A 19-year-old gay woman badly beaten at a Carpentersville McDonald’s last week by two teens charged with aggravated battery, says she was shocked they used a slur about her sexual orientation before allegedly attacking her.

Prime, which is a for-profit company, bought the eight Illinois hospitals in March for more than $370 million from Ascension, a large Catholic health system.

The St. Charles City Council decided Monday to postpone deciding whether the Judge Barry House can be torn down until at least July.

Streamwood’s Nick Weaver earns scholarship to Eastern Michigan after stellar two years at Elgin Community College.

As Memorial Day neared, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a long-unclaimed Purple Heart to the firstborn grandchild of a WWII veteran.

South Elgin’s Zacharia Barkho and Bartlett’s Josh Colaizzi both threw complete games in a 1-0 win for the Storm.

Kaneland, Marmion, St. Charles North and Waubonsie Valley all inch up one spot in the rankings.

The cost for an average residential customer is expected to go up $10.60 per month beginning with the July bill, according to ComEd, but the actual increase could run a lot higher depending on actual usage.

Four-term west suburban Democratic Congresswoman Lauren Underwood’s decision to not run to succeed Dick Durbin in the Senate ends weeks of speculation.

Illinois will have its first new senator in a decade after voters select someone to succeed U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. Here’s a look at candidates in the race.