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Mt. Morris officials’ efforts to improve blighted properties in the village are continuing.
Judges are paid a stipend of $180 for their work on election day.
Will County will hold the meeting at the Nowell Park Recreation Center in Joliet on Tuesday to discuss the first phase of the project.
State legislators resumed a series of hearings this week to scrutinize pharmacy benefit managers – a highly concentrated industry that critics say drives up the cost and limits availability of prescription drugs
Crown Community Development has laid out proposal for The Grove, a 760-acre, master-planned mixed-use project.
DeKalb supports data center plan proposed for 132 acres on city’s south side
The lane closure will impact Illinois Route 7 from Lincoln Street to summit Drive.
Starting Monday, Joliet residents can go to the city website to view design ideas for a sculpture and vote for their favorite. Voting will end on Aug. 9.
Fermilab, a particle physics and accelerator laboratory in Batavia, will closed to the public from Aug. 26 through Sept. 8, reopening Sept. 9.
As parking demand in downtown Oswego increases, the village has been able to keep up with the demand.
Saturday morning the Sycamore City Council will hold a special council meeting inside a fire station in Streamwood, as city officials continue to mull over proposed plans for a new facility.
When DeKalb residents head to the polls in November to cast their election ballots, they will be asked whether their city clerk’s office should be appointed rather than elected. It's the third time a clerk referendum will be put to voters since 2006.
The director of the Secret Service is stepping down from her job following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission
This month’s special speaker will be Annie Parchert, chairwoman of the Freedom Alliance and precinct committee person in the Rock Island area.
Starting Monday, July 22, the City of Yorkville will begin construction on the installation of new water mains on River Street, Center Street, Spring Street, West Street, Colton Street, and Park Street.
Demolition of the old Joliet Catholic High School gym, now priced at $1.5 million, is expected to start in early August and be completed this year.
The Kendall County Public Safety Center next month will be renamed the Richard A. Randall Public Safety Center in honor of the former Kendall County sheriff.
The Kane County Committee of the Whole will discuss the future of public transit, as speakers will detail proposed legislation that would merge the CTA, Metra and Pace into a single agency.
More than 1,000 pledged delegates have told The Associated Press or announced that they plan to support Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention
Local veterans, public officials and officials from the United States Postal Service spoke at the ceremony before unveiling the new plaque in the lobby of the St. Charles post office.
On Monday, the DeKalb City Council will consider whether or not to place a referendum on the November ballot asking voters if the city clerk should be appointed. The consideration comes months after a judge ruled Clerk Sasha Cohen abandoned his office, ousting him from the role.
The village of Oswego is paying off $3 million in bonds as a result of ending its fiscal year with a general fund surplus of more than $6 million.
The Elburn Police Department swore in Maurivio Silvestri as a new full-time police officer on Monday.
Will County creates self-reporting survey to aid in assessing impact of Monday night storm and tornadoes.
The Kane County Office of Emergency Management is working with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to determine if Kane County qualifies for financial assistance due to the impact of the severe storms this week.
The two largest privately owned water utilities in Illinois are seeking to raise rates for a combined 1.5 million customers around the state
Preliminary plans for a second data center on DeKalb’s south side at the corner of Gurler and Peace roads were met favorably by a DeKalb panel this week, and residents will have another chance to weigh in at a public hearing Monday before the City Council.
The area, most of its land area not even surveyed by the U.S. Government to enable it to be legally sold, would eventually include nine surveyed townships, each consisting of 36 sections of (nominally) 360 acres each
The Joliet City Council on Tuesday approved the system that's designed to spot oversized trucks in residential neighborhoods and other areas where they are not permitted.
In the lead-up to Monday's City Council meeting, DeKalb 7th Ward Alderman John Walker said he plans to throw his support behind a planned vote on the NIU Foundation’s Center for Greek Life. He also said he would consider a tax increase to support street maintenance if proposed
Dozens of aging bridges in 16 states will be replaced or improved with the help of $5 billion in federal grants announced Wednesday by President Joe Biden's administration, the latest beneficiaries of a massive infrastructure law
Although Angel Contreras was a no-show at what would’ve been his final meeting with Joliet Township, he nevertheless received praise from several colleagues, including his successor on the township board.
The public is invited to attend the renaming ceremony of the former East Side Station Post Office in St. Charles where a new plaque is expected to be unveiled.
The Sandwich Committee of the Whole Council meetings beginning next month will start at 7 p.m. followed by the regular City Council meetings. The change is set to go into effect Aug. 5.
The council discussed the logistics of outsourcing patrols to the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office until three open positions are filled.
Cars lined up as early as 7:15 a.m. Saturday morning in Aurora joining community volunteers in the name of environmental sustainability and responsible waste management during State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit’s 12th annual Community Recycle & Shred Day.
An exterior section of the Illinois Rock and Roll Museum on Route 66 was damaged in a freakish development during a storm that blew through downtown Joliet on Sunday morning.
Kane County’s Recycling Program will host its annual Recycling Extravaganza from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 20 at 540 S. Randall Road in St. Charles.
Waterman’s police chief walked out of a public meeting as residents watched Tuesday, after village officials declined to say whether an audit undertaken while he was suspended without pay in February recommended his permanent removal.
A special meeting will be held next Tuesday to accept the formal resignation of Joliet Township Supervisor Angel Contreras, who pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI and aggravated driving while license revoked.
Yorkville City Council voted in favor with all those in attendance on July 9 to approve the project planning components from the Lakota Group on the revitalization of Yorkville’s downtown Hydraulic District.
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Rockford, said in a statement issued Thursday night that while Biden is a good man who has spent the bulk of his life in service to the country, it is time for him to step away from seeking re-election in November.
At the June 25 Oswego Village Board meeting, trustees approved the village’s urban forestry management plan, prepared by Great Lakes Urban Forestry Management.
As more electronic video gaming terminals pop up in restaurants, truck stops and other businesses across the state, Sauk Valley residents are asking the same questions: How much money is the city getting for this, and where does all that money go?
The drive will be from July 17-31.
The task force, which planned to meet once per month, will meet next at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1.
The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption
The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including Illinois
A meeting to hear a request to rezone 658.8 acres of land around the Byron Generating Station was postponed Tuesday night to allow for the completion of further documentation.
The Citizens Utility Board and four state legislators held a press conference in Bolingbrook on Wednesday to discuss their efforts to oppose continually rising costs for customers of Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois.