Rory Craig, 51, of Round Lake, Illinois, is alleged to have repeatedly gone to the 83-year-old woman’s home in Trevor and contacted the woman’s family members at their homes to speak to them about his conviction that the woman is a witch.
The Biden White House is amplifying the push for its $2.3 trillion infrastructure package with the release of state-by-state breakdowns. It gave Wisconsin a C grade.
Universal vaccine eligibility in Illinois begins Monday, bringing an end to the days of priority access to the vaccine. Here's what you need t…
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with a group of lawmakers today about the president's large infrastructure proposal…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday warned that the U.S. has fallen to 13th place in the world for infrastructure and said …
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis talks infrastructure at the Decatur Regional Chamber of Commerce business breakfast on April 7, 2021.
Richard Thompson’s combination of skills as a songwriter and guitarist is unmatched. The musician’s career — from his rise with British folk-rock inventors Fairport Convention to his 1970s partnership with his wife Linda Thompson to three decades as a solo artist — stretches over 50 years. But Thompson’s new memoir, which was written with Scott Timberg, zeroes in on only the first eight. It’s ...
“The Irish Diaspora: Tales of Emigration, Exile and Imperialism” by Turtle Bunbury; Thames & Hudson (304 pages, $34.95) ——— Ireland’s greatest export was always its people. Some fled famine, violence, or poverty. Others sought love, adventure, or fortune. And Turtle Bunbury’s “The Irish Diaspora: Tales of Emigration, Exile and Imperialism” pays them tribute. The word diaspora comes from Greek ...
Follow the latest scores and updates from the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
When I first met Ramona Quimby, she was only 4 years old and already showing signs of greatness. This was a kid who could secretly summon 15 friends to her house without her mother suspecting a thing — at least until the children started arriving on the doorstep, expecting a party. Ramona could ruin two birthday cakes in a single day, turn the entire house upside down with only a box of ...
Follow the latest scores and updates from the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Follow the latest scores and updates from the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Jayce A. Keller, of Rockford, died Wednesday at a Madison hospital two days after he fell into the Rock River in the Winnebago County village of Machesney Park.
This is a story about achieving financial solvency! (Sort of.) Discovering creative independence! (Painfully.) And finding personal satisfaction! (Eventually.) This is a story about how you can lead the life you always wanted! Become your own boss! And though you might not always feel secure — and who does? — act now and you will find some measure of peace for those restless nights. There is ...
With superfan Sister Jean watching, Loyola Chicago ousted No. 1 seed Illinois in the NCAA men's tournament. Here's a recap as women's play got underway.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kofi Cockburn muscled his way to 18 points and Illinois cruised past 16th-seeded Drexel 78-49 Friday in the Illini's first NCAA Tournament game as a No. 1 seed in 16 years.
Dear Editor: Having driven to both Illinois and Michigan to buy their legal weed, can attest to the fact (not scientifically) that there an in…
There are many tragic murder cases that have become lodged in Chicago’s collective memory. There are also many that have been forgetten, lost to history without a closer look into what really happened. One of those was the 1976 killing of a teenager named John Hughes, shot from a car in a city park in Canaryville on the Southwest Side. His bright future was snuffed out while he was still in ...
As the Midwest ramps up COVID-19 vaccines with support from the feds, how do the states compare in delivery of shots in the arm so far?
The junior announces she will enter the NCAA transfer portal one day after the firing of coach Jonathan Tsipis.
UW falls behind 24-2 on its way to a 67-42 loss in Indianapolis.
Sophomore Emma Jaskaniec scores the game's only goal.
Spring is coming ... soon? Here are six new paperbacks to help you get there — four fiction, two memoir, all recommended. "The Girl with the Louding Voice" by Abi Daré (Dutton, $14.99). This debut novel from Nigerian British author Daré was a New York Times bestseller, about a teenage girl in a Nigerian village who is determined to get an education but is pushed into a traditional early ...
CHICAGO – Debut author Nancy Johnson wanted to tell human interest stories when she was a broadcast news journalist years ago, but she recalls there were too few opportunities to do that. Now, the Chicago native has all the opportunity she can handle with her first book, “The Kindest Lie.” The novel tells the story of Ruth Tuttle, a Black engineer living in Bronzeville with her husband. The ...
Sarah Frey describes her inspiring climb from "brutally" impoverished Illinois farm girl to agribusiness titan in her memoir, "The Growing Season." Frey felt she was "powerful, brave, and destined for a life of greatness," despite material deprivations, thanks to twisted parental encouragement, necessity and innate optimism and determination. She was the youngest of 21, including ...
