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Robin Roberts Stadium exterior
Sports
6 months ago
Lucky Horseshoes announce 2026 schedule

The schedule includes a two-city, day-night doubleheader with Decatur’s new team.

Illinois Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders cautions school officials Wednesday not to expect major funding increases in the upcoming budget year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Education
6 months ago
Illinois Education officials brace for lean fiscal year ahead

State board preparing budget request amid growing demands, flat revenue forecast.

Education
6 months ago
Report cards may look different as District 186 shifts from traditional grading scale

Every elementary school in District 186 follows standards-based grading. The district said the system aims to give a better depiction of how students are performing academically.

FILE - Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York attends a news conference at the North American College in Rome, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
IL State News
6 months ago
Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as new archbishop of New York

Bishop Ronald Hicks, the current bishop of Joliet, Illinois, replaces the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a prominent conservative figure in the U.S. Catholic hierarchy.

Kevin Warren, president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Bears, talks on the field before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Sports
6 months ago
Bears mull move to Indiana with effort to secure public funding for stadium in Illinois stalled

Warren did not say where in Northwest Indiana the Bears would look to move.

Powerball
Local
6 months ago
Powerball jackpot surges to $1.25 billion ahead of Wednesday drawing

The Springfield Hy-Vee produced a $200,000 winning ticket in Monday’s drawing.

U.S. Border Patrol Commander at large Gregory Bovino looks on, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
IL State News
6 months ago
Border Patrol official who is the face of Trump’s crackdown back in Chicago amid immigration raids

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker complained that he was not given notice that Bovino and additional Border Patrol agents were returning to the Chicago area on Tuesday. And he said he doesn’t know how long they’ll stay.

Can you identify this suspect in the robbery of All-Star Grocery?
Crime
6 months ago
Crime of the Week: Help needed identifying suspect in grocery store robbery, carjacking

November 19 robbery at All Star Grocery in Springfield.

Gov. JB Pritzker signs House Bill 767 at a Dec. 2 news conference in Chicago. He said the bill will protect Illinoisians using science-backed guidelines, rather than “junk science” used by the federal administration under the guidance of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (CNI photo by Maggie Dougherty)
IL State News
6 months ago
Pritzker signs plan decoupling from federal tax policy to address Illinois budget deficit

“Look, remember that the purpose ultimately is to make sure that we can pay the bills in the state of Illinois and not be hampered by Donald Trump and the big ugly bill,” Pritzker said in October.