Book banners blasted
August 30, 2023State Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, D-Naperville, doesn’t mince words when it comes to individuals looking to ban books from libraries. “Books being viewed as inappropriate are the stories…
State Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, D-Naperville, doesn’t mince words when it comes to individuals looking to ban books from libraries. “Books being viewed as inappropriate are the stories…
Paresh Patel’s dream is to not just build a west suburban showcase for cricket, a sport he played and loves. He seeks to construct a first-class facility with up to 24,000 seats in…
Wheelchair football athletes from multiple cities competed in the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association’s home tournament over two consecutive weekend days at the College of Lake…
Aurora police are investigating a fatal shooting on the city’s West Side. At 7:24 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, Aurora police dispatchers received several 911 calls in reference to a…
The Willowbrook Wildlife Center is closed to the public for a major construction project, but the injured and disabled animals it serves will still be taken care of. The center, located…
What kind of creatures could you run into at the DuPage County Fairgrounds after dark on Saturday, Aug. 19? There were gargoyles, grazers and gift-seekers. The curious and the collectors….
Food production workers from Portillo’s Addison facility are demanding that the fast-food chain negotiate the workers’ first union contract. Workers, joined by state elected officials,…
A Woodridge man has been accused of killing a person while driving drunk and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Salil Chander, 33, a resident of the 4100 block of Nelson Court,…
An impressive array of musical styles from Illinois artists were celebrated on Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Illinois Rock ’n’ Roll Museum on Route 66’s third annual induction ceremony…
SPRINGFIELD — The state has paused a new policy requiring certain noncitizens enrolled in a Medicaid-like health insurance plan to pay copayments for certain services, instructing…
The Illinois State Fair — a multi-million annual agriculture festival in Springfield — reported a nine-year attendance record this year. The state Department of Agriculture, which…
A new battery manufacturing plant is set to open in northern Illinois next year after the state offered more than $330 million in tax incentives to make it happen. Gotion, a Chinese…
Illinois on Monday, Sept. 18, became the first state to fully abolish cash bail through an act of the legislature — a major criminal justice overhaul spurred by the advocacy of a…
SPRINGFIELD — As workers in Illinois celebrated Labor Day, a new report shows there has been a surge in efforts to organize labor unions in workplaces throughout the state, while…