U.S. job growth surged and unemployment fell last month, an unexpected show of strength that may prove costly to homebuyers ...

The CTA Red Line extension funding announcement doubled as an endorsement of CTA President Dorval Carter’s job performance.

Will County Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak sentenced Anthony Maggio to life for the Lockport murders of Ashtin Eaton and Hazel ...

While wildfires continue raging across California, destroying thousands of acres of land and homes, sources in snow-covered ...

A preliminary hearing in a lawsuit between the brother of Trent McCain, former deputy mayor of Gary, and the city has been scheduled for later this month in Hammond’s U.S. District Court. Both ...

The Elgin City Council has approved a $2.5 million contract with ATI Restoration to demolish and clear the eight-acre ...

Area school districts might have been impacted by the cyberattack of a nationwide education software cloud-based platform ...

The South Elgin Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting a “Puzzle Palooza’ competition from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A Gary man is facing charges for fatally shooting a married couple in a “rampage-like” slaying, who were trying to help her sister and her three kids escape a violent situation in April, court ...

A Chicago Heights teen, 17, is facing four years probation in a Griffith rape case. He pleaded guilty Friday to strangulation and domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, both Level 6 ...

The Supreme Court seemed likely today to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the ...

When the Griffith Police Department’s new chief Albert Tharp takes the reins, he hopes to give as much back to the community ...