The Lee County Board approved an ordinance Thursday that aims to address the statewide housing crisis impacting its residents.

The McHenry City Council has weighed in on an early proposal for a car wash in an area that had been planned as a retail center.

A 2,968-square-foot single-family house, built in 2005, has changed hands.

Improper use of a grill appears to have caused a Wheaton fire that broke out about 4:22 p.m. Friday on the 1000 block of ...

Andrej Stojakovic scored 21 points and No. 3 Illinois beat 11th-seeded VCU 76-55 on Saturday to advance to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three seasons under coach Brad Underwood.

Dixon boys and girls track & field both had invite wins. Dixon, Milledgeville and Forreston baseball also won. On the softball diamond, Sterling beat Erie-Prophetstown 9-1 in Saturday's Sauk Valley ...

Batavia baseball and softball won their first games of the season, and both St. Charles girls' soccer teams won their opener ...

Nash Brubaker hit a pair of solo home runs to lead Herscher on the road, Bishop McNamara and Bradley-Bourbonnais both lost by a run, Beecher's Taylor Norkus threw a three-inning perfect game and more ...

Collin LaCount singled in the tying and go-ahead runs as Glenbard East rallied with three runs in the seventh to beat ...

Oswego East softball won big in its season opener, Oswego baseball rolled to a win plus Southwest Prairie Conference girls ...

Naz Dean doubled home two runs in the eighth to power DeKalb to a win over Hall, Maddie Swanson got a shutout and scored as Genoa-Kingston won its opener, Hunter Kriese shut down Marmion in DeKalb's ...

Lemont stunned defending Class 4A softball champ Oswego, Joliet West baseball won twice in southern Illinois and more in Saturday's Herald-News Roundup.