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April 13, 2025Area Easter events include: Jewel-Osco: Several area Jewel-Osco locations will have family events from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities include keepsake photos with the Easter Bunny, an…
With the criminal trial of Elburn veterinarian Adam Stafford King fast approaching, prosecutors and King’s defense team are sparring through a flurry of pretrial motions over what…
Area Easter events include: Jewel-Osco: Several area Jewel-Osco locations will have family events from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities include keepsake photos with the Easter Bunny, an…
In one of the most closely watched mayoral races in the state, Aurora Ald. John Laesch beat two-term incumbent Mayor Richard Irvin to claim the top spot in the second largest city in…
A Carpentersville man has been charged in connection with a fatal accident on the Eisenhower Expressway. Saul Alba, 42, has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence…
Local organizers of a nationwide series of protest rallies April 5 say they intend to stand “indivisible,” but definitely not be invisible. Throughout Northern Illinois, thousands…
Lauren Underwood is asking her constituents to consider the power of three. Although her party holds limited influence in a closely divided U.S. House of Representatives, the 14th…
Second in a series looking at the continued push for more state funding for Early Intervention services Jaclyn Vasquez had barely pulled away from the hospital, where her daughter Ava…
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week. As a result, the…
We can’t avoid the 8,000-pound elephant in the room any longer, so this week’s column will focus on tariffs and agricultural trade. You will also find valuable information on how…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker wrapped up a four-day trip to Mexico City, hopeful a trade mission to Mexico will yield new economic development in Illinois, even as tariffs threaten the stability…
SPRINGFIELD — Argo Community High School sophomore Luciana Deir wants to go into construction after she graduates. Her classmate, Angelica Turza, wants to work in advertising and…
John Petruszak opened his email to find a message he called “shocking”: the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development had rescinded two grants it had awarded to his advocacy…
SPRINGFIELD — Legislation that would prohibit public school students from using cellphones and other wireless communication devices during class time cleared a Senate committee March…