This past school year, for the first time, Illinois schools were required to teach a unit on the experience and history of ...

Rockers the Puta-Pons only managed one album, but their two irrepressible front women endured tragedy and a messy breakup to ...

Hidden among DeKalb’s bustling streets sits The Junction Eating Place, an unassuming railroad-themed diner where the California Burger reigns supreme—a towering masterpiece of fresh avocado, crispy ...

Deputies work to find the driver who left a vehicle in a corn field Saturday night after crashing into a utility pole.

Musil, 35, later died from her injuries at a DeKalb hospital. She was a five-year veteran of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s ...

Name of pilot released in small plane crash with toddler in Illinois The pilot killed after a single-engine plane crashed into a farm field near an airport in Hinckley, Illinois, has been identified.

West Nile virus has been confirmed in environmental samples from 17 counties across Illinois since the beginning of the year, according to the state Department of Public Health. No human cases ...

The primary draws to southern Illinois are the outdoor recreation activities in Shawnee National Forest, including hiking, ...

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.

Dozens of Chicago suburbs will hold firework displays on Thursday and Friday this week in honor of the 4th of July, but ...

Central Illinois daily temperatures Tuesday: Low of 74, high of 92 Wednesday: Low 74, high of 92 Thursday: Low of 74, high of 94 Friday: Low of 72, high of 89 Saturday: Low of 72, high of 90 ...

A suburban Chicago crematory has been permanently shut down after state officials found bodies stacked in trailers.