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Leyden High bilingual chemistry teacher named 2025 Illinois Teacher of the Year

Víctor Gómez, a bilingual chemistry teacher in Leyden High School District 212, has been named the 2025 Illinois Teacher of the Year.

‘It celebrates our heritage’: Downtown Libertyville listed on National Register of Historic Places

Just an hour of weight training a week can make you stronger

St. Charles, Oak Brook sites listed among most endangered historic locations in Illinois

A century of family, friends, faith: Elgin woman reflects on 100th birthday

‘You have got to start stocking up:’ Naperville pharmacy owner recalls beginning of COVID-19 pandemic

Hurricane season is weeks away. Cooling in the Pacific could drive more activity.

A sharp cooling trend has occurred in an ocean region that has important consequences for what happens in the upcoming hurricane season. The patch of water, west of Peru ...

Transportation Security Officer Nate Body checks a passenger’s ID Wednesday at O'Hare International Airport. The REAL ID requirement for domestic travelers begins May 7.

Ready or not, REAL ID enforcement begins next week at airports

TSA offers tips at O’Hare about approaching REAL ID enforcement deadline for domestic flights.

Staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic April 8 carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in Andrews, Texas.

The US has nearly 900 measles cases, and 10 states have outbreaks. Here’s what to know.

With one-fifth of states seeing active measles outbreaks, the U.S. is nearing 900 cases, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Jerry Trujillo repels down the Westin Chicago Northwest as part of the new Altitude Zone at the Itasca hotel.

‘This is totally different’: Itasca hotel offers rappelling experience

The Westin Chicago Northwest hotel in Itasca has partnered with Over The Edge to offer thrill seekers the chance to rappel down its 12-story building while taking in views of surrounding suburbs.