Some West Aurora families will receive free after-school care this year after the park district secured a $330,000 Dunham ...

Oak Lawn’s Gavin Hampton took first place in Orland Park’s Turkey Trot after winning the town’s Veteran Liberty Run in July.

Illinois doesn’t tax Social Security benefits, which means your monthly check stretches further than it would in states that view retirement income as fair game for taxation.

Head Start providers have been unsure about the status of their funding grants since the federal government shutdown.

The Ulysses S. Grant Home State Historic Site preserves the Italianate house that grateful citizens gifted to Grant, complete with period furnishings and the kind of historical significance that makes ...

Pope Leo XIV and Illinois governor JB Pritzker share concerns over Trump immigration crackdown during Vatican meeting ...

A quick shift in scenery can make the whole week feel lighter. Water, skyline silhouettes, and the promise of fresh ...

Gov. JB Pritzker met with Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Wednesday, with the two discussing the Trump administration's immigration ...

The Pritzkers presented Leo with a series of gifts, including art from an incarcerated woman at Logan Correctional Center, a ...

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project has spent years installing memorials throughout the city to honor those killed during the historic event. The latest additions were featured in a ...

Paul Winberg, president and chief executive officer of the Grant Park Music Festival, announced Wednesday that he will retire in spring 2026. Winberg, 63, is credited with tripling the festival’s ...

A series of more than a dozen robberies have targeted victims at multiple Chicago landmarks, including Millennium Park and Grant Park. According to an alert from Chicago police on Thursday, the ...