There are no easily visible signs to indicate where the bus pickup is located. There is no shelter. There are no bathrooms.

This nostalgic Illinois road trip will take you to 11 enchanting towns that are full of history and charm! Woodstock is the ...

Editor's note: Find the latest updates on the approaching snowstorm here. Communities across a large part of Illinois will likely experience heavy snow, ice and blizzard conditions as a major ...

A local Muslim group is bringing new life to a historic building near downtown Ottawa. Muhammad Suliman, Al-Hassan Jouali and other community members are refurbishing the interior of 397 Kent ...

Two new members of the Ottawa Police Department were officially sworn in Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Daniel Rodriguez and Sofian Riahi took the oath to become Ottawa police officers. (Photo provided by ...

Women and children made up more than half of Ottawa's slain in 2024, a year of record cases for the city's homicide detectives. Twenty-five people were killed in 20 cases, breaking Ottawa homicide ...

The major winter storm system is set to move across the Central Plains this weekend, dumping heavy snow in parts of Illinois early Sunday, with "big impacts" downstate, Jeanes said. Current ...

CHICAGO — There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year, and they run the gamut from upping minimum wage and increasing pay ...

The Search for Alien Worlds to its downtown Ottawa Street Branch. The Joliet library is one of only 10 across the country — and the only one in Illinois — to host the traveling NASA exhibit on ...

The top two defencemen for Sweden at the world junior tournament in Ottawa are a Vancouver Canucks’ prospect and someone who’s Canuck prospect adjacent.

It might be easier to tolerate the business-killing and driver-confusing chaos of the light-rail transit construction along Richmond Road and Ottawa’s riverfront if the line were being built in ...