Big Lake at Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area will be one of 57 locations that will be open for the Illinois Fall Trout Fishing Season beginning on Oct. 20.

Plainfield State House candidate Mica Freeman received another $88,959 from Illinois House Speaker and Democrat Party Chief Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) between Aug. 15 and Sept. 6, state filings show.

Kendall County posted the third lowest home affordability index in Illinois, according to an analysis of 432 counties nationwide by ATTOM Data Solutions in the second quarter.

Illinois House Speaker and Democrat Party Chief Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) gave $750 to Aurora State House candidate James G. Leslie between July 15 and Aug. 15, state filings show.

Illinois House Speaker and Democrat Party Chief Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) gave $96,901 to Plainfield State House candidate Mica Freeman between July 15 and Aug. 15, state filings show.

Property owners in Boulder Hill paid more than two percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year.

Property owners in Joliet paid more than two percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year.

Property owners in Newark paid almost three percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year.

Property owners in Montgomery paid almost three percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year.

Property owners in Oswego paid almost three percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year.

Property owners in Yorkville paid almost three percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year.

Property owners in Plainfield paid more than three percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year.

Property owners in Plano paid more than three percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year.

Property owners in Minooka paid more than three percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year.

Property owners in Aurora paid nearly four percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year.

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Realtor Yih-wu Han paid $395,000 in March 2007— $480,000 in today’s dollars— for 402 Kent Court, a four-bedroom, three-bath in an Oswego cul-de-sac.

Though Democrat Lauren Underwood surged in fundraising in Illinois’ 14th Congressional District during the second quarter, Republican incumbent Randy Hultgren’s campaign war chest surpasses his opponent’s by more than $360,000, the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform (ICPR) reports.

Among Illinois’ most populous urban centers, the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Metro East, posted the highest percentage of mortgages that owe at least 25 percent more on their loans than their property is worth, according to a home equity analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions.

Three colleges in Chicago had the highest default rates among private colleges in Illinois for borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 and defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis.