George Bork wasn’t just a legend in Northern Illinois University athletics circles, his exploits were recognized around the country. Bork, a Mount Prospect native who died last week at age 84, was a ...

A 21-gun military salute preceded the removal of the burial headstone belonging to, but incorrectly marking the grave of, John B. Muller of El Paso, at Glendale Cemetery in Washington on Wednesday, ...

An Amazon “last mile” distribution center coming to the Chicago Southwest Side’s Gage Park neighborhood is getting mixed reactions from the residents — even as the company worked with the local ...

LIVINGSTON — For 40 years, Felipe de la Cruz Tenorio of Majorca, Spain, dreamed of driving America’s famed Route 66. He still recalls working at a nightclub as a young man and watching Harley-Davidson ...

The Republican primary field for the Illinois 11 th Congressional District has doubled with the addition of two new candidates vying for the opportunity to go against incumbent Democrat Bill Foster.

PEORIA — A large mural celebrating America’s 250th birthday will soon appear along Peoria’s busy West Main Street corridor. The planned “America 250” mural, which celebrates the signing of the ...

Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, the heart of the city’s Mexican-American community, is getting its third Quality of Life Plan — and this time, the nonprofits that steered its development are ...

The Village of Villa Park is working with Illinois Prairie Path, labor unions and two railroad museums to give new life to a piece of west suburban transit history. The Chicago Aurora and Elgin ...

Agencies serving victims of domestic violence say they will continue to push for passage of state legislation that would get guns out of the hands of abusers. Representatives of Legal Aid Society, ...

Elgin High School alumni include scientists and scholars, business execs and artists, musicians and journalists and even a Nobel Prize winner. But until last week memories of many distinguished former ...

A 37-year-old Lake Zurich man was killed Monday morning when his motorcycle was in a collision on Illinois Route 53 in Arlington Heights. Illinois State Police report there was a crash involving a ...

The public guardian for Kane County is adding Kendall County to her oversight responsibilities. Diana Law will serve as public administrator and public guardian of Kendall. Law serves as a partner at ...