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Roads are so snarled that the city once again ranked among the worst in the nation for the severity of traffic in 2024.

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You may never have heard of Brooklyn, Illinois. You might not be aware it’s one of the country’s first Black settlements, or ...

Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the ...

House Republicans called the lame duck session a “waste of taxpayer dollars,” given Springfield Mayor Misty Buscher declared ...

The 14-year-old has been identified as Jason Peña, according to nonprofit organizer Julie Contreras who is working closely ...

Is it significant? Yes. Is it historical? Yes. Is it neglected? Yes. So, these things should be saved, not paved over and forgotten like so many other significant events in African American history.” ...

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Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a death ...

I crossed a dream trip off my bucket list. While I’d driven many sections of Route 66 over the years, I had never tackled the ...

The South Carolina Gamecocks played the Illinois Fighting Illini at the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando ... making it a win-win for football and tourism.