The Illinois State Board of Education has awarded more than $5 million in grants to support the bilingual educator pipeline. The number of English learners enrolled in Illinois schools has increased steadily over the past 12 years, but the number o...

Naperville voters chose a political newcomer with a familiar name as their next mayor. Scott Wehrli, a lifelong Naperville resident with deep family roots in the community, edged two-term city councilman Benny White in Tuesday's race to replace Mayo...

Three people were hurt, one critically, following a two-vehicle crash Monday night on the city's far north side sent one vehicle into a nearby pond. Authorities said they were called to the crash scene on Bilter Road, just west of DuPage Parkway jus...

Illinois is what I would call a pot-friendly state. Sales at the state's 113 dispensaries reached a record $1.5 billion in 2022 and added $462 million in tax revenue to the state's coffers. A first in the nation, Illinois is in the process of expung...

One person was killed and 28 people were hurt after the center of the roof of a theater in Belvidere collapsed as a concert was going on. The tragedy came as two lines of intense storms raced through northern Illinois and the suburbs Friday evening...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers in Arkansas. At least one person was killed and more than two dozen were hurt, some criticall...

Joe Gudella had spent just a little over a year with the Batavia Police Department, but he made a big impression on the community he served. "The passing of Officer Joe Gudella has been extremely sad news for the department," Chief Shawn Mazza said ...

Barring a legal miracle, suburbs near the Canadian Pacific tracks will face an influx of eight more freight trains a day in the coming years. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board's approval of CP's acquisition of the Kansas City Southern Railroad b...

CHICAGO (AP) - Ken Kunz used to know everyone in the North Side Chicago neighborhood where he's lived for more than 40 years. But crossing paths with old friends is rare these days because longtime residents have been pushed out by new development a...

A McHenry man convicted in 1999 of killing a 32-year-old man while drunken driving in Lake County was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison and six months of probation for driving under the influence in 2021 in Spring Grove. In January, Mark C....