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Monitoring students and staff at Illinois schools for new and unexplained lesions is among the new monkeypox prevention guidance recommended this week by the state’s health…
After two full days of jury selection, opening statements are slated to begin in Chicago Wednesday morning in the second federal trial for disgraced R&B superstar…
The Illinois State Fair’s butter cow is back in all its creamy glory.Sculptor Sarah Pratt spent 90 hours over five days crafting the cow. The unsalted…
It was 422 days at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.That’s the length of Ashburn-area resident Colette Hurd’s stay due to her idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, a condition that…
Homeroom period at Highland Park High School is normally a laid-back time, but when the bell rings Wednesday to mark the start of a new school…
AdvertisementAdvertisementAround this time last year, computer science teacher Maggie Valcik received some startling news. She had been looking forward to teaching a class using curriculum from…
SPRINGFIELD — Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey kicked off the biggest political week of the year in Springfield on Tuesday by criticizing Democratic Gov. J.B.…
Lana Batochir had been floating on an inflatable raft, enjoying the warm weather at Chicago’s swimmer-filled, party-friendly “Playpen.” Then a 37-foot yacht suddenly reversed, sucking her…
Republican attorney general candidate Thomas DeVore is claiming victory after a Springfield judge last week dismissed his lawsuit challenging a state mask mandate and other coronavirus…
Family members of Madeline Miller, the 64-year-old shot and killed by Flossmoor police July 10, questioned at Monday’s Village Board meeting whether officers had received proper…