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A Kay Jewelers location inside a mall.
Business
3 months ago
Business moves from mall to across the street

Kay Jewelers is on the move from White Oaks Mall.

An example of a "Welcome Home basket" a formerly unhoused person may receive from Heartland Housed.
Local
3 months ago
Heartland Housed launches Welcome Home Basket Initiative

“We hope it’s just reinforcing all of that effort and hard work that they’ve put in to making the big jump that they’ve made,” said Molly McDonald, System Support Administrator at Heartland Housed

The Master's in Public Health Epidemiology class at a health fair in Crown Plaza hotel Friday, March 27, 2026. The students were passing out radon home detection kits to attendees and talking about the dangers of radon exposure.
Health & Wellness
3 months ago
UIS prof, students help Sangamon County learn about dangers of radon

“Unlike carbon monoxide where you might have a detector in your home, there is no detector that’s universally appreciated by people to be checking radon levels,” Madrigal said during an interview.

Christobal Santana
Crime
3 months ago
Man to serve 95 years for shooting state trooper

95 years in prison for Cristobal Sanata.

Graduates of the Waukegan Climate and Equitable Jobs Act hub pose for a picture after their commencement ceremony on Feb. 27, 2026, at the College of Lake County’s lakeshore campus. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Reece Dower)
IL State News
3 months ago
CEJA workforce hubs deliver hope, but will they deliver jobs?

State data shows only about 15% of graduates have secured employment in the renewable energy sector.

FILE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
IL State News
3 months ago
Officials, advocates warn ICE targeting Cook County domestic violence courthouse

Civil immigration arrests in or near courthouses violate state, county laws.

Illinois' Keaton Wagler, left, celebrates with a teammate after Illinois beat Iowa in an Elite Eight game in the NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Sports
3 months ago
Keaton Wagler leads deep group of talented freshmen still putting their imprint on March Madness

“It’s definitely crazy,” he said after Thursday’s practice at Lucas Oil Stadium. “Playing for a state championship (last year), like I thought that’d be like the biggest thing I’d ever play in. But getting to a Final Four is definitely a lot bigger.”

Iowa's Tavion Banks (6) has his shot blocked by Illinois' Zvonimir Ivisic (44) during the first half of an Elite Eight game in the NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Sports
3 months ago
Big men, bigger lineups: how length, size got Illinois, UConn, Arizona, Michigan to the Final Four

The Illini will be tested against Reed, a 6-foot-11, 265-pound senior whose scoring (21.8) and rebounding (13.5) averages in the tournament are the best of any player still standing.

Local
3 months ago
Hottest Aprils in Illinois since 1895

Stacker compiled a ranking of the hottest Aprils in Illinois since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information

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