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Officers respond to Louis Joliet Mall disturbance
Officers responded to the Louis Joliet Mall, located at 3340 Mall Loop Drive, on December 27, 2025, at 5:51 p.m.,…
New laws: Illinois expands job-protected leave for parents with newborns in NICU
The Illinois State Capitol is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki) The Illinois State Capitol is…
Supreme Court rebuffs Trump’s planned National Guard deployment to Chicago
A group of people in military fatigues walks into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Thursday, Oct.…
New laws: Illinois’ grocery tax to end, aquifer protections begin
Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in a file photo at a news conference at Schnucks grocery store in Springfield last…
State grants allow small Illinois farmers to develop local food-sharing networks
Sola Gratia farm manager John Williams pulls leaves from a cabbage while standing in the farm’s last rows of outdoor…
Winter Stomach Bug Alert: Norovirus on the Loose!
Colds and flu aren’t the only seasonal illnesses making the rounds right now. A strong stomach bug known as norovirus,…
Twelve Mile Grove, and other mysteries of Wilton
By Sandy Vasko Take 52 south, past Manhattan, and you will come to the community of Twelve Mile Grove, now…
Farm Days Gone By
When the grain was ripe, farmers would gather together to get the threshing done, as they did here in this…
Body Found Under Houbolt Road Bridge
On December 23, 2025, at 5:27 a.m., officers responded to the Houbolt toll bridge over the Des Plaines River for…
Farm Days Gone By
The Crete Area Historical Society shared this scene from the early 1900s of a Steam Engine and Water Wagon on…
Let there be light, and there was
By Sandy Vasko I live in the southern agricultural area of Will County. The other evening, when there was a…
Outstanding In Their Field
I recently traveled to the “big island,” Hawaii. The trip was the worst part. We ran through the Los Angeles…