Dec 22, 2024 · “These are persons who made an impact on your life, who loved you and who you loved, those people who taught you something, those with whom you made memories and had traditions with, those who cooked for you and cared for you, who cried with you, who made you laugh and when they died a piece of your heart died too.”

Jan 2, 2025 · SPRINGFIELD — Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the table when lawmakers return to Springfield later in January. The General Assembly passed legislation in 2010 to create a second tier of state pension benefits in hopes of...

Nov 15, 2024 · Three Cook County men are facing multiple felony charges for allegedly kidnapping and beating a man in an incident that started in a Lombard gas station. Philip Stamps Sr., 47, a resident of the 2300 block of North Ashland Avenue, and Philip Stamps Jr., 22, a resident of the 1400 block of South Springfield Avenue,...

In the wake of Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons of individuals charged and/or convicted of crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the nation’s Capitol, more than 50 Illinois citizens have benefitted to some degree. However, each individual’s criminal case is different, and some proved far luckier than others, particularly several people charged with and/or...

The April 1 race for Waukegan mayor will likely have four candidates on the ballot following a Waukegan Board of Elections ruling. On Dec 17, the Election Board overruled two sets of objections to nominating petitions filed by incumbent Mayor Ann Taylor that had conflicting home addresses. Among the arguments made by objectors Keith Turner,...

Jan 3, 2025 · Voters in Belleville will vote April 1 to elect a mayor, city clerk and alderpersons in two of eight wards. Belleville City Clerk Jennifer “Jenny” Gain will challenge first-term incumbent Mayor Patty Gregory. Gregory, 72, a retired school teacher who had never held office prior to defeating four-term mayoral incumbent Mark Eckert in 2021, is...

Illinois State Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance as they probe an accident that killed a 35-year-old Chicago man. At 7 a.m. Tuesday, State Police responded to a fatal crash on westbound Interstate 94 near Lake Avenue in Wilmette. The vehicle crashed into a concrete barrier; and the driver and sole occupant was transported...

The Illinois State Police’s Division of Criminal Investigation Trafficking Enforcement Bureau arrested six men during a two-day human trafficking enforcement operation in the Rockford area. State Police conducted the operation in Winnebago County on Wednesday and Thursday. The operation focused on identifying individuals seeking to engage in …

Jan 31, 2025 · Parishes with Asian members across the Archdiocese of Chicago are holding events this week in honor of the Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year is a 15-day festival that is celebrated in China, South Korea, Vietnam, and communities around the world with residents of those countries. This year, the Lunar New Year began Wednesday,...

A Park Forest man died from injuries sustained Thursday in a head-on collision in the south suburban village. Officers and fire personnel from the Park Forest Police and Fire departments at 6:37 a.m. Thursday responded to a two-vehicle crash at 26 th Street and Western Avenue.. Upon arrival, emergency crews found one of the drivers unresponsive.