Two racers have a photo finish at the ATV/UTV/Dirt Bike Drags at the 2025 Jacktown Fair. [Garrett Neese] The sight of Ferris wheels, towering piles of cotton candy and the smoke plumes of a tractor ...

August is prime county fair season across northern Illinois, bringing carnival rides, live music, livestock exhibits, grandstand events to communities across the region. Before the kids head back to ...

From carnival rides and demolition derbies to livestock shows, live music and fair food, county fair season is one of summer’s biggest traditions in northern Illinois. Communities turn fairgrounds ...

Looking forward to an exciting week of entertainment for the entire family, the Jefferson County Fair Authority is ready for ...

The cars’ trunks had been crushed like soda cans and fashioned into jagged, knifelike battering rams. As the vehicles strategically crashed into each other and kicked up dirt into the audiences’ eyes ...

At least two drivers were killed and three juveniles were hospitalized after a fiery car crash Friday in the south suburbs, police said. Lightning and heavy rain Friday evening only made the job of ...

As we adjust our print schedule, launch a new website and rely on the U.S. Postal Service for delivery, please know these changes were not made lightly. They were made with our readers in mind — and ...

An artillery plant that the US spent $469 million on has failed to produce any of the critical 155mm rounds America needs in the two years since it was built, ...

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