1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (747+ words) Four partially submerged chairs along South Wright Road near Burton's Bridge on Sunday, April 19, 2026, as the Fox River continues to rise. (Gregory Shaver/Gregory Shaver " Shaw Media) Road closures, park closures, more sandbagging and " with a break in the rainfall…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago  (129+ words) Traffic backups are expected in the South Elgin area as workers close Hopps Road west of Randall Road on Wednesday. A detour to avoid the construction zone is guiding traffic though Nolan Road, Bowes Road and Randall Road, according to…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago  (715+ words) St. Charles North's Abby Zawadzki (Joel Boenitz) It didn't matter where Abby Zawadzki was on the field Monday. Whether it was at the plate or in the circle, the St. Charles North senior was locked in against Wheaton Warrenville South....

11+ hour, 53+ min ago  (162+ words) The Volunteer Millers at Fulton's Windmill Area will host mural artist Eve Van Kampen for a program on her work at 6 p. m. Tuesday, April 28, at the Windmill Cultural Center. The center is located at 111 10th Ave. in downtown Fulton. Van Kampen is…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago  (16+ words) Joliet City Council on Tuesday will consider lifting college residency for Joliet Junior College apartments'Shaw Local...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago  (775+ words) Downers Grove North graduate Payton Janicki, a senior shortstop for Wagner College in Staten Island, N. Y. , has started nearly every game over four years. (Courtesy of Wagner College Athletics) As if guided by unseen forces, the siblings had a day. At…...

5+ hour, 53+ min ago  (180+ words) A woman was hurt as she tried to cross over a train that was either stopped or traveling slowly in Rochelle on Saturday evening, according to a Rochelle Police Department news release. Rochelle Police and Rochelle Fire were dispatched at…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago  (743+ words) An Illinois appellate court has ordered a new hearing in a 2011 Sterling shooting case, ruling that a man convicted of attempted murder has possibly presented credible evidence of self-defense that was unavailable at trial. A Whiteside County jury convicted Clarence…...

5+ hour, 53+ min ago  (112+ words) Shaw Local Utica cancels meetings previously set for April 23 Committee of the whole meeting also postponed Utica Village Hall (Derek Barichello) Utica has canceled the monthly meetings of the Utica Planning Commission and the committee of the whole, which were…...

6+ min ago  (136+ words) Shaw Local Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees to meet April 21 Meeting to include special recognitions, purchase requests and proposed Tax Increment Financing extensions for Seneca The Board of Trustees meeting is being held in C-307 on the main Oglesby…...