Fifteen environmental and prison reform groups filed an emergency petition asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address dangerous water quality in Illinois prisons, organizers announced at...

A section of Crain Street from Ridge Avenue to Sherman Avenue will be under construction for water main improvements over the next eight to 10 weeks, the city announced in a Thursday release.  The...

Career Development at the McCormick School of Engineering held a networking event at the Ford Center Wednesday as part of Employer Week — a series dedicated to connecting McCormick students with potential...

City council voted 6-2 Monday night to approve a proposed affordable housing development on Church Street. The two council votes were the final hurdle in the controversial development’s more than two-year-long...

City Council voted 6-1 Monday night to introduce an ordinance to sell city-owned land to the Housing Opportunity Development Corporation. The ordinance will be up for action at the City Council meeting...