Fans of the Japanese pop culture are finding connection and love through a common interest. Bookstore owners say the trend has had staying power, and more people are taking Japanese language classes.

Speed skater and Olympic gold medalist Bonnie Blair led the way once again Thursday as Gov. JB Pritzker announced that she and five others are the 2025 recipients of Order of Lincoln honors. Rounding ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced that six state residents will receive the Order of Lincoln for professional achievement and public service.

News from around the Southland includes items from Richton Park, Park Forest, Olympia Fields, Tinley Park, Mount Greenwood ...

The College of Education and Health Professions recently announced its 2025 Outstanding Departmental Alumni Award winners. Reginald J. "Reggie" Miller, Tracy Bair Pate, Josh Vest, Kayla D. Scott-Arce, ...

Directing a play about a pair of high school students seems like a natural fit for Lincolnshire resident Scott Shallenbarger.

After making a name for himself in the Phoenix and Chicago art scenes, "Sentrock" traveled home to paint a mural at his old ...

Some Chicago murals “are political, and some are purely beautiful, and most are somewhere in between," artist Cyd Smillie ...

Based on a child-centered and scaled view of primary school learning that celebrates learning in landscape and artisanal craft, Crow Island School, in the North Shore Chicago suburb of Winnetka, is ...

They were teenagers when they blew up, inspiring hope that Gen Z just might pick up the guitar-music torch after all. Now, ...

Students from the art troupe of the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China perform during the Chinese New Year ...