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State Senator Meg Loughran Cappel is coordinating with local businesses to host a blood drive in her Crest Hill office Jan. 13.

The Plainfield Village Board is expected to vote on approval of Parsonage Events’ special use permit at its Monday, Dec. 18 meeting.

During its history, Chignoli Auto Sales moved several times in the Joliet area before landing in its current location at 1850 Essington Road, Joliet, where it has remained for the last couple of decades.

The cemetery along West Jefferson Street has been closed for weeks after storm damage.. People with grave sites who have died since the storm damage are being interred on a temporary basis.

According to RefugeeOne, the largest resettlement agency in northern Illinois, the region is expected to take in about 21,000 Ukrainian refugees. RefugeeOne has helped facilitate 1,000 of these resettlements since February.

The trial of former DeKalb District 428 school superintendent Douglas Moeller, accused of allegedly sending private sexual images of a woman electronically to school board members in 2017, began Wednesday. The trial is expected to reconvene Thursday.

About 60 people gathered at the corner of First Street and Lincoln Highway in downtown DeKalb Monday, July 4, 2022, to rally for reproductive rights. The Independence Day demonstration was organized to protest a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that struck down Roe v. Wade, which protected access to abortion under federal law.

Crystal Lake resident Mike Karney fired a 69 last month at a qualifying tournament to make the field for the U.S. Senior Open Golf Tournament, which tees off Thursday morning at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa.

Meteorologists expect a winter storm will sweep through the Sauk Valley on New Year's Day.

A winter storm Tuesday dropped a blanket of wet, heavy snow across the Sauk Valley

Carroll, Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties are under a winter storm warning until 9 am Wednesday

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Carroll, Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties.

Data from the Illinois Department of Public Health shows 51 new cases, 5 more deaths were logged last week at long-term care facilities in the Sauk Valley