Proviso Math and Science Academy, 8601 Roosevelt Rd. in Forest Park, is ranked 15th on U.S. News and World Report’s new rankings of Best High Schools in Illinois. The school is ranked 324th nationally ...

District 209 teachers, social workers, librarians and school counselors are likely headed for a work stoppage on Feb. 18. | File Teachers, social workers, librarians and school counselors in Proviso ...

On Saturday afternoon, Maywood artist and business owner Shanee K. Edwards spearheaded the creation of a mural that’s going up on the side of Madison Street Plaza, 1109 Madison St. in Maywood. Edwards ...

A dozen medical experts, outreach workers and advocates joined State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (8 th) in his push to open a pilot overdose prevention site in Chicago. Standing at the corner of W. Van ...

State and local elected officials cut the ribbon on Westchester’s new senior-only DMV site on Nov. 28. The site is just the third in the state. | Courtesy Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch/Facebook Senior ...

Maywood Mayor Edwenna Perkins spoke out against violence in the village and took the local police to task on Oct. 22, after having to call the authorities about a shooting on her own block. According ...

Bellwood Mayor Andre Harvey, rapper Lil Durk, and Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson take a photo on Oct. 18 at Broadview Village Hall. The mayors presented the rapper with keys to the villages after ...

Proviso teachers and supporters picket outside of Proviso East High School in Maywood on March 4. | Alex Rogals/Staff Photographer On Friday, the 280 members of the Proviso Teachers Union went on ...

Gwen Amber said during a recent interview that she’s running for mayor of Hillside against 40-year incumbent Joe Tamburino in order to represent a wider swath of Hillside’s residents, many of whom, ...

Bellwood’s physical landscape has changed significantly since Andre Harvey was elected the suburb’s first Black male mayor in 2017. Two gas stations, a renovated U-Haul facility, a four-story, 80-unit ...

Members of Hillside’s Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals look at a presentation of a proposed data center developers want to build at 101 N. Wolf Rd. in Hillside. The board approved the proposal at ...

Due to ongoing construction work on the Tri-State Tollway bridge that extends over Butterfield Road in Berkeley, Pace is moving one of its westbound bus stops, according to the transit agency and the ...