The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday approved nearly $1 million for safety upgrades at three highway-rail crossings of the BNSF Railway Company’s track in Carroll and Ogle counties.

“Pallets in the Park” invites residents to explore creative reuse by transforming reclaimed wooden pallets into unique works of art. The Dixon Park District provides the pallets, and the community provides the imagination.

The Graves-Hume Public Library will host several events to celebrate the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

From Capitol News Illinois: Marimar Martinez, the Chicago teacher shot five times by Border Patrol agents last fall, was granted permission Friday by a judge to release certain evidence from her case

Officials within Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 are in the preliminary stages of going down a familiar path that is being dusted off by bringing a cross-section of people together to help assemble a refreshed strategic plan.

Neither of the suspects in Tuesday's drug bust in the 300 block of Prairie Street was granted pre-trial release.

The owner of an equestrian training center has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor on the Richmond property.

Students from Oswego High School walked out of the school shortly before noon Friday, many of them held signs condemning the actions of ICE.

Students from Joliet Central and Joliet West high schools took to the streets on Friday as part of a nationwide walkout to protest actions of ICE agents.