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Lift assist calls to the Morton Fire Department could include a new $350 charge

The Morton Fire Department will start charging nursing homes and assisted living and independent living residences for some lift assist calls the department receives from those facilities.

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a forum on climate change at the Aspen Ideas conference in Chicago on Monday, July 21, 2025.

Pritzker calls Texas GOP’s remap effort ‘cheating,’ doesn’t rule out Illinois response

Illinois Republicans mock Pritzker’s approval of 2021 Democrat-leaning maps

The Washington City Council held its first meeting Monday in its new home, Banquet Room A at Five Points Washington. Chatting before the meeting are (from left) city council member Mike Brownfield, city attorney Derek Schryer, Mayor Gary Manier and Jon Oliphant, the city's planning and development director.

Washington City Council sets speed limits for new Freedom Parkway extension

The city council on Monday approved a 30 miles per hour speed limit on Freedom Parkway from McClugage Road east 1,200 feet, and a 40 mph speed limit from that point to North Cummings Lane.

Washington City Council members, several city staff members and City Attorney Mark Walton gather behind new Washington Police Chief Jeff Stevens and Mayor Lilija Stevens after the council voted unanimously Monday to approve Jeff Stevens' contract.

Jeff Stevens takes the reins of the Washington Police Department

The Washington City Council on Monday approved a four-year contract for new Police Chief Jeff Stevens, who had served as interim chief for a month following the retirement of former chief Mike McCoy.

Windy Fultz pays rent for her apartment at Mitchell Court in Rantoul, Illinois. She and the property manager, Stan James, talked about the new rules the village adopted to reduce crime.

'Crime-Free Housing' Rules Spread In Illinois

Many communities in Illinois have rules that say renters can lose their housing if someone in the home is connected to a crime. City leaders who back...

A warehouse being converted into an immigration detention center with plans to hold 1,500 people, is seen in Williamsport, MD, on Monday, March 9, 2026.

ICE's detention expansion meets resistance in communities across the political spectrum

Last year ICE got $45 billion from Congress over four years to expand its detention footprint. Many towns and cities are pushing back.

In new book, Haass explores the obligations we have to one another and the country

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author and veteran diplomat Richard Haass about what it means to be a responsible citizen. Haass' new book is called: The Bill of Obligations.

Q&A: Bradley's New CFO On The State Of The University's Finances, And What Lies Ahead

Bradley University was facing significant financial challenges even before the COVID-19 pandemic began. But by taking a cue from corporate America, the university actually slashed its deficit in half last year.

What's Changed Since The Pulse Nightclub Shooting

What's changed since the tragedy at Pulse nightclub in Orlando? Florida Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith and George A. Wallace, executive director of LGBT+ Center Orlando, talk with NPR's Michel Martin.

Nurses attend to patients in this historical photo of the children's ward inside Wheatley-Provident Hospital, a Black hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. It opened in 1918, but, like most Black hospitals, it closed following the federal campaign to desegregate hospitals in the 1960s.

Black hospitals vanished in the U.S. decades ago. Some communities have paid a price

Hundreds of Black hospitals in the U.S. closed after passage of the Civil Rights Act when health care became integrated. Black communities lost a source of employment and pride.

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