Rockford Fire Chief Michele Pankow has been picked to serve as state fire marshal, pending state Senate confirmation. Chief ...

Chronicle Media staff members collected 20 awards, including five first-place finishes, at the Illinois Press Association’s ...

Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development is eying improvements to the South Branch of the Chicago River as far west ...

Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois.  To the director ...

Two incidents where U.S. Immigration and Customs agents allegedly detained immigrants without warrants loomed large over the ...

Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late ...

A 26-year-old Rolling Meadows man has been charged with reckless homicide in connection with a January accident on Chicago’s ...

A flavor company is creating a second production facility in Illinois. Silesia will invest $40 million into a Huntley flavor ...

Race with your Heart, a fundraising event for Woodford County nonprofit Heartline and Heart House, will be held June 14 in ...

A Hinsdale couple have filed a $500 million claim against a car wash they said was negligent in their son’s death. Brian and ...

Pride Month began in Lake County with people from all over the Chicago area lining the route for the seventh Buffalo Grove ...

Electric customers around Illinois will see significantly higher prices on their bills next month. The average residential ...