Illinois volunteers were welcomed to Chicagoland for the Illinois Master Gardener State Conference in Tinley Park on Sept. 9 as they returned to in-person training. “We are excited…
SPRINGFIELD – Nearly every county in Illinois lost population over the past decade, mirroring a national trend of greater concentrations of people leaving rural areas and moving to…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has directed state public safety agencies to work with state agencies and local jurisdictions to ensure the appropriate resources are available as arctic cold…
The Huskie Chi-Town Showdown returns this fall with a nationally known opponent and a new venue. Northern Illinois will host Brigham Young University in a nonconference college…
Ever since Amtrak ended the Black Hawk service from Chicago to Galena and Dubuque, Iowa through in 1981 there have been several futile efforts to bring it back. Most recent efforts…
You’ve probably heard the buzz — pun intended — that it’s going to be a noisy summer across much of the country, with 17-year cicadas expected to emerge across 15 states,…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has several teams that are dispatched to various locations around the state each week to provide COVID-19 testing. Anyone can be tested,…
If you and your family are looking for that fresh, real Christmas tree this year, here is our guide to the tree farms in the collar counties. Make an outing of it and make it a family…
R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Illinois ...
This week’s column is entirely devoted to news from the Illinois Corn ...
Current rural health care environment ...
Rural communities are older, sicker and poorer. “It’s a terrible marketing line ...
Appellate court reverses contempt citations ...
An appellate court on Wednesday, Nov. 30 reversed several contempt of court ...
Winter weather: The difference between ...
Rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain are all potential types of winter ...
