After winning $200,000 on an Illinois Lottery scratch-off ticket from a Jewel-Osco in Oswego, Clarence Neuenkirchen, a grandfather from Montgomery, couldn’t wait to tell his wife.

The city of Wheaton is accepting applications for the Senior Assistance Program, an annual program administered through the city’s Commission on Aging that provides monthly financial assistance to qualifying seniors.

As part of its Meals on Wheels partnership, Tacos Before Vatos will offer made-from scratch lunches and dinners to Meals on Wheels clients age age 60-plus as well as spouses of eligible clients.

Hearthstone Communities, a senior living facility and nursing home in Woodstock, is closing.

Seniors are invited to a free seminar on long-term care planning at the DeKalb Public Library on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 12:30 p.m. in the lower-level Zimmerman Meeting Room.

Beware of phishing messages, which are text messages pushed out to millions of cell phone subscribers and designed to motivate the recipients through fear, excitement, or curiosity to respond.

A proposed development in Yorkville with 20-single family residential lots, designed for the 55-and-older crowd, is a significant step closer to shovels in the ground after the city approved a revised final plat.

Dangerous heat index values of 105 to 115 degrees are expected Wednesday and Thursday across northern Illinois

North Central Illinois Council of Governments' transportation committee identifies needs to improve transportation services for the general public with an emphasis on seniors, people with disabilities, individuals with lower incomes, and veterans.

Solstice of Joliet will host “Lunch & Learn Community Tours” through July 30.

Local tech expert Steve Goodwin will help older adults with their computer, tablet or smartphone issues at the Yorkville Public Library.

When Shorewood police were escorted to the assisted living facility’s women’s bathroom, they found the caregiver attempting to flush jewelry that belonged to an elderly resident of the facility.

The Senior Fraud Seminar will be held from 9-11 a.m., Tuesday, July 8 in the Bolingbrook Community Room, located at 201 Canterbury Lane in Bolingbrook.

The Lockport City Council is expected to vote on plans for two new residential developments at its meeting on July 2.

Seniors enjoyed a fun and challenging game of chair volleyball at the Beecher Center in Yorkville. Chair volleyball is played six players a side with unlimited hits to return the inflatable beach ball.

Starting June 20, Yolkville Cafe in Yorkville will be featuring an all new senior menu designed to the tastes of their loyal customers, and an all new catering menu.

A Downers Grove has switched careers and bought a franchise of Caring Transitions, which assists people in downsizing and relocation.

The TALK-LINE interview for June 20 featured the executive director of the Lee County Council on Aging, Susie Welch, discussing upcoming events on the LCCOA calendar, including a senior fair and open house June 24 at the Senior Center in Dixon.

Senior Services Associates will be observing World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Tuesday in Yorkville to raise awareness and provide vital information about elder abuse.

A large portion of the 70-plus people at a No Kings Day protest in Shorewood were in wheelchairs, and some said they don't like what's in store for their grandchildren.

The Yorkville Senior Center is putting together a chair volleyball team to represent the community in an event at the Beecher Center on June 19.

Lifescape Community Services, which provides adult protective services in Whiteside, Lee, Carroll and Ogle counties and works to increase understanding of abuse and neglect of older people, will spread awareness at its outdoor information booth from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.

Dixon Stage Left Artistic Director Jimmy Ferraro will add a new twist to the community theater scene by offering a senior theater for people 55 and older.

Join Family Life Educator Kara Schweitzer and learn how the gentle, relaxing movements of Tai Chi can help relieve pain and stiffness from arthritis and improve balance.

The Lockport Township Supervisor's Office hosted the eighth annual Senior Expo Friday for over 600 residents.

Senior citizens and advocates rallied at the Beecher Center in Yorkville on May 28 against threatened cuts to the federal Older Americans Act.

Senior Services Associations push to protect the Older Americans Act that provides funding for essential services.

The Beecher Center in Yorkville is taking center-stage in the fight against funding cuts to the federal Older Americans Act. On the Aging Advocacy Day, Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) is joining local aging advocates, speaking out for protecting the act.

With the funding for their senior citizen programs at-risk, the city of Yorkville is doing what they can to ensure the Senior Services Association and the Community Nutrition Network stay at their Beecher Center home.

The Lockport Township Senior Expo is dedicated to enhancing the lives of residents by providing access to information about services and products that promote health, safety, and overall well-being.

In honor of Memorial Day, a special commemorative lunch for older adults and their caregivers is being hosted at the Plano Methodist Church, 219 N. Hale Street, at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 29.

On Wed. May 28, from 2 to 4 p.m., Senior Services Associates will be rallying the troops at the Beecher Center to raise a cain against cuts to the federal Older Americans Act. Those attending the call to action are encouraged to wear blue in solidarity with Aging Advocacy Day.

The Will County paratransit service for seniors and people with disabilities now is available in the townships of Plainfield, Channahon and Manhattan.

Set in a senior living community, the play features comic genius and laugh-out-loud punchlines that land with precision and tenderness.

The newly rechristened Meals on Wheels for Northern Illinois is working to expand its services with added volunteers and funding. It also asks supporters to reach out to legislators at the state and federal level.

Residents from around Will County gathered in downtown Joliet to protest the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk as part of the Hands Off movement on Saturday.

Activists in DeKalb are planning a mass protest on Saturday to rally against the Trump administration over what they call a “brazen power grab” disrupting federal institutions and depriving working people of needed jobs and services. Partisan and nonpartisan groups are expected.

The White Oak Library District hopes to raise its taxing rate for the first time in 96 years with a voter referendum on the April 1 ballot in order to expand hours and services.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker spoke in Romeoville Thursday alongside Congresswoman Lauren Underwood and local advocates to criticize the Trump administration's proposed cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

The Friends of Sunny Hill, a not-for-profit group of volunteers, has been supporting programs at the Will County-owned and operated Sunny Hill Nursing Home in Joliet for 35 years.

Nearly 11,000 riders in Will County this year used the Pace Dial-a-Ride service, which primarily provides transportation for the elderly and disabled people.

A network of agencies is making services available to the more than 7,500 senior citizens who reside in Grundy County. A new transportation service has been launched for eligible seniors.

The Whiteside County Senior Center treated the public to sandwiches and Santa at their Sterling location Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.

“Sandwiches with Santa” is a free event from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, at the WCSC, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling. Executive Director Emily Hammer said this is the center’s first year hosting the event.

A ribbon cutting will take place at 4 p.m. at CIEL Senior Living at Plainfield, located 12446 S. Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, followed by an open house until 7 p.m.

The dinner will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Parish Center Hall, 600 Ave. B in Sterling.

Panel members include Emily Hammer, executive director of the Whiteside County Senior Center in Sterling; Karla Burn, marketing director at Resthave Care & Rehabilitation in Morrison; and Chris Burks, social worker at Resthave.

Designed to provide an easy transition for senior citizens as their care needs change, a development of duplex homes for people 55 and older is the next step in a multi-phase project.

This year marks the Dixon retirement facility’s golden jubilee – 50 years of giving seniors a place to call home, where the staff prides itself on providing the kind of quality of life that comes from celebrating life.

Developers are looking to create a 24-unit age-restricted apartment building for ages 55 and up in the business area of Crystal Lake off Congress Parkway.