William Bird

Because of the state budget impasse, North Central College is still waiting to be paid the Monetary Award Program grant money award to nearly a third of its students, officials said.

Budget impasse taking toll on Naperville governments, schools, service agencies

May 16, 2019 at 5:28 a.m.

As the state budget impasse heads into its eighth month, the state of Illinois is falling farther behind in the bills it hasn't paid since July 2015. There appears to...

Woman from Chicago area found dead in Texas jail cell

August 24, 2019 at 11:29 p.m.

A 28-year-old woman with ties to the Chicago suburbs was found dead Monday in a Texas jail cell from what authorities say was suicide by hanging. But while officials say...

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