6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (281+ words) The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority on Thursday proposed its first passenger toll hike since 2012. The proposal, which would increase passenger vehicle tolls by roughly 45 cents for I-Pass users, comes on the heels of the state's landmark public transit funding…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (357+ words) Today is Wednesday, June 17, the 168th day of 2026. There are 197 days left in the year. On June 17, 2008, hundreds of same-sex couples got married across California on the first full day that same-sex marriage became legal by order of the state's highest…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (194+ words) One man is dead after sustaining a gunshot wound following a traffic stop in Oak Park Sunday. About 9: 10 p. m. Sunday, an Oak Park police officer conducted a traffic stop on a black SUV in the vicinity of Harrison Street and Austin…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (127+ words) Quarterback RJ Day said he is committing to play at Northwestern beginning in 2027, putting him in line to join his father in the Big Ten. The son of Ohio State coach Ryan Day announced his decision over the weekend on…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (575+ words) Chicago Tribune "As I said the other day, I promised my family, this organization and this team that I was going to give them the best version of me that I can possibly give them. In order to do so,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (723+ words) As a Black American who is old enough to remember the last days of legal Jim Crow racial segregation, I pay special attention whenever I hear signs that in many American minds the Civil War never really ended. So does…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (426+ words) Time was when Black Friday signaled the official start of the holiday shopping season, but Jeanette Ludington of Aurora knows those days are long gone. Despite the early start many have gotten on Christmas shopping and the chilly weather Friday…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (250+ words) A small plane crashed Wednesday night near a group of Deerfield-area townhouses, killing the pilot but no one on the ground was injured, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office. The 9: 45 p. m. crash happened in the 800 block of Swallow Street. The…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (461+ words) Federal immigration officials plan to spend $38. 3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92, 600 beds, a document released Friday shows, as U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly purchases warehouses to turn into detention and processing facilities. Republican New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte posted…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (805+ words) A frantic search for the suspect in last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University ended at a New Hampshire storage facility where authorities discovered the man dead inside and then revealed he also was suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute…...