The federal government is pulling back $125 million in funding from the Illinois Department of Public Health and 97 local health departments for activities related to COVID-19 and other infectious ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A bill moving to the Illinois Senate could require Arab American history for elementary and high school students. The plan requires school districts to include a unit ...

Illinois point guard Kasparas Jakucionis, projected as a top-10 NBA pick, declared for the 2025 draft on Monday. The 6-foot-6 Lithuanian averaged 15.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists as a ...

Tonight was not that night." Every time Xavier tried to fuel a run, Illinois came with a response. In its last-ditch effort, Xavier trimmed the lead to eight (76-68) with just over four minutes ...

(WAND) — Sunday marks the start of Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Illinois. Telecommunicators, also known as 911 dispatchers, are the people who pick up the phone when someone calls an ...

No. 4 USC beats 25th-ranked Illinois 76-66 to retain sole possession of 1st in the Big Ten at 15-1 JuJu Watkins and Kiki Iriafen scored 22 points each and No. 4 Southern California defeated 25th ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Illinois has become the first state in the nation to ensure that public schools, hospitals and other state-run institutions like prisons offer halal and kosher meals to those who ...

Second-round action Sunday features a matchup between Kentucky and Illinois in the Midwest Region. Kentucky ranks as the 17th-best team in the KenPom rankings behind the 11th-best offense and ...

Manuel Martinez / WBEZ Share An Illinois mental health worker claimed she was an author who had made $115,000 selling books in 2020 before her side business cratered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Severe weather will impact a large swath of central and northern Illinois today, but the risk level is less pressing than the previous storm that the state faced last week. Areas from ...

No. 6 seed Illinois and No. 3 seed Kentucky play March 23 in a March Madness NCAA Tournament second-round game at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Midwest Region game is scheduled for 2: ...