The Lighthouse opened Saturday at the American Place casino in Waukegan with two performances featuring comedian Josh Blue, adding an entertainment component to the establishment along with the existing table games, slot machines, sports book and restaurant.
The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms.
A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies in its frigid grip, making many roads treacherous, forcing school closures, and causing widespread power outages and flight cancellations.
A man is dead and a woman was in custody after he jumped in front of the car she was driving early Sunday morning in Chicago Lawn, according to police. Police said the man, 32, was arguing with the woman, 36, on the 2600 block of West 60th Street around 4:50 a.m. and refused to […]
Mark your calendar for Courtney Reed Live with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, PBR: Unleash the Beast bull riding, the Chicago RV Show, Winter Fest in Vernon Hills and more happening this week.
A Porter man was charged Monday with fatally striking a woman just over a year earlier on Interstate 90.
A non-binding, advisory referendum question is set to ask voters if Sugar Grove should reverse its approval of the Crown Community Development project known as The Grove.
Two Chicago men who fled from Wilmette Police were arrested and charged with robbing a Jewel-Osco, police say.
A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured just before a winter storm slammed the state.
Hilary Gowins began her journalism career as a reporter at the Northwest Herald and later joined the Illinois Policy Institute.