3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (325+ words) Illinois College is being honored for its orchid conservation research for the second year in a row. The school has won a Royal Horticultural Society Gold Medal for its Orchid Conservation Chelsea exhibit, according to a community announcement. The recognition…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (393+ words) (The Center Square) – In most cases when a person makes a purchase, such as on hotels, concert tickets and more, it could soon be illegal for merchants to advertise a product's price without including surcharges and fees in that price…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (700+ words) A 21-year-old was able to pull off what most families only dream about. In a moment now seen by millions on TikTok, Jailynn Dickerson filmed her grandmother, Susan Rilea, as they pulled up to a familiar house in Canton, Illinois…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (758+ words) (The Center Square) – A newly proposed Illinois constitutional amendment would change the way legislative and representative districts are drawn in the state. Republican state lawmakers strongly oppose the measure they say would further corrupt district maps that are already illegal....

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (559+ words) (The Center Square) – An Illinois bill allowing thousands of ride-share drivers to unionize made some motion in an Illinois House committee Thursday, despite opposition from some stakeholders. The bill sets a structure for how drivers would begin to unionize and…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago   (444+ words) The former embattled Democratic mayor of a Chicago suburb is running for a seat in Georgia as a Republican after relocating to the area following her scandal-plagued tenure in office. Tiffany Henyard, who once declared herself a "super mayor," is…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (264+ words) Campton Hills tops the list of Illinois’ safest cities for the third straight year. Hawthorn Woods reported zero violent crimes, and none of the top 10 cities had more than 0.5 incidents per 1,000 people. While the state’s violent crime rate is below…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago   (28+ words) For nearly eight decades, Illinois’ 9th Congressional District has been a Democratic stronghold with an almost unbroken tradition of Jewish representation — a political lineage stretching back to the......

7+ mon, 6+ day ago   (35+ words) A Chicago Transit Authority train passenger says she has been released from the hospital more than two months after a man with a long criminal history allegedly set her on fire. B ethany MaGee was......

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (33+ words) New research from the Illinois Policy Institute shows that violent crime declined in nearly 90% of Chicago’s neighborhoods last year. The report also shows that 71% of the city’s communities reported......