As the Seal of Biliteracy marks 10 years in Illinois, the number of seniors graduating with the distinction has climbed more than 2,000%.

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The Kaneland boys basketball team traveled to Rochelle Tuesday to take on the Hubs of Rochelle High School.

In northern Illinois’s largest cities to its smallest towns, counterfeit pills, whose effects are boosted by fentanyl, kill users and devastate the families they leave behind.

With the launch of the Kane County Circle of Care, community leaders have brought services that address mental health, early prevention, housing, food instability and childcare together.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where Kane County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

State funding is enabling the expansion of pre-apprenticeship opportunities for workers looking to begin a career in the construction trades. Recruitment for the program is focusing on residents in Kane, Kendall, and DeKalb counties.

There are a variety of plants that can be eaten as microgreens, and each one will add a slightly different flavor to your meals. One good choice includes things in the brassica (broccoli) family, like radish, broccoli, kale, cress, etc.

Quickly becoming a favorite gathering place along the scenic Fox River, St. Charles' downtown First Street Plaza has received an award of excellence.

A week before the Geneva City Council was to consider an appeal of the Historic Preservation Commission’s demolition denial of the circa-1843 blacksmith shop, two alderpersons met with a Shodeen representative about what could memorialize it – after demolition.