With the state nearing the end of the bridge phase, readers offer their to-dos for this season and next. Read More

More than two years after Aurora mass shooting exposed flaws in state gun laws, Illinois Democrats have yet to act despite having total control in Springfield Read More

Summer break is underway for the 49ers — and QB Watch 2021. Rave reviews escorted both Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance out of an abruptly shortened offseason program. Both are healthy. Both look poised for successful futures. Come training camp in Jul...

A 6-year-old Michigan boy was allegedly threatened with a sledgehammer and shot in the arm over the weekend by a neighbor while trying to retrieve his bicycle in front of his home. Read More

The police union in Portland, Oregon, has relocated its headquarters after its longtime office in the city’s Kenton neighborhood became the “target of vandalism and arson” over the past year. Read More

Q: What the heck? “People who drive SUVs are far better trained, faster-thinking,” said one of your readers? So just where and how are SUV drivers getting all this special training? Who’s training them? And how is “faster-thinking” being measured? He...

Good Samaritans helped the man out of the water and he wasn’t injured in the attack. Read More

The company behind the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline said Wednesday it's officially terminating the project. TC Energy already had suspended construction in January when President Biden revoked a key cross-border presidential permit. The ann...

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year led to calls for change around the country, including a push for police reform in Aurora. Read More

Chicago man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacks on women inside vacant Calumet City homes in the summer of 2016 Read More