Four grade schoolers from Oak Park were among winners of the 2024 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, a statewide contest.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Acting Director James Jennings announced the issuance of a health advisory for Perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA) in accordance with Illinois ...

Illinois’ public universities have the third highest average in-state tuition in 2021 nationwide, with the average cost of ...

Northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin could see peak leaf color in mid-October. Want to experience the red, yellow and orange tree canopy sooner? Travel farther north in late September or early ...

For the past few years, a state review committee has been weighing changes to standardized testing. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin ...

Stark County was the last Illinois county to receive 911 service. Now, first responders can get to emergencies faster.

Know about Chicago O'hare International Airport in detail. Find out the location of Chicago O'hare International Airport on United States map and also find out airports near to Chicago, Il. This ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Data showed a city in Tennessee had the highest rate of shoplifting among different U.S. cities included in the study, at ...

A map shows where in the U.S. there have been mass shootings so far this year, with California, Illinois and Alabama seeing the most. America's most recent mass shooting took plac ...

Sunny with a high of 92 °F (33.3 °C). Winds from SSE to S at 6 mph (9.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 49% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight ...

A sundown town [...] is an entire community (or even county) that for decades was ‘all white’ on purpose," researchers write ...