Residential displacements and environmental concerns led Ameren to eliminate a potential route for a new transmission line, which will run from La Salle to North Utica.

Scaffolding will no longer be installed at the Maytag building, the site of a proposed brewpub in La Salle. Instead, plans are being developed for a more permanent solution and to take steps forward on the project.

Saying it's important not to cave to bullies, U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Monday discussed his diplomatic visit to Taiwan last week with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the mounting tensions caused by China's military response.

Former President Donald Trump said in a lengthy statement Monday that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had broken open a safe.

A juvenile found drowned in a Richmond pool Saturday was revived on the scene and was reported in critical condition, Richmond Township Fire Protection District officials said.

Ben Fuller will perform 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at Grace Community Church, 1634 Route 23, Streator.

After nearly 60 years in business, Mr. Sweeper’s Vacuum & Sewing Center, 120 N. Bloomington St., Streator, is closing Friday.

The concept plans are expected to go before the Village Board for final approval Aug. 23.

The homeowner's 36-year-old son got into a fight with the intoxicated man in order to get him to leave their Joliet home after he entered through an unlocked rear door, police said.