The Illinois Capital Development Board announced last week that $58.1 million in upgrades to the State Fairgrounds were underway. Also in the news: Illinois corn acreage is down in…
SPRINGFIELD – Public schools in Illinois may soon be serving a lot more vegan and vegetarian meals, thanks to a bill that cleared the General Assembly Tuesday, March 29. House Bill…
Early fall means school schedules are back and so is packing lunches for the days that school lunch just will not do. The only problem: the cute little unicorn and super-hero themed…
It’s a battle that’s raged ever since broccoli first sprouted — how do adults get kids to eat healthy foods without all the phony airplane sounds? This is where Michelle…
The Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry at East High will offer drive-through pick up, beginning Saturday, March 21. From 8:30 to 11 a.m., patrons visiting the Pantry at East High by car will…
Students in Illinois unable to pay for their lunch would not be singled out or treated any differently, according to proposed legislation. In many school districts, students who are…
School supplies stacked on store shelves and yellow buses out on subdivision streets practicing their new routes are just a couple of the tell-tale signs that many area schools will…
Man killed on South SideA 35-year-old man was killed Thursday morning on Chicago's South Side. Police ...
One killed, another injured in ...One man was killed and another man was injured Monday night in ...
Pedestrian killed on South SideA woman was killed Thursday evening when hit by a vehicle on ...
Statewide childhood lead testing plannedNearly 13 percent of the 1,350 Illinois ZIP codes at high risk ...
