This year, bicycle riders can choose four different routes cycling across Kendall County: 20 miles, 30 miles, 50 miles and a ...

Large fire destroys Joliet, IL area factory. Posted: April 14, 2025 | Last updated: April 14, 2025. Fire crews were battling a large blaze Monday morning at a manufacturing facility in southwest ...

Mortality rates from COPD in rural areas were about 55 per 100,000 people, compared to 32 per 100,000 people in large metropolitan areas. What makes an area rural?

Across Illinois and California, more red counties that feel steamrolled by blue-led governments are trying to split off. ... The Rural Areas Pushing for Divorce From Democratic Cities.

The dozen incumbent Democrats, including Reps. Delia Ramirez, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Danny Davis, head into the Nov. 5 election with a sizable advantage over their Republican challengers.

The Illinois Department of Transportation said the Ruby Street (Illinois 53) bridge over the Des Plaines River will close for about a week beginning Thursday, Oct. 24, weather permitting.

McKendree University's Division of Nursing was recently awarded $980,000 from Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS), which Senator Dick Durbin secured as part of the 2024 fiscal year's ...

Best Electric SUV for Rural Areas: Rivian R1S. Starting MSRP: $75,900; EPA Range: 270-410 miles; Rivian updated its R1 vehicles for 2025.Its three-row family-hauling SUV, the R1S, now offers up to ...

Jacquenette Cottrell is scared, drained, and damn near bankrupt. For six years, she helped bankroll a lawsuit to stop construction of a Love’s Travel Stop in the middle of her neighborhood in Joliet, ...

Rural residents often have less access to quality care than those who live in heavily populated areas. Leading healthcare systems tend to operate further away, within high-density populations and ...