Every Illinois congressional seat is up for election this year, but some are more competitive than others. The big picture: ...

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

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

According to AccuWeather’s fall foliage predictions, which map out recent and upcoming weather patterns across the United ...

Ever wonder just how many cornfields are hiding in plain sight across Illinois, taking up more space than your daily worries?

The word "atlas," may conjure images of giant books chock full of maps and a dizzying array of facts and figures. However, ...

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

Several buildings on the University of Illinois campus experienced a power outage Sunday evening. According to a ...

Our first round of rain has moved through Michigan. The second period of rain is southwest of Michigan and heading our way.

The Indianapolis Colts host the Chicago Bears in NFL Week 3 action on Sunday. The game will be shown in most of Indiana, all ...

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier is joined by Andrea Darlas, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Media Relations & Public Affairs, to discuss all the fun fall events happening at the University of ...

This incentive makes it easier for developers to keep affordable housing in working-class neighborhoods around Cook County, ...