Ever been bullied? I have. A long time ago. Still haunts me.
Just as our elected state government officials — all of them — were failing us again this week on fundamental matters of a budget, the Clinton nuclear power plant quietly and efficiently went back online. In fact, workers set a U.S. record for a boiling water reactor, needing only 11 days to…
A valedictory feeling filled the air Thursday when Ed Rust Jr. addressed an overflow crowd of State Farm retirees at the DoubleTree.
Every small town has its patriots. Minonk has its own band of brothers. Seven sons of Michael and Sara Petri were in uniform at the same time during World War II.
I’m having a hard time understanding the fuss about Donald Trump adding his name (his “brand,” he says) to his architecturally brilliant skyscraper in downtown Chicago.
We buried my father this week. If you’ve had the same experience, you understand why I want to tell you about my dad. There’s some rationale for the “telling” appearing right here. You see, he was a writer of letters to the editor. Some of them appeared on this page.
People were polite as they entered U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood’s town hall meeting this week, perhaps surprised to find the tall rookie congressman greeting each of them at the door of the Tazewell County event. Many told him they appreciated the chance to listen and be heard.
Ever been bullied? I have. A long time ago. Still haunts me.
If you’ve been on the business end of an MRI or CT-scan, you understand the gravity of what I’m about to implore: Technologists should never, ever shake their heads, divert their eyes, furrow their brows, click their tongues, wiggle their noses or, as was the case in my instance, wish the pa…
I should have dug a little deeper last August when I asked state lottery officials about how often big winning tickets are sold but never cashed. The data were available for “draw games” (like the daily jackpot), but not for “instant games” (the “scratchers”). Why was that?
Driving south (way south) on Interstate 55 one day last week, we stopped for lunch about a hundred miles north of New Orleans, determined to find a home-grown restaurant.
Normal Mayor Chris Koos probably wishes the Illinois attorney general’s office had waited just a few more days to respond to a months-old request for an opinion about the town’s rules governing public comment at council meetings.
Parents say they've had a difficult time consistently finding their child’s formula for months, as supply chain issues coupled with a manufacturer's recall stretch inventory thin.
Take a peek at fixer-uppers with potential to beautiful old homes around Central Illinois
Read through the obituaries published today in The Pantagraph.
Three women were found dead Saturday in a Rogers Park senior housing facility that the local alderman said lacked air conditioning. The deaths followed days of unseasonably warm temperatures.
A curfew banning unaccompanied minors has been implemented to combat violence after a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot near “The Bean” sculpture in downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park, which is among the city’s most popular tourist attractions. Police say the teen was shot in the chest at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday near the giant, mirrored structure. They didn’t immediately release the name of the teen, who was taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officials announced Sunday that Thursdays through Sundays minors are not allowed in the park after 6 p.m. without an adult. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a news release that new measures will be taken “to help prevent events like this from happening,” and that details will be provided later.
Monty, one half of Chicago’s endangered Great Lakes piping plover pair, died Friday at Montrose Beach. It was his fourth summer in the North Side sand. He was still waiting on the return of his mate, Rose.
Questions remain about how public officials and regulators will ensure everyone from the company’s top investors to the subcontractor who paves the parking lot is aboveboard.
A teenager was arrested on a felony aggravated battery charge, Normal police said.
A discharge hearing is scheduled for August to review evidence in a case charging a 12-year-old boy with murder and arson in a 2019 fatal fire in Goodfield.
He is charged with one count of indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
A McLean County judge will rule within 60 days which material can be presented at a hearing for Barton McNeil, who is seeking exoneration from his 1999 conviction in his 3-year-old daughter's murder.
Questions remain about how public officials and regulators will ensure everyone from the company’s top investors to the subcontractor who paves the parking lot is aboveboard.
For those polled who have picked a candidate, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin had the lead, followed by state Sen. Darren Bailey.
Saturday’s outpourings join a wave of pro-abortion rights protests washing over the country currently in light of a leaked draft of a Supreme Court ruling that previewed the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark case for abortion rights.
Tens of thousands participated in "Bans off our Bodies" events on Saturday. Organizers expected that among the hundreds of events, the largest would take place in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and other big cities.