A new ad campaign is encouraging voters to choose political newcomers for the state legislature when they go to the polls for the general election next month.
The village of Plainfield Historic Preservation Commission met April 14 to host a public hearing for landmark designation of the property known as 14910 S Bartlett Avenue.
A new documentary about Illinois' long-serving Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan is in the midst of several scheduled showings on local TV, a prelude to what its conservative backers say will be even broader distribution in the final weeks before the general election.
Democrat Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D-Plainfield) has raised nearly $1.3 million in campaign funds over the past four years. But only 0.68 percent of that has come from individual local donors, according to a Will County Gazette analysis.