The $18,500 scholarship is the largest Dixon High School scholarship presented by a Dixon-area organization.

Before you get the bikes and scooters out for a ride around Plainfield, the village is reminding residents of local rules and regulations.

District 202 Director of Safety and Security Stefan Bjes told those in attendance it is OK to be nervous during a traffic stop.

The renovation of the new cafeteria, which will open Monday, May 11, marks the final phase of CGH Medical Center’s extensive hospital lobby renovation project that began in 2023.

The U.S. stock market is holding near its records Thursday as oil prices keep dropping on hopes that a deal may be nearing to allow tankers to carry crude once again from the Persian Gulf to customers

In the case of a South Elgin teen who went missing 10 years ago, police are conducting a forensic excavation at a property in South Elgin, based on a new scan revealing "anomalies beneath the surface."

The not-for-profit credit union also has full-service branch offices in Aurora, Batavia, Montgomery, Oswego and Yorkville, as well as a student-run branch in Oswego High School.

Trustees heard the first of two readings for Bourbonnais’ budget ordinance during Monday’s meeting.

From Capitol News Illinois: Eight months after a federal immigration agent shot and killed a man in the earliest days of “Operation Midway Blitz,” the Illinois State Police has opened an investigation into the fatal shooting

Construction to start this summer. Developer says it can bring 50 stores and restaurants to Rock Run Collection in Joliet.

Six Round Lake Middle School students were hospitalized Wednesday morning after apparently ingesting THC gummies.

A DeKalb man is accused of driving to Loves Park to pick up a minor, driving back to DeKalb and filming himself sexually abusing the minor, DeKalb County court records allege. He faces 24 other related felony charges.

While a major hurdle still remains, the developer for a planned 32-unit Kankakee senior housing plan gained approval from the Kankakee City Council.

On this episode of Talk Line, host Brandon Clark sits down with Gabbi McKanna from Sauk Valley Pride to discuss the organization and its upcoming Dixon Pride Festival this June.

Community leaders on Wednesday announced a potential multimillion-dollar manufacturing development codenamed “Project Balsam” could be coming to Sycamore.

The township includes the city of Plano and the eastern edge of Sandwich. It also contains the unincorporated community of Little Rock.

The speed of an SUV involved in a deadly Joliet crash and the factors that led to the initial collision “remain significant parts of the ongoing crash investigation being conducted by our traffic unit," a police spokesman said.

The $18,000 in annual funding would be the village’s membership contribution to the regional tourism agency.

At approximately 6:39 p.m., Oswego police were dispatched to the 200 block of Northampton Drive for a report of a man that may have fired a gun in the air while walking in the street.

A baby found unresponsive at a Woodstock daycare was taken to the hospital for advanced care, police said.

A group of six 100 year olds at Westwood Riverside Senior Living Community have seen much and continue their journey.

Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner identified 38-year-old Aaron Moore, of Chicago, as the victim killed in Tuesday’s shooting.

Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer who raced yachts, owned huge chunks of the American West and transformed the news business by launching CNN in 1980, has died at age 87

A Sterling man was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday after admitting he set a 2023 Sterling house fire in the middle of the night after learning a registered sex offender lived there

Last year's flyer flap between a local attorney and the St. Charles District 303 teachers union is now a lawsuit.

Oswego village trustees Tuesday unanimously approved an economic development incentive award for EJ Vision LLC, which owns the property.

The Kankakee Police Department filled its sergeant vacancy and hired another officer.

From Capitol News Illinois: Attorneys for the remaining “Broadview Six” immigration protesters indicted in October say federal prosecutors are abusing their power in order to keep secret what they told the grand jury that resulted in charges

A majority of Republican Indiana state senators whose opponents were endorsed by President Donald Trump lost on Tuesday, a display of the president’s enduring influence over his party after lawmakers rejected his redistricting plan five months ago

On this episode of Talk Line, host Brandon Clark is joined by Todd Noack from Life Connections Peer Recovery Services. The two talk about addiction, recovery, support services and the nonprofit's upcoming Ride 4 Recovery event. 

Three people, one with life-threatening injuries, were taken to a local hospital following a four-vehicle crash on Joliet’s west side late Tuesday afternoon.

Illinois State Police special agents began an investigation after receiving a cyber tip in January regarding the dissemination of child sexual abuse materials in Lee County.

A shooting on South Fifth Avenue in Kankakee left one man dead and another with non-life-threatening injuries Tuesday.

A South Elgin man has been charged with multiple felonies related to disseminating and possession of child sexual abuse materials and is being held pretrial, according to authorities.

Prior to being recognized at the Kankakee City Hall meeting Monday night, 2019 Kankakee graduate Keagen Trost was celebrated at his alma mater as the school's first NFL draft pick in almost 50 years.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a national organization that provides advocacy, support and education about mental health. The Amboy High School NAMI chapter is the first Lee County high school chapter, adviser and AHS teacher Emily Rose said.

No one can predict how high gasoline prices will climb. A gallon of regular in the U.S. costs more now than it did in early May of 2022, and back then, the price kept climbing through Memorial Day, AAA said.

With Yorkville residents staring down 20% annual water hikes over the next five years, the city announced some other infrastructure fees are staying put. However, YBSD wastewater fees are being hiked 5% for residents and 10-20% for non-residents.

Some in industry believed employee-owned Daily Herald would look for smaller buyers of struggling media outlet

A group of Gomper's Junior High students and their teacher discovered the hiding place of a time capsule left by students at the school over 50 years ago.

The Chain O’ Lakes and part of the Fox River are back open for boating, the Fox Waterway Agency announced Tuesday.

The Sip & Thrift Sale, where every item is just $3 or less, will be Friday and Saturday, May 8-9, at Joliet West High School, 401 N. Larkin Ave.

The Illinois distracted driving campaign was funded with federal traffic safety funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.

A judge found a Plainfield Township man guilty of the first-degree murder of a girlfriend who was brutally beaten to death in 2018 in Romeoville.

Senate Republicans have added $1 billion in White House security upgrades to legislation that would fund immigration enforcement agencies, a proposed boost for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project

Plainfield village trustees unanimously voted to freeze the village’s 5% hotel/motel tax through April 30, 2027. Under the current ordinance, short-term rentals are not taxed.

A 17-year-old who was stabbed Sunday at Riverwalk Homes in Joliet has died, Joliet police said

U.S. military leaders said Tuesday that a ceasefire with Iran remains in effect a day after Tehran was blamed for new attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and against the United Arab Emirates

The new YMCA in its first week signed up more than 6,000 members, and a couple of thousand came Saturday to check out the facility during an open house.

A security guard at Anthony’s Restaurant & Pub in Joliet was struck in the face and bit during an altercation with two patrons, police said.