Plenty of business and offices will be closed on Monday, but that’s not because it’s the day after the Bears’ big NFC Divisional Round playoff game at Soldier Field vs the Los Angeles Rams. It’s ...

According to the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, MLK Day is a state holiday, and a result, state ...

MLK Day is a federal holiday, meaning all non-essential government agency workers should be off.

Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday commemorating the Civil Rights leader.

Their service benefits the South Suburban Humane Society in Matteson, Illinois. The shelter is home to about 60 dogs on any ...

Sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. moved his family to a run-down apartment on Chicago’s West Side, ultimately ...

"They fought long and hard for the rights that we are seeing eroded today," one speaker said during the event.

Most people celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day the day of. But two Northern Illinois University groups will come together ...

Community members attending the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Scholarship Breakfast at Southern Illinois University will have an ...

January 19, 2026 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King’s actual birthday was on January 15. April 8, 1968 – Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) introduces legislation for a federal holiday to commemorate King, just ...

Like the civil rights movement itself, the federal holiday didn't come together seamlessly. It wasn't officially adopted until 15 years after King's assassination.