Tom Dreesen: Dreaming a life and living it well
October 1, 2023Comedian Tom Dreesen is a master storyteller, and his performance on Sunday, Sept. 17 at Lake Forest’s John and Nancy Hughes Theater included nearly 30 minutes of Las Vegas-style…
Waubonsee Community College celebrated the formal inauguration of its fifth president, Dr. Brian Knetl, with a series of inauguration events and activities leading up to his formal…
Comedian Tom Dreesen is a master storyteller, and his performance on Sunday, Sept. 17 at Lake Forest’s John and Nancy Hughes Theater included nearly 30 minutes of Las Vegas-style…
A Joliet church’s financial quandary is being viewed as a learning lesson for all nonprofits in Illinois and a potential action item for Illinois lawmakers. Messiah Lutheran Church…
Significant changes may be coming to the Fox River as it flows through Kane and Kendall counties. The U.S Army Corps of Engineers in Chicago has released a draft report on the Fox River…
Available seating in the Oswego Village Board chambers filled up quickly on Sept. 7 as a proposed 24,000-seat cricket stadium plan was officially introduced to village officials. More…
Montgomery has been awarded a $5,000 grant to assist in developing an urban forestry management plan. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service provided the grant through…
A Plainfield man is facing three counts of possession of child pornography. Maxwell Bonds, 23, was arrested after an Illinois State Police investigation. Possession of child pornography…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinoisans who own weapons that can no longer be purchased or sold in the state under its new assault weapons ban will soon be able to register those weapons so they…
In courtrooms around the state early this week, judges conducted the first hearings under a new system that determines whether a defendant will be jailed while awaiting trial based…
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…