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Federal agents fire chemicals as protesters try to block car at immigration site outside Chicago

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Sep 26, 2025 4:33 pm - Federal agents fired pepper balls and tear gas at protesters near an immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago on Friday.The conflict over several hours is the latest pushback by federal authorities against protesters focused on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Broadview, about 12 miles west of Chicago, amid a surge of immigration enforcement that began early this month.
‘It’s a black hole’: Broadview ICE facility sparks complaints of inhumane conditions

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Sep 26, 2025 10:41 am - A boarded-up building in a small Chicago suburb has become the front line of a federal immigration crackdown, with growing accusations that the facility meant to process arrestees is a de facto detention center plagued by inhumane conditions.
Illinois braces for more patients as Wisconsin pauses abortions

By Mary Norkol
Sep 26, 2025 8:19 am - Illinois elected officials and abortion providers foresee an influx of Wisconsin patients after the state’s Planned Parenthood branch announced Wednesday it would pause abortions Oct. 1 while it faces losing Medicaid funding as a result of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax law.
Day and night get equal billing Monday as fall equinox arrives. Here’s what to know

Sep 20, 2025 8:37 pm - Day and night will get equal time for a brief moment Monday as much of the world heads into fall.The autumnal equinox arrives Monday, marking the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere and the spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
Sale of central, Southern Illinois newspaper group puts new state law to the test

By Ben Szalinski
Sep 19, 2025 1:28 pm - A newspaper publisher in central and southern Illinois has sold its papers to a Kentucky-based company, testing a new state law designed to keep newspaper ownership local.
Latino leaders condemn ICE over incidents in Chicago, including driver’s fatal shooting

By The Associated Press
Sep 13, 2025 6:16 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — Latino leaders expressed dismay Saturday over recent immigration enforcement operations in Chicago that resulted in a fatal shooting during a traffic stop,...
New state program widens higher education access to Illinois students

By Kate Santillan
Sep 13, 2025 2:13 pm - A new statewide program aims to make higher education at public universities more accessible to Illinois students.
Man in Chicago fatally shot by ICE officer after allegedly resisting arrest

Arelis R. Hernández, Marianne LeVine
Sep 12, 2025 6:58 pm - An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man in the Chicago area during an attempted arrest Friday after the man drove his vehicle toward law enforce...
Leaf-peeping along the Great River Road

By Katherine Rodeghier
Sep 12, 2025 8:23 am - It happens every year as autumn approaches. When the weather begins to cool, I get a burning desire to travel to see fall foliage. Where to go for a quick trip? The Great River Road, or at least a piece of it in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.
US Steel to end steel production at Illinois plant but no layoffs

By MARC LEVY
Sep 09, 2025 4:20 pm - U.S. Steel will stop processing steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois, three months after Nippon Steel sealed a deal with President Donald Trump to buy the iconic American steelmaker by giving the government a say over decisions that affect domestic steel production. U.S. Steel will end production at the plant, likely in November, but it won’t lay off any of the roughly 800 workers there or reduce their pay, it said.

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