Laesch earns rematch with Irvin for Aurora mayor
February 28, 2025For the second time in four years, incumbent Mayor Richard Irvin and John Laesch will face off in an election for Aurora’s top job. However, this time, Laesch, an at-large Aurora…
For the second time in four years, incumbent Mayor Richard Irvin and John Laesch will face off in an election for Aurora’s top job. However, this time, Laesch, an at-large Aurora…
When Seth Arndt, a member of Aurora-based Boy Scouts of America Blackhawk Troop 11, initiated his donation campaign in a quest to achieve Eagle Scout status, he set his sights on collecting…
Voters in the City of Aurora are currently casting early votes in a mayoral primary that on Feb. 25 will winnow a five-candidate field down to two. Under Aurora election law, if more…
A Chicago man has been charged in the fatal New Year’s Day stabbing of a man on the city’s West Side. Freddy Diaz, 44, a resident of the 2200 block of South Keeler Avenue,…
Two weeks after President Donald Trump began his second term, the Chicago area Venezuelan community found themselves in uncertain legal waters. Under the Biden Administration, Venezuelans…
Congressional Democrats, including 11 from Illinois, are urging President Donald Trump to retract his statements that the civilian Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip should be…
PEORIA — Poll data shows that 90 million eligible voters declined to participate in the 2024 presidential election that pitted Vice President Kamala Harris, a liberal, West Coast…
Kohl’s has announced that it will close two “underperforming” suburban stores by April. The company’s stores on Route 59 in Plainfield and at Spring Hill Mall in West…
Near-record-dry soil moisture levels contributed to the May 16 wind-driven dust storm that coated Chicago and much of northwestern Illinois in a pesky layer of dust and debris, according…
Saying that she intends to “continue working to drive down costs for American families, flip the House, and elect a new generation of changemakers,” 14th District Illinois Congresswoman…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has issued an executive order that bars state agencies from collecting and disclosing data about autism to the federal government unless it’s medically…
CHICAGO — The Trump administration took the unprecedented step of halting work on the next National Climate Assessment, dismissing all 400 volunteer scientists who were tasked with…
A federal judge in New York issued a preliminary order May 6 blocking the Trump administration from cutting off states’ access to hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic relief…
Two Illinois congressional reps — Robin Kelly and Raja Krisnamoorthi — have entered the race to be the state’s next U.S. senator. Kelly U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly was…