With local organizations’ support this time around, a less-dense development project may be coming to what is currently rural ...

Tucked away in the northwest corner of Illinois, about 100 miles from Chicago’s hustle and wallet-draining lifestyle, sits Freeport – a city where your retirement dollars can perform gymnastic feats ...

Dollar Land is the Carnegie Hall of cost-cutting – a symphony of savings conducted by the invisible hand of remarkable retail economics. The building’s exterior plays it cool with simple signage and ...

An “emergency alert” was issued for the Chicago metropolitan area for a dust storm warning in the afternoon into the evening on May 16, 2025. | Screengrab “Previously, the last time a significant dust ...

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker got some of what he requested from the General Assembly in the area of higher education, but some of his biggest requests fell short. Pritzker’s wins include a $10 ...

Two metro-east counties were among the 15 in the state to gain population from 2020 to 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

In February, the Illinois EPA found that the Chicago metropolitan area hadn’t met the Biden-era federal air quality standards from 2021 to 2023, the most recent three years of data.

Wide-eyed, foaming at the mouth - the city gripped by panic as healthy residents dropped dead one by one... because they'd all taken the same everyday pill: Special report by TOM LEONARD ...

The AQI was already at 102 in the north and west suburbs of Chicago as of 8 a.m. this morning, meaning the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups, according to the EPA.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Pollution Action Day for the Chicago Metropolitan area for Thursday, June 5, because of elevated particle pollution caused by wildfire ...

By 5:45 p.m., the storm expanded approximately 40–50 miles wide from north to south. The dust reduced visibility to near zero for residents of the Chicago metropolitan area around 6 p.m., as the storm ...