21+ hour, 43+ min ago   (235+ words) A large portion of roadways on the east side of the Fox River in St. Charles are lined up for road improvements. Officials identified 9,302 square yards of roadway in the southeast quadrant needing asphalt patch services to help “extend the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (203+ words) A banner rolled out Thursday at Rock Run Collection lists future stores announced for the Joliet mixed-use center. Sept. 10, 2026 (Bob Okon) Cullinan Properties on Thursday announced five future retailers for a Joliet retail center anchored by Dick’s House of Sport....

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (143+ words) Marseilles City Hall (Derek Barichello) Marseilles will close the Lincoln Street Bridge to all traffic from Sept. 10 through Sept. 18 to allow contractors to remove existing materials and install a latex overlay, according to a city news release. The closure is…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (745+ words) Brother Rice’s Brayden Parks lines up as an extra blocker on offense against Lincoln-Way East in Frankfort. (Gary Middendorf) When: 6:30 p.m. Friday Worth noting: The Crusaders got the best of the Ramblers last year, cruising for a 28-6 win at home…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (967+ words) St. Bede quarterback Stuart McGunnigal throws a pass during a game against Fulton earlier this season. McGunnigal, who missed the second half of last season with a knee injury, has completed 21-of-46 passes for 408 yards and six touchdowns this season....

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1010+ words) CHAMPAIGN – Championships in basketball are remembered for buzzer-beaters, roaring crowds and confetti falling from the rafters. Those jobs rarely make a highlight reel, but for a pair of Shannon sisters, they became front-row seats to one of the biggest moments…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (470+ words) It was only fitting that Burke Gautcher’s first game for the Iowa Hawkeyes came against Northern Illinois. The second-year linebacker out of Sycamore saw the field for the first time as a Hawkeye on Saturday in Iowa’s 40-0 victory over the…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (195+ words) A sign marks the DuPage River in Channahon. (Eric Ginnard) Repairs to the bridge carrying U.S. Route 6 over the DuPage River in Channahon will require intermittent daytime lane closures approaching the bridge beginning Thursday, weather permitting, the Illinois Department of Transportation…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (541+ words) The Dwight offense (at right) lines up against the Deer Creek-Mackinaw defense Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, at Jim McDonald Field in Mackinaw. (J.T. Pedelty) It took the Dwight football team’s defense a little while Friday night to adjust to host Deer Creek-Mackinaw’s unorthodox,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (735+ words) Newman's Rylan Alvarado gets pulled down by a Princeton defender on Sept. 4, 2026. (Brian Hurley) After losing three key players last week due to injury, the Newman Comets looked to rebound from those losses, and last week’s loss to Kewanee, with…...