Many residents in Lacey will have their trash service disrupted due to a strike kicking off Wednesday morning.

A number of early settlers of the Fulton County village were from the Scottish city of Dunfermline (pronounced "Done-ferm-lin ...

"Don't go into the water" is a warning Illinoisans may want to heed. A 2024 study released this week found all state-border beaches on Lake Michigan last year had evidence of contamination. Findings ...

Councilman Randy Niemeyer believes Lake County's 1.5% income tax rate could be reduced to 0.5% or less as soon as 2028 with ...

Torrential rain flooded parts of the Chicago area last night, but cooler lake breezes and mostly dry weather return today before more storms arrive this weekend.

Storms Tuesday afternoon and evening brought strong downpours and heavy winds to parts of the area, but moved out later in ...

The recent passing of the federal spending and tax bill, known colloquially as the “big beautiful bill,” has thrown some ...

Lake County Councilman Randy Niemeyer proposed eliminating 1% of the county’s income tax as the county braces for the impact ...

Swimming conditions are expected to be life-threatening during the rest of the Fourth of July holiday weekend with waves of 3 to 6 feet at all Lake Michigan beaches in the Chicago area.

Dangerous conditions are keeping swimmers out of Lake Michigan on Monday afternoon following a deadly weekend in Northwest ...