Tim McGraw meets with military families in Orland Park

Sitting down and chatting with country music superstar Tim McGraw has become something of a regular happening for Linda Brashears. The retired Army staff sergeant from Romeoville met with McGraw in July when he presented her with a mortgage-free townhouse through his HomeFront program, a …Read More

• Precautions in place for Electric Daisy Carnival

  Joliet hospitals and paramedic crews are preparing for Electric Daisy Carnival much the same as they would for a race weekend. The three-day rave music event starts Friday at Chicagoland Speedway. It now is expected to draw fewer than the 30,000 people a day that …Read More
• Drew filing in lawsuit jabs former lawyer
• Emergency workers respond to mercury spill in Plainfield
• Thanas quits again; this time for good?
• Cops: Burglar who ransacked woman’s home left prints
• Trucker pleads guilty for hauling heroin later stolen from evidence locker
• Ex-cop’s texts, voicemail can be used in his criminal case