SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers advanced a measure that would require public elementary and high schools to include a unit of Native American history in their social studies curriculum, beginning…
SPRINGFIELD – The Senate Executive Appointments Committee moved six appointees to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board through committee on Tuesday, March 22 but the only appointee…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House on Thursday, Sept. 9 voted to accept changes to an ethics bill that Gov. J.B. Pritzker had requested, paving the way for it to become law once the…
SPRINGFIELD — Two new Democratic Senators were sworn in Feb. 6 to fill vacancies in the Illinois General Assembly. Doris Turner, a former Springfield city councilperson, and Mike…
Jerry bounded into the coffee shop after seeing my car outside. “Hey,” he roared. “Aren’t you coming to my wedding?” I looked up. I went back to my lunch. “It’s low-class…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate advanced a measure to repeal the state’s Parental Notice of Abortion Act early Tuesday, Oct. 26 evening amid staunch opposition from Republicans…
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus laid out a policy agenda Thursday that includes bills to strengthen protections for immigrants among several other measures. One…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois General Assembly on Monday, March 23 began its second week of shutdown due to the spread of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, and officials said…
Pastor in Mount Prospect, Barrington ...The Rev. Bernard Pietrzak, priest of the archdiocese of Chicago and pastor ...
Notorious West Side Chicago drug ...“I know I ain’t going to be around forever. You dig what ...
The Christkindlmarket comes to town ...Christkindlmarket Naperville is open until Christmas Eve on Saturday, Dec. 24. The ...
Experts say mountain lions on ...Mountain lions are on the move through fall with two confirmed sightings ...
