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‘The customers got us through’: Wheeling eatery’s owners recall tactics used to survive pandemic

By Eric Peterson
Mar 22, 2025 12:45 pm - Until March 2020, the father-and-son owners of The Original Granny’s in Wheeling thought the biggest worries about their then-39-year-old restaurant would always be finding and retaining the right staff as well as keeping favored food items in stock.
Voters to decide school, mental health, sales tax issues

By Susan Sarkauskas
Mar 22, 2025 12:15 pm - From a $140.3 million school construction plan in far western Kane County to establishing a mental-health board in Palatine, voters are being asked to decide a slew of issues in the upcoming election.
‘You just don’t get any answers from anybody’: Lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America

By JULIE WATSON
Mar 22, 2025 8:12 am - SAN DIEGO — Lennon Tyler and her German fiance often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in the United States since it was only a day's drive from her home in La...
Illinois human trafficking bill focuses cross-agency coordination, victims

By Bridgette Fox and UIS Public Affairs Reporting
Mar 22, 2025 4:00 am - Thousands of human trafficking cases likely unreported in Illinois. New bill aims to improve screening and support.
Prisoner Review Board sued for negligence a year after released prisoner killed Chicago boy

By Hannah Meisel
Mar 22, 2025 4:00 am - Mother files lawsuit seeking damages from Illinois Prisoner Review Board, Department of Corrections, and others for failing to prevent her ex-boyfriend from murdering her 11-year-old son after his release from prison.
Illinois lawmakers pursue restrictions on search warrants after botched raid in Chicago

By Ben Szalinski
Mar 22, 2025 4:00 am - In response to 2019 wrong-address police raid in Chicago, Illinois legislators propose limiting no-knock warrants, restricting late-night raids, and requiring bodycams during warrant executions.
Pritzker’s community college initiative stalls in House committee

By Peter Hancock
Mar 22, 2025 4:00 am - Pritzker's proposal to allow community colleges to offer 4-year degrees stalled in legislature over concerns about impact on existing university programs, but negotiations continue
Federal DOJ launches probe into Illinois’ treatment of people with disabilities

By Beth Hundsdorfer and Molly Parker
Mar 22, 2025 4:00 am - The Department of Justice is investigating abuse and neglect allegations at Illinois developmental centers, as well as whether the state puts people with disabilities at risk of institutionalization.
George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who became a beloved champion, dies at 76

By GREG BEACHAM
Mar 21, 2025 10:09 pm - George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful business owner, died Friday night. He was 76.
USDA cancels $500M in food deliveries, leaving food banks scrambling

By Annie Gowen and Patrick Svitek
Mar 21, 2025 9:52 pm - Food banks across the country — already facing huge cuts to locally grown food assistance — learned this week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 mi...

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