"It's kind of a close-knit community. We try to know everybody. Small town USA basically," Frank Hines said of Milford.

For kids who are a little too old for camps but getting bored of sitting around the house, Chicago offers plenty of options ...

Lemont's Natalie Pacyga (18), showing her 1975 tattoo, heads to the dugout after scoring against Oak Lawn during a South Suburban Conference crossover in Lemont on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

The Illinois town where Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home stands is planning to acquire the residence through eminent domain laws despite it being currently up for sale. The home's current owner is ...

DIXON, Ill. — Congressman Sean Casten, a Democrat who’s held 85 town halls in his suburban Chicago district, took his show on the road over the weekend to western and southern Illinois ...

I grew up off a gravel road near a town of 60 citizens, a place where cows outnumber people. Southern Illinois University, just 40 miles north, opened up my world.

NuMark Credit Union in Joliet, Illinois, said Wednesday it would acquire a neighboring Chicago-area bank. The deal picks up on a well-established trend of credit unions buying banks, which has fallen ...

HGTV did not explain what it considered a "small town," but includes Alton and its population of 25,000. Here's why the town placed in HGTV's top 50 small towns.

HGTV did not explain what it considered a "small town," but includes Alton and its population of 25,000. Here's why the town placed in HGTV's top 50 small towns.

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LEMONT, Ill. — Lemont police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide at a hotel on Thursday. Lemont Police Department officers were called around 9:30 a.m. to a distrubance in the 12200 ...