Like any great county fair, the 97th annual Lake County Fair in Grayslake will have plenty of fun things for people of all ages and interests to enjoy. Lake County Fair Director of Marketing Chey ...

Beef-a-Roo, the legendary Rockford fast-food chain and longtime staple of the community’s restaurant scene, has abruptly shuttered nearly all its locations, including eight in Winnebago County.

Beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday, the outer northbound and southbound Lanes of Kilburn Avenue in Rockford will be closed to traffic from Bruce Street to Fairview Avenue. Traffic will be directed into the ...

(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 body recovered from the Fox River on Wednesday has been identified. According to the Kane County coroner, the woman is Amanda Flick, 41, of St. Charles. With the assistance of the Fox River and ...

A project more than a decade in the making has come to fruition. Hollywood Casino Aurora is now open, putting smiles on the faces of leaders from PENN Entertainment, owners of the property, and the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Rep. Harry Benton resigned from the Illinois House on Friday, July 3, in the wake of a legislative inspector general investigation that has still not been made public. Nevertheless, ...

An 18-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with two murders on the city’s South Side. Byron Gray, a resident of the 600 block of East 51 st Street, faces two counts of first-degree ...

The landlord and CEO of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park were in court twice last week attempting to settle their differences short of trial and were scheduled to go before a judge again on ...

Among challenges Carl Armato faced in high school sports and college basketball, none has proven as aggressive or daunting as the cancer diagnosis he received in 2022. Armato, a star athlete at ...

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 ...

A Bethalto woman has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for sexually assaulting a boy. Amy Bryant, 44, received the sentence today after pleading guilty to criminal sexual assault. She admitted to ...