Illinois

With a new year, comes a new set of laws. Despite the ball dropping on New Year’s, the minimum wage will rise in at least 19 states. According to the National Employment Law project, 13 cities...

ILLINOIS — The state Attorney General Lisa Madigan has released a report of almost 700 Catholic priests involved in alleged sexual misconduct. Initially, Catholic officials in Illinois had only publicly identified 185 clergy, with credible allegations hurled...

NORTH AURORA, IL — The fifth worst November snowstorm in Chicago area history hit Sunday night. The blizzard, with winds blowing at 50 miles per hour, and with an official snow total of 7.4 inches caused over...

ST. CHARLES, IL — 52-year-old Rowena Zimmers has in her office a nipa hut, a replica she says of her home in Pangasinan. “We didn’t have any indoor plumbing or electricity,” said Zimmers, founder and president of ALE...

A Filipino family from Carpentersville, Illinois is in mourning after their 5-year old daughter passed away due to influenza, the flu. The Kane County health department confirmed Wednesday that a pediatric flu-related death took place there...

AURORA, ILLINOIS — 2018 welcomed Illinois with more snow, icy roads, sub-zero wind chills, and record-breaking temperatures. According to the National Weather Service, Chicago hit its lowest-recorded high temperature on a New Year’s Day, set at 1 degree. The...

Americans across the country today turned their eyes upward to catch the first total solar eclipse to sweep over US skies in almost 100 years. The eclipse lasted the longest over parts of Illinois, about two...

BOLINGBROOK, IL — An estimated 7,000 Pinoys participated in the the biggest Filipino American festival in the  idwest on Saturday. The fourth annual Piyesta Pinoy in Illinois, hosted by the Philippine American Cultural Foundation, featured a wide...

CHICAGO, IL — A highly-regarded Filipina judge from Illinois is now fighting to clear her name in court. 49-year old Judge Jessica Arong O’Brien, the first Filipino American elected judge in Illinois, was arraigned by her fellow...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – A Filipino man from Streamwood, Ill. remains in jail after being accused of aggravated battery of a five-year-old boy. Authorities say the child was severely burned by scalding water. Brian Magsombol, 29,...