PEORIA – An invoice for just under $48,000 was sent to Sangamon County Administrator Brian McFadden by Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins to cover overtime hours, meals, security infrastructure and ...

A Bellville attorney who defrauded more than 40 clients out of more than $1 million has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison. Jason Caraway, 51, whose victims included the children of a dead ...

Four police officers were hurt Friday during protests at the ICE facility in Broadview. Two Broadview officers and a Cook County Sheriff’s Police officer were transported to a local hospital for ...

Officials at the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva are expressing relief that the government shutdown has ended and funding for the essential SNAP food assistance program is secured for the next ...

With the state transit bill passed, CTA, Metra and Pace have approved budgets without fare increases, no layoffs and some potential service expansions, especially in the suburbs. Under the Chicagoland ...

“I’m extremely proud of the people who work for Chronicle Media,” said Rick Hibbert, publisher. “I believe we have some of the best journalists in Illinois and the 13 awards we earned in the NINA ...

Rockford’s Finance and Personnel Committee has approved the city’s 2026 budget, maintaining property tax levels and lowering the general fund by $2 million from last year. Despite a state-mandated $5 ...

With third-quarter fundraising reports out and nominating petitions being filed, crowded primary fields are beginning to show signs of separation between those who have a realistic chance in March, ...

We’ve all seen magicians twirl a quarter around in their fingers before making it disappear and then reappear again. As impressive as that might seem, it pales in comparison to what Susan Bressner and ...

Thirty high schools in Cook County saw more than 95 percent of their students graduate in four years. Those numbers helped push Illinois to its highest high school graduation rate in 15 years, ...

Although the events were washed out by rain Sunday, Oct. 19, an estimated 350 people attended the Hainesville Civil War Encampment and Battle on Saturday. Initially a two-day event, crowds visited ...

State Sen. Erica Harriss, who flipped the 56th Senate seat red in 2022, will face a Democratic challenger in 2026. Two Democrats filed nominating petitions to run in March’s primary, Kevin Hall and ...