Teen fatally shot at Rockford party
February 7, 2025A 19-year-old man died from injuries sustained during a shooting at a Rockford party. Rockford police responded to an apartment on the 900 block of Fourth Avenue at 9:40 p.m. Thursday…
A 19-year-old man died from injuries sustained during a shooting at a Rockford party. Rockford police responded to an apartment on the 900 block of Fourth Avenue at 9:40 p.m. Thursday…
A Chicago man has been charged in connection with a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway. Reginald Brown, 32, faces charges of aggravated possession of a weapon by a felon, a Class X…
The Chicago Police Department will be conducting two DUI Saturation patrols tonight into Saturday morning. Patrols will be from 6 p.m. today to 2 a.m. Saturday in the Town Hall (19th…
PEORIA — Former Republican U.S. Congressman and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who served in the House of Representatives for 14 years, may be the only Peorian alive who was…
Both eastbound and westbound traffic on Whitman Street from Ridge Avenue to Winnebago Street in Rockford has been reduced to one lane for Nicor Gas relocation work. The work will be…
Buying one or more squares on a Super Bowl grid sheet and watching the game with an eye on the score at the end of each quarter, hoping to win a couple of hundred bucks, has become…
Lawmakers in the state House have already filed more than 1,800 bills that could be acted on before the General Assembly adjourns in May. The vast majority of the ideas won’t make…
Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger does not know where he fits in politically these days. “If I ran as a Democrat, I’m too conservative. In the current GOP, I am not welcome,” he…
State Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, received a call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, in January that he was tapped to head the House Veterans’ Affairs…
First of two parts looking at efforts to help veterans who wind up in the Cook County court system Navy veteran Greg Sanchez was struggling with the transition to civilian life. He…
SPRINGFIELD — Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late Saturday, bolstering coffers with new taxes…
Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois. To the director of one of the museums, the work to rebury those remains…
This week in ag, the fallout continues from RFK’s “Make America Healthy Again” report that recommends sweeping changes to how farmers produce food. We’ve also got info on big…
The Illinois State Fair will offer a little something for everyone this year. Fans of the fair and its food gathered at the state fairgrounds in April to celebrate the countdown of…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office is projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his February budget…
Electric customers around Illinois will see significantly higher prices on their bills next month. The average residential customer of northern Illinois’ Commonwealth Edison will…
Mid-May rains across north-central Illinois did little to alleviate dry conditions in many locations, though some benefitted from up to 5 inches of precipitation. This week we will…