Love Your Block Evanston helping communities through revitalization projects
The two-year project is helping neighbors in their time of need.
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The two-year project is helping neighbors in their time of need.
The City of Evanston gave the community group $100,000 in grant money to make it all happen.
The old pavilion closed in September of last year for the $70 million overhaul, financed by donors.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
As a bill to regulate e-bikes and e-scooters sits on Gov. JB Pritzker's desk awaiting his signature, other state leaders are trying to spread the word of what parents should know if their kids want one.
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld an Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons, keeping in place a law passed largely in response to a deadly Independence Day parade shooting.
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the Illinois ban on assault weapons is constitutional.
Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection, called cyclosporiasis, that causes severe diarrhea.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
State Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) has been charged with orchestrating an alleged scheme to receive illegal cash kickbacks from her own campaign account and from local nonprofits for which she helped secure state grant funding.
The mayor of Bolingbrook is sounding the alarm over Illinois American Water asking the Illinois Commerce Commission to approve a $134 million rate increase, which would be its fourth rate hike in the past 10 years.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law designating the black and gold bumblebee as the Illinois State Bee.
Special Children's Charities provides the funding and the park district plans the adventure on Northerly Island.
A gas leak near Stevenson and Martin Drive closed traffic between Sundown and Division on Monday afternoon.
George Johnson died on Monday at the age of 99, a spokesperson said.
Preliminary findings indicated that the victim died after suffering multiple injuries consistent with being hit by a car, the Kane County Coroner's Office said.
The legislation also did something increasingly rare in politics: bring both sides of the aisle together. Both sides seem to agree the federal government was woefully late to regulate social media in its early days, and that the same mistakes should not be repeated with AI.
Rep. Harry Benton resigned from the Illinois House on Friday in the wake of a legislative inspector general investigation that has still not been made public.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday will sign legislation aimed at holding artificial intelligence companies accountable.
Geneva police said a 40-year-old Aurora man was driving a blue Chevrolet Camaro north on Randall Road when his car veered outside the yellow center line into southbound traffic. He hit a red Nissan Versa being driven by the 71-year-old woman head-on, police said.
Frequent lightning, damaging winds and torrential downpours may accompany the strongest storms.
Park Ridge police said the worker was caught on surveillance video hitting the child in the chest and stomach while the child was lying on the floor.
Joliet police said officers assigned to the fireworks display at the park responded to reports of a group of juveniles causing a disturbance at the playground near Bluff Street, south of Jefferson Street Friday night.
July 4th fireworks and celebrations in 2026 will mark the United States' 250th birthday. Here's where to see Independence Day fireworks in Chicago, surrounding suburbs and in Northwest Indiana.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday celebrated new laws with a goal to create more equity and oversight in the cannabis industry.
