ZIP codes at high risk of lead exposure in children are in Cook County. The 172 Cook County areas at high risk of lead exposure in children include…
For generations, America has been thought of as the land of opportunity, a place where anyone who worked and studied hard could grow up to achieve any goal they set for themselves. …
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker is asking state lawmakers for more authority to regulate the homeowners insurance market in Illinois. His comments came after the Bloomington-based…
CHICAGO — At a union hall on Chicago’s South Side, a powerful Democratic Party organization decided who to endorse in the March 17 primary in one key statewide race. The Cook…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order July 14 requiring Illinois agencies to draft recommendations to respond to tariffs being implemented by President Donald…
SPRINGFIELD — Raja Krishnamoorthi has worn many hats: lawyer, small-business owner, and for the last 10 years, U.S. representative. The 51-year-old Schaumburg Democrat, who represents…
Big news in agriculture to talk about lately, including the ramifications of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” on the upcoming farm bill, beef prices continuing to surge and the anticipated…