At least 14 counties across northern Illinois are experiencing moderate drought conditions in all or portions of the county as of July 1.
Here are some of the fireworks displays planned to celebrate the Fourth of July in the area.
A proposed runway safety improvement project at Waukegan National Airport will be 1,000 feet shorter than originally envisioned and require a sliver rather than 52 acres of forest preserve property.
This week, Elgin is hosting Remembering Our Fallen, a traveling photographic war memorial honoring service members.
Mark your calendar for Fourth of July events, Mount Prospect Lions Club Fourth of July Festival, Frontier Days Festival, Rockin’ Rotary Ribfest, Mundelein Community Days, McHenry Fiesta Days, fireworks, parades and more happening this week.
If first impressions were the only thing that mattered, Tom Morgan may not have made it on to the press box staff at Arlington Park way back in 1976.
John Peoples, the former director of Fermilab when the lab helped find the top quark, has died at age 92.
Spring Brook Creek now takes more of a snakelike course through St. James Farm and Blackwell forest preserves near Warrenville as a result of a large-scale restoration project.