We are in a wet pattern through the weekend with scattered rain and storm chances. Watch for a few showers today with heavy ...

Plus: A proposal to ease housing banishment laws and the Army Corps drops plans for a toxic sludge dump in Calumet Harbor.

Weather permitting, construction is slated to begin Monday, March 31, on the intersection of U.S. 20 and Barge Terminal Road in East Dubuque, according to the Illinois Department ...

The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but ...

It might not feel like it just yet, but Illinois water park season is on the horizon. Raging Waves, the state's largest water ...

Gov. JB Pritzker vetoed a bill aimed at providing protections for workers at large warehouses, saying it was passed “hastily” and “without engagement with relevant state agencies or my office ...

The election to fill a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat has become a referendum not only on the new administration, but on Elon Musk, the billionaire who ...

The proposed law introduced would bar the federal Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments ...

The Courier-News asked each of the candidates running for the Elgin City Council in the April 1, 2025, election to complete a biographical form and to answer questions about issues facing the city.

Severe weather threatens the mid-Mississippi Valley and Southeast this weekend, with possible hail, and isolated tornadoes. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Episode 6 of the Elgin Police Department’s “Somebody Knows Something” Cold Case Podcast dives into detectives’ third theory: ...