A suburban college cheerleader has been identified as the victim of a mass shooting near the Illinois Wesleyan University campus over the Halloween weekend. 19-year-old Giana Dettloff was a North Central College student. She was killed while visiting one of her best friends, officials said in a press conference Monday, November 2, citing family members, … Read more
An Indian national living in Des Plaines, Illinois, has pleaded guilty to his role in a $227 million Medicare fraud scheme. Personal information of hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries was used to submit false claims for COVID-19 test kits that were never requested or delivered, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. Illinois resident … Read more
An Illinois man faced charges on Monday for two felony offenses following allegations that he dispatched mail containing an unidentified white powder to Congressional representatives, as per a criminal complaint. Matthew Unglesbee, 37, of Quincy, Illinois, has been arrested and charged after allegedly mailing letters containing white powder and notes reading “HA HA” to multiple … Read more
As many as five people were found dead with gunshot wounds in an apparent murder-suicide inside a house in the north Chicago suburb of Mundelein late Sunday night, October 18. Mundelein police were called for a wellbeing check at a house in the 200 block of Wellington Avenue at 11:45 p.m. when a family member … Read more
The Farnsworth House was built for Dr. Edith Farnsworth as a weekend retreat (Image Credit: William E. Dunlap via National Trust for Historic Preservation) A modernist house in Illinois came surprisingly close to being taken apart and moved away from the landscape it was designed for. In 2003, the Farnsworth House, designed by Ludwig Mies … Read more
Over a lifetime of careful acquisitions, Philip Rietveld built a portfolio of nearly 1,500 acres of productive farmland across Illinois and Indiana. After his death in 2026, his family moved to sell the holdings through a two-day, two-state auction that drew bidders from seven states. The 23 tracts changed hands for a combined $22.46 million, … Read more
PC: US Fish and Wildlife Service In northeast Illinois, the Greenbelt Forest Preserve covers 607 acres between North Chicago and Waukegan. Invasive plants, including teasel, Canada thistle, canary grass, buckthorn and common reed, have displaced native vegetation there. According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, working with the Lake County Forest Preserve District and … Read more
When Greg Reising bought roughly 100 acres near Kinkaid Lake in southern Illinois in 1995, he was looking for a place where he could spend time outdoors and connect with wildlife. Decades later, the property has become part of a much larger conservation effort aimed at protecting the creek system that feeds a reservoir serving … Read more
A $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot winner in Illinois has finally claimed the prize nearly one month after the August 12 drawing, ending the mystery over who held the winning ticket. The winner, who has chosen to remain anonymous, bought a $2 Quick Pick for a single line of Powerball numbers at Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh … Read more
Representative image from Canva In the 1980s, Dr. Shin Theke Kang and his wife, Tae Sue Kang, made a long-term decision to protect a piece of land in southwestern Will County, Illinois, rather than develop it. Over the decades, the Chicago couple restored former agricultural areas, planted thousands of trees and cared for the woodland … Read more