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Probe continues in DeKalb apartment fires

— July 15, 2019

The area around Ridgebrook Apartments in the 800 block of Ridge Drive was quieter than usual Friday. No residents were in sight, the parking lot was empty and entry doors to the three-story…

‘Alligator Bob’ on the trail of Humboldt Park gator
— July 12, 2019

The Humboldt Park gator is still on the sly. ‘Alligator Bob’ as the herpetologist is known, not wishing to reveal his last name, said the Chicago alligator is likely hiding to shy…
Yorkville hosts River Fest is this weekend along Fox river
— July 11, 2019

Join the Yorkville Parks and Recreation Department and the Yorkville Area Chamber of Commerce for the 2019 Yorkville River Fest next weekend on Friday, July 12 and Saturday, July 13…
Hike in tobacco-buying age hopes to extinguish youth smoking
— July 9, 2019

With the age to purchase tobacco products in Illinois now at 21, respiratory health leaders now have a new target: e-cigarettes. “That is the next frontier in preventing youths from…
SIUE breaks ground on Gallatin Golf Facility in Edwardsville
— July 8, 2019

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville celebrated a creative community partnership backed by external support by breaking ground in June for the new Harry Gallatin SIUE Golf Practice…

Illinois’ hotel, camping and gas costs could dent summer driving
— July 11, 2019

Despite Chicago’s skyscrapers, parks and museums, Springfield’s historic sites, southern Illinois’ Cahokia Mounds and Galena’s charm, Illinois is expected to just do all right…
Grow Solar expands to Monroe County
— July 10, 2019

It may not yet be a national leader, but a nonprofit program to implement solar energy systems in Metro East has been expanded across all three of the region’s core counties,…
Son remembers Judy Baar Topinka’s bond with people
— July 9, 2019

Judy Baar Topinka was not your typical politician and her son wants Illinois school children to know that. Joseph Baar Topinka, the only child of the former Illinois leader, has written…