Renovation work is expected to begin later this month on a 33,000-square-foot hotel in Waukegan that will be transformed into a permanent homeless shelter featuring 200 beds.

Which perhaps is why Illinois continues to ban individual fireworks usage. Yet, the state is losing out on revenue from the ...

Lanes that have been closed for construction will reopen where possible over the Fourth of July holiday, the Illinois ...

Over a dozen beaches across the Chicagoland area are closed due to E.coli contamination and erosion, with the most closures in Cook and Lake counties.

The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.

Members of the District 60 Board of Education learned the results of the 5Essentials Survey during a regularly scheduled meeting on June 24.

The alderman who posted a photo of a human arm found in Illinois is running for Waukegan mayor. Sade Robinson's mom urges voters not to support him.

Several beaches in Lake and McHenry counties remained closed for another day Sunday due to high bacteria levels. The closings ...

Jim Shell thought he could figure out how to target burbot on the reefs of the Illinois waters of Lake Michigan. And he did.

Several public beaches in the Chicago area are either closed or under advisory because of high levels of bacteria, Illinois ...

Numerous beaches in Lake County and McHenry County are closed for swimming until further notice after health officials say high levels of bacteria were detected in the water. The Lake County Health ...