State authorities are investigating what caused concrete barriers to fall off a bridge along Route 53 in Palatine Sunday afternoon and plummet onto a busy road below.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order on Tuesday establishing an artificial intelligence cabinet. The cabinet will consider policy recommendations and focus on safety plans to protect residents and infrastructure from threats posed by AI. The order comes as Pritzker calls on Congress to impose national regulations.
Educational toy and materials company hand2mind is expanding and consolidating its footprint in Vernon Hills, creating 37 new full-time jobs and retaining 288 existing positions.
This edition of the High Five looks at the area’s top prep football performances of Week 5.
Golden Corridor Family YMCA has announced it will close the Taylor Family YMCA in Elgin on Oct. 1.
A fourth whale out of 30 rescued from a troubled Canadian marine park has died. It is the third rescued whale to die at Shedd Aquarium after being transferred there this summer for rehabilitation. A longtime resident beluga also died at the aquarium in recent weeks.
Some of Illinois’ most notable universities shifted slightly in national rankings while remaining among the nation’s top schools, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual best colleges list released Tuesday.
Antioch Elementary School District 34 is warning of potentially costly delays for its plan to replace a century-old early learning center after the village’s planning board voted 4-3 to recommend denying a permit for a new facility’s proposed site.