Within weeks, distress about an Illinois exodus has been replaced by angst over fallout from the state's unexpected 2% population gain. The surprise surge after the U.S. Census Bureau corrected its 2020 numbers has prompted Democratic lawmakers to l...

For six long months, Republican candidates for governor have honed in on crime and taxes to sway voters in the Illinois primary Tuesday. But Friday's bombshell U.S. Supreme Court decision throwing out Roe v. Wade has seized public attention and will...

Life experience may be the biggest difference between the two men seeking the Democratic nomination for the state House 83rd District. Arad Boxenbaum is just 21. If elected, he would be the youngest legislator. He just obtained his bachelor's degree...

Graduates in Class of 2022: 850 Graduation ceremony: Sunday, May 22, Northern Illinois University Convocation Center Valedictorians: Sydney Atkins, Callie Meinel and Devon Tomas Salutatorian: Gracin Bacarella Graduation Speak...

Bees, butterflies, and other animals that pollinate plants and crops in Illinois are vanishing from local ecosystems at an alarming rate. Phillips Park Zoo is helping to solve the problem by launching several new initiatives to protect precious poll...

Fox Valley Brass Band will put on a "Summer Concert" at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora. You will hear traditional brass band standards by Malcolm Arnold and William Himes, a Spanish march, brass ch...

'Choir boy' Steppenwolf Theatre stages ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney's drama with music "Choir Boy," about a prep school senior determined to be the best leader of its prestigious choir and the compromises he makes to do so. Kent Gash direct...