Chicago woman goes to hospital with stomach cramps, gives birth to baby girl
A Chicago mom is still in shock after an unexpected Valentine’s Day delivery.
Pritzker’s budget to provide preschool for 5,000 children 'to cover all of those early childhood deserts'
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget proposal for next year will include a $250 million investment in early education, including a $75 million block grant that will create 5,000 preschool spots for Illinois children.
Project ADAM provides CPR training, AEDs to treat cardiac arrest in schools
In 1999, Adam Lemel, a Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin teen collapsed during a basketball game at an opposing school. An automated external defibrillator (AED) could have saved his life, but there wasn’t one on-site. Although help arrived within minutes, it was too late. After, his parents teamed up with a doctor to create Project ADAM.
Illinois permanent child tax credit: Here's who would qualify under proposed bill
State lawmakers are fighting to create a permanent child tax credit in Illinois.
USDA targets sugar, sodium in new proposed nutrition standards for school meals
The 280-page plan includes the first limits on added sugars.
Illinois group calls for federal funds as childcare costs double
The childcare crisis in Illinois, which has cost families a combined nearly five-billion-dollars, has doubled since 2018.
Hammond couple's baby gives 'peace sign' during ultrasound
Everyone is going ‘gaga’ over this ultrasound picture taken in northwest Indiana!
These baby names are reportedly ‘at risk’ of going ‘extinct’ in 2023
A new report suggests certain baby names are reportedly ‘at risk’ of going ‘extinct’ in 2023.
Beating the odds: Cook County woman overcomes rare form of breast cancer to deliver twins
An Arlington Heights woman has beat incredible odds not only to survive, but to thrive.
Chicago mom shares parenting hack to track kids down in the virtual world
A South Side Chicago mom may have discovered 2023's most innovative parenting hack.
Longtime couple weds in Cook County's first-of-the-year ceremony
Mandy Fila and Daniel Ferguson won a lottery of more than 100 couples seeking the first Cook County marriage license of 2023.
