Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service's oldest ranger, died Sunday. As a ranger, she shed light on the painful reality of working on the WWII home front as a Black woman.

Judge Victoria Rossetti sentenced Robert Crimo III to seven consecutive life sentences for indiscriminately opening fire on the crowd assembled for Highland Park’s 2022 Independence Day parade.

After unconsciously imitating the College Football Playoff committee, the columnist received plenty of feedback.

As the home was designed to host large events, it's only fitting that the circle driveway would be well-suited to a valet staff. Jason Anderson / JA2 Photo One of Highland Park’s priciest estates sold ...

President Trump took potshots at Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s weight during the annual White House turkey pardoning ceremony, ridiculing him as a “big, fat slob” while criticizing the state for ...

Highland Park is located in the town of Kirkwall in Orkney, the northernmost part of Scotland that is at the same latitude as the very southern tip of Greenland, for point of reference. People have ...

Aaron G. Fountain Jr. - Author, High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America On a spring day in March 1969, Laura Mackay Irwin sat in her home in ...

"GMA" visits Hardy’s Reindeer Ranch as part of the celebration of Illinois during our tour around the country. Mike Johnson scrambles to pass Pentagon bill as GOP ranks seethe Tensions erupt as ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A fire that ignited during the government shutdown burned hundreds of Joshua trees. The iconic, twisty trees are ...

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Park rangers at Zion National Park returned to work with smiles on their faces last week after the federal government shutdown came to an end. “Getting back into the normal swing of things is ...

A staffer for Illinois Senate President Don Harmon was held at knifepoint during a robbery at the lawmaker's Oak Park office, village officials said. The suspect, Scott Loeffler, 35, was charged with ...