Projects from casinos to IKEA to Amazon headquarters have all been proposed a 62-acre site that has remained vacant for decades. U of I now is planning instead for its presence at the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park,
For two days, high school marching bands from across the region (and a few from beyond) will be in Indianapolis for the two day Bands of America Super Regional. Several Illinois bands are on the schedule. More than 110 bands also will come to downtown Indy in mid-November for the 2024 Bands of America Grand National Championships.
Harmon, the state Senate president, and Welch, House speaker, have raised a net total of $15.6 million compared with $792,000 raised by Senate Republican Leader John Curran and House Republican Leader Toni McCombie.
Illinois passed a law to mandate body cameras, but as of right now, they don't know who does and doesn't have them. Beyond that, they have very little they can threaten as punishment to agencies who d
An Illinois State defense in need of assistance had two prime candidates to provide it standing on the sideline during last Saturday’s Missouri Valley Football Conference loss to Missouri State at Hancock Stadium.
Interstate 70 is closed after a crash near the split with Interstate 55. The collision happened around 4 a.m. and there is a large traffic backup in the area.
Western Illinois University defeated a professor’s attempt to revive her lawsuit alleging discrimination based on her traumatic brain injury in the review and denial of tenure application, the Seventh Circuit ruled Thursday.
ELGIN, Ill. - An Illinois man was found guilty this week of sexually abusing a child for several years. Ernesto Velasquez-Jimenez, 35, of Elgin, was found guilty of three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and seven counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child, prosecutors said.
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias speaks about the new DMV kiosk program unveiled Thursday at Mariano’s in the West Loop. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share Illinois residents who need to renew their driver’s license or state ID have a new option for avoiding a trip to a Secretary of State driver services center.
Congratulations to Rob Barnes, Ron Colgan, Rich Covington and Scott Walsh for sharing the Illinois prediction contest victory for the Purdue game. Math has never been my strong su
Illinois Atty. Gen Kwame Raoul has been enlisted by the Harris campaign to travel to Miami and its Little Haiti neighborhood to campaign. Raoul is Haitian American and is working to dispel misinformation that’s been amplified by Donald Trump’s campaign about Haitian immigrants.
An interview with historian David Austin Walsh about whether Trump is a fascist and how the American right has historically overlapped with fascist movements in the U.S.
The U.S. Supreme Court made sports betting permissible in the United States when it struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act in May 2018. In June 2019, Illinois legalized sports betting when Governor J.B. Pritzker signed SB 690 into law.
Parts of Illinois saw its first frost Wednesday with temperatures falling below freezing in some places. Cities and counties across the area have resources
What we do know is that Illinois is almost in. Just one win in the final six games puts Illinois back in a bowl for the first time since 2022. That will make it two in four season
Illinois divorce laws allow people to end their marriage when they no longer wish to be legally wed. However, there is an alternative to divorce that some people may want to pursue: annulment. It's important to realize that there are big differences between annulment vs.
Out there, the 2023 regular season finale was still going. Out there, Brown had tumbled reaching for a punt returner. The Eagles safety had stood and felt unstable. The rookie had taken one step and known. He’d refused to accept he’d torn his ACL until he reached the medical tent, until the cart arrived to take him away.
WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. (WICS) — A 22-year-old Southern Illinois man was arrested and is facing first-degree murder charges. Steven Tiller Jr. of Belleville, Ill. is facing first-degree murder charges and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon stemming from a deadly shooting this past March.
Employees from FEMA, the federal Small Business Administration and the Illinois state government will help those who go to the centers apply for federal disaster aid.
Officials say there is no limit on what colors must be used, but a loose guideline is that flag designs should have three or fewer colors. Designs may not be generated using artif
The corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan inched closer to opening statements Tuesday as lawyers spent another long day questioning potential jurors about their backgrounds and feelings about the landmark case.
A Wisconsin animal sanctuary was expected to pick up the unharmed caracal, which will "have a healthy and happy life far away from Hoffman Estates," police said.
It's Week 8 of the Illinois high school football season, with a key Big 12 Conference matchup highlighting the IHSA schedule in the Peoria area — along with several important late-season conference meetings. St. Louis Christian Brothers vs. Peoria Notre Dame, 7 p.m. at Richwoods Stadium
