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

If you've driven around Illinois, there's a strong chance you've noticed corn fields along your commutes. New research ...

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

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

Brooklyn, Illinois, is the oldest, and one of the few surviving, majority-Black incorporated towns in the U.S. Archaeologists ...

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

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

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

Shawnee Mission Northwest (Kan.) guard Keaton Wagler committed to Illinois on Wednesday. The Class of 2025 four-star prospect ...

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

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

N.C. State returns home Saturday to face a somewhat familiar program, but who knows what will actually happen? The Wolfpack hosts Northern Illinois, head coach Dave Doeren’s former program. Doeren ...