With the new Hollywood Casino Aurora set to open near Interstate 88 in the city on June 24, longtime casino site in city’s downtown closes.

A “heat dome” is expected to bring extremely high temperatures to parts of the country.

The Carpentersville area celebrates the country’s 250th anniversary this weekend with a blues fest, parade, fireworks and car ...

Developers pitched a 500-acre project for rural Grant County but, as opposition mounted, they ‘ghosted’ the county’s point person. The potential deal appears to be dead.

Our guide to Fourth of July fireworks and festivities around Chicagoland in 2026 as America celebrates its 250th birthday.

If someone asked you to name the best places for wildlife viewing in Illinois, Moraine Hills State Park in McHenry probably ...

Here’s something they don’t tell you in the tourism brochures: Illinois has a stone circle that rivals anything you’d find in ...

A body found in the Fox River in a Chicago suburb has been identified as a suburban mom. The Kane County Coroner’s office ...

A body that was pulled from the Fox River has been identified as a suburban woman who died by drowning, officials said.

The search for the missing teen continued during the weekend before she was recovered on Sunday.

Police are investigating after reports of a body found in the Fox River in a Chicago suburb Wednesday. The Kane County Sheriff’s office confirmed its officers, alongside the Kane County Coroner’s ...