Soil and Water Conservation Districts have worked with farmers for decades in every U.S. state to reduce soil erosion and ...

No Republican, meanwhile, has won statewide office since Rauner in 2014, and few have come especially close. This puts the ...

"Photo enforced" speed-limit signs in Chicago-area construction zones were empty threats a year ago. They still largely are, ...

The fair kicks off Wednesday, July 23, with pageant night sponsored by Prairieland FS. This year 15 local ladies are ...

An hour and a half south of Chicago, Bray Grove Farm in Grundy County stands out as different from the rest; it is 100% ...

A day long manhunt ended Thursday, after a double murder and house fire in the village of Sheridan in LaSalle County. Investigators are interviewing the 45-year-old suspect to figure out why the ...

Gerrymandering creates a situation in which a challenge to the incumbents looks hopeless. But it isn’t, and there are other ...

Two people are dead after a report of shots fired and a house fire in LaSalle County Thursday morning, the sheriff's office said. A suspect was taken into custody following a manhunt.

A former Morgan County royal has taken on competition at the state level and now is representing the state as Miss Illinois Teen.  Lillie Brown, 16, the daughter of Ted and Sissy Brown, started her ...

A Lee County judge has filed a written statement explaining his July 7 decision to allow the pretrial release of a Dixon man accused of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse. Heath A.

The CRIS Rural Mass Transit District has expanded its public transportation services into Ford County and is working to get ...