Board member says at six weeks, it's time for the buses to run on time.

(CAPITOL CITY NOW) - Ten years in, evidence-based funding has been a success for Illinois public schools. So says Robin Steans, president of the education interest group Advance Illinois. The law pumps...

Officers responded to the 600 block of S. Western Avenue on Monday afternoon for reports of shots fired.On the way, they were informed that a vehicle struck the City Market building at the Howett Street...

With another win against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night, the young team continues to exceed expectations.

Investigators say those searches happened between 2024 and 2026.

The family of Naseem Stevens, 26, is left with questions after he was fatally shot in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on Sept. 25.

The store's owners say two men were caught on surveillance cameras last Friday stuffing their pockets and pants with more than $10,000 worth of high-end merchandise.

According to CBS Chicago meteorologist David Yeomans, the race will be the warmest race since 2021.

Ryan McCrady, CEO of the Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance was a guest on the WTAX Morning Newswatch

the Feral Funders have a different costume in mind for you.

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Rep. Tony McCombie hopes to help landlords impacted by recent Illinois rental housing laws.

UIS is launching a new degree program in engineering technology

Local homelessness, affordable housing, racial disparities, and the planned solution.

The official alleged financial mismanagement. The FBI looked into it, but closed the case, the village said.

ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher...

In the late 1990s, Hastert was a little-known Illinois lawmaker with a reputation for congeniality that had helped him ascend the ranks of congressional leaders.

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Police said minutes before her arrest, she allegedly stabbed and killed the girl in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in the East Chatham neighborhood.

Chicago police said the suspects demanded the victim's property and when the victim refused, one of them pulled out a gun and fired one shot, hitting the victim in the side.

Hilario Dominguez, a candidate running for president of Chicago's elected Board of Education, pushed back on claims this weekend that he had inappropriate interactions with a student.

The Springfield Memorial Foundation covers the cost of the mammograms for eligible patients.

Chicago police early Sunday morning were investigating a shootout in which a Chicago police officer and another person may have been wounded.

The last pay increase for village officials was in 2018, and before that it had been 10 years since the previous increase.

Chicago police said an unidentified man entered through the rear door and fatally shot the victim before leaving the scene.

Chicago police say she was identified as the woman who allegedly beat a 47-year-old woman near the Clark and Division stop on Tuesday, Sept. 22.

The Railyard changes hands, books replace flowers, and Bus Stop moves across the street.

The Chicago Public Schools inspector general has reopened an investigation into Hilario Dominguez, a candidate for Chicago Board of Education president.

Tree owners across the Chicago area can now submit their most impressive evergreen to be considered as the centerpiece to the annual tree lighting ceremony in Millennium Park.

PaintCare is a nonprofit created by the American Coatings Association. It has more than 370 year-round drop-off sites across Illinois, including about 30 in the Peoria and Bloomington areas.

Harvey Mayor Shirley Drewenski announced her retirement on Friday.

The scammers planned for a second $272K drop, telling her to hand over the gold to a federal agent who would give the code word ‘poker queen.’ This time, she called their bluff.

The stakes are always high for the occupant of City Hall’s 5th Floor, but in the lead-up to an election, the pressure grows even more. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is still pushing hard for his ag…

Tyson Bagent and Case Keenum still don't know which one of them will start at quarterback for the Bears on Sunday against the Jets, but that doesn't seem to bother either of the team's backups.

Police have identified the man who was killed in a shooting in the parking lot of Oakbrook Center shopping mall on Wednesday.

Without mentioning names, he says he is unlike predecessor Mike McCuskey.

Three key tips to prevent motor vehicle-related thefts.

On this week’s episode of Out and About, Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with Kathryn McBride of Peoria Public Library about the 25th anniversary of Peoria Reads and its Oct....

Chicago taxpayers could soon be shelling out more than $260 million dollars to settle cases tied to allegations that disgraced former police detective Reynaldo Guevara tortured 17 men into false confessions...

Five new "taxes" are part of the state budget, and five new bills would repeal them.

The Susan G. Komen Central Illinois organization is moving its annual “More Than Pink” walk to a new Peoria location for the first time in more than four decades.

Carbon monoxide and electricity backfeed are among the hazards.

Jonathan Ross, a native of Greater Peoria, is named among several Trump administration officials in a civil lawsuit alleging the ICE agent is responsible for carrying out an unlawful conspiracy to unlawfully...

A Chicago judge will rule on a lawsuit alleging several Chicago mayoral candidates, including Alexi Giannoulias and Mike Quigley, are illegally double-dipping by also running for reelection in November.

Two Chicago early voting sites downtown are open to cast your ballot starting today.