$185 million casino opens in Joliet, marking first move for what originally was the Empress Casino since it opened in 1992.

The funding amounts received by these Will County school districts is based on factors including enrollment, poverty rate, number of special education and English-language learner students.

No one was hurt during the emergency landing at about 5:14 p.m. near McDonough Street and on the edge of the Inwood Golf Course.

Lincoln-Way East is 93-7 in its last 100 games, with five of those losses coming to Loyola. The hope in Frankfort is that this year the Griffins will get over that hump for the program's first state title since 2019.

The 2025 girls volleyball season promises to be another banner year for The Herald-News area