The head fire blazed across the prairie like a flash fire [contained] and spread amazing heat for half a minute or so. As the ...

SWANSEA/PONTOON BEACH - Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Acting Director James Jennings today ...

In a new release Friday, Illinois EPA Acting Director James Jennings said that in addition to the Chicago testing station resuming operations, self-serve kiosks and mobile testing units will become ...

About 70 volunteers kicked off an effort last weekend to restore and preserve Gensburg-Markham Prairie in Markham.

Adebowale Oyelekan, 40, was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 66-year-old Victoria Olson of Thornton, ...

Lansing police responded to the Walmart at 17625 Torrence Avenue for a report of shots fired. There, they found the victim ...

Some of Illinois’ largest school districts already have adopted their own limits on cellphones in their classrooms, including Springfield, Peoria and Champaign. “We want our students’ phones turned ...

A homicide investigation is underway after two people were killed earlier this week in the south suburbs. The victims, a 23-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, died Sunday near 167th and Spaulding ...

A fire at a business in Markham on Sunday is believed to be the latest in a rash of violent incidents in the Toronto-area towing industry. Police say 11 vehicles were damaged in the blaze. Graeme ...

Michigan basketball had to beat Illinois on Sunday to keep pace with Michigan State at the top of the Big Ten standings, and couldn't muster up the same magic it has relied on in the new year.

Salamanca's Avery Brown (20) blocks a shot attempt by Falconer's Roger Markham during the first half. P-J photo by Scott Kindberg “With everything on the line, it being a playoff situation and with ...