Ava Rose Doty has to do homework on a bus and misses her dogs, but has no complaints about traveling the country to perform. The 9-year-old Downers Grove resident is part of the national touring ...

An individual was injured Thursday in a Rockford house fire. The fire took place shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday at 117 Carbaugh Ave. The initial fire company arrived and found a fire at the rear of ...

Two people died Sunday following a domestic incident near Yorktown mall in Lombard. Police said a homicide occurred during the overnight hours Sunday in a residential building in the Yorktown area.

Officials at Township High School District 214 continue to solicit public input as they work to scale back the scope and expense of envisioned facility improvements throughout the sprawling district.

Many Oswego school buildings are showing signs of age and stress and district officials are considering asking voters to approve a $317 million referendum to make infrastructure fixes and other ...

After a prize-winning novel was yanked from the classroom at Lemont High School District 210, parents are saying other books on the reading list are too racy to read, including the 1969 classic “I ...

(Editor’s note: Some individuals in this story are identified only by first name and last initial at their request to allow them to speak openly about their addiction without fear of reprisal for ...

The Durkin Brothers stand under the honorary Westchester street sign recognizing their parents, Tom and Colette Durkin. The brothers are (from left), Bill, Bob, Jim, Pat, Mike, Terry, Kevin and Tom.

CHICAGO — Attorneys for the now-cleared “Broadview Six” protesters are asking a federal judge to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate alleged misconduct by those in Chicago’s U.S. attorney’s ...

Two Plainfield residents have been charged with dismembering a body. Both suspects, James Adams, 26, and Robin Turner, 62, are charged with dismembering a human body, a Class X felony; and concealment ...

The Addison Township Board voted Wednesday to sue former Supervisor Dennis Reboletti and three other former officials for allegedly misappropriating more than $78,000 in funds, and using part of it to ...

GRAFTON — The Prairie State’s Aerie’s Resort is known for firsts. Located in Grafton, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, Aerie’s Resort sits high above where the rivers meet on ...