Category Archives: News

(The Center Square) - While the use of the National Guard remains on hold in Illinois, pending a legal challenge, the U.S. Senate is debating having troops on American streets. In October, President D...

Senator's deferred prosecution deal approved U.S. District Court Judge Andrea Wood has approved a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve the bribery case against Illinois state Sen. Emil Jones III,...

Local labor, business, and civic partners will unite for the 43rd Annual Children's Christmas Party distribution, Saturday, December 13, from 8 - 11 a.m., a drive-through event at the Midwest Food Ban...

A Snow Route Parking Ban will go into effect at 6:00 PM tonight. Please move vehicles off designated snow routes so crews can safely and efficiently clear the streets during the incoming winter weathe...

A snow parking ban will go into effect on all streets within the Town of Normal at 5:00 p.m., Thursday, December 11, and will remain in effect until 5:00 p.m., Friday, December 12. The police departme...

Lawyers who defended the Chicago Housing Authority in a case that resulted in more than $32 million in judgments to two families who claimed their children were sickened by lead paint in public housin...

Students who can't read and secrecy from parents - that's just part of the legacy of Stacy Davis Gates during her tenure as president of the Chicago Teachers Union. Now it's coming for families outsid...

Former police chief convicted of bribery A federal jury has convicted a former Summit, Illinois police chief of bribery offenses for corruptly accepting money from a local businessman to facilitate th...

(The Center Square) - The mayor of Chicago has expressed his opposition to an alternative budget proposal from the city council. Aldermen offered a plan Wednesday to replace Mayor Brandon Johnson's co...

(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop provides highlights from Wednesday's Chicago City Council meeting where residents shared their...