Chicago - Alderman George A. Cardenas (D-12) hosted a delegation of Colombian dignitaries in Chicago on Wednesday, April 8. More >
Nativists are terrified by the Senate immigration bill. Legal status for most unauthorized immigrants; a pathway to citizenship for those who are legalized; more flexible limits on future immigration—all of these are anathema to the nativist vision of what the United States should become. More >
DEKALB — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recently reported 2,026 Illinois cases of Whooping Cough (also called pertussis) in calendar year 2012, the most since the year 1950. More >
More than 10 years ago when Jeffrey Weinzweig first saw the work of now deceased French surgeon Paul Tessier and how it transformed a child’s severely deformed face into a more normal and functioning smile, he was hooked. More >
(AP) — The oldest daughter of the Utah soccer referee who died lasta Saturday after a teenage player punched him in the head hopes to forgive the young man who did it — but not yet. More >
A new bookstore now is open in the former Borders Books location along the Randall Road corridor in the Algonquin Commons Shopping Center. Half Price Books opened last month inside half of the vacant Borders Books location. The store, 2226 S. More >