- “U-pick” flower farm fighting Barrington Hills to reopen, as 20K tulips wait to be harvested
- Samuel Hall III sworn in as Rantoul’s first Black Village President
- Chicago librarians concerned about security incidents on the rise
- State regains access to $77M in federal education funds following judge’s order
- Unionized legal services staff protest planned Illinois lay-offs. . .
- Rock Island-Milan School Board waves rule, suspends principal, rejects YMCA agreement. . .
- New Putnam Museum exhibit shares stories of QC Muslims. . .
- Historical Swedish-language newspaper collections digitized, archived at Augustana College. . .