IL State News
10 months ago
State fallen firefighters ceremony

Aurora’s Cristian Medrano died in the line of duty in 2024

SEIU Healthcare
Local
10 months ago
Skilled nursing workers get new union contract

Pay increases, Medicate rate reimbursement changes part of the deal

Local
10 months ago
Earthquake reported in parts of Central, Eastern Illinois

3.3 magnitude quake reported late Monday night

Local
10 months ago
All aboard: Final funding approved for Springfield rail project

Lawmakers: DOT has committed to $157M in funding for last phase

Shelf cloud over Northwest Illinois. (Photo by Janice Thompson, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Collection, CC BY 2.0)
IL State News
10 months ago
What Trump’s cuts to federal climate research could mean for Illinois

State climate scientists, lawmakers seek local solutions to address climate change

DuQuoin State Fair
IL State News
10 months ago
Little River Band to perform at DuQuoin State Fair

Little River Band performs on the grandstand August 24

Two people fish on a beach at Illinois Beach State Park near one of 22 breakwaters which protect the shoreline from erosion. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
10 months ago
Illinois state parks draw highest number of visitors in more than a decade

State has recently completed major renovations at some state parks

Local
10 months ago
Bishop Paprocki excited about Pope Leo XIV

“The cardinals have elected a White Sox fan”

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul
IL State News
10 months ago
Illinois regains access to $77M in federal education funds following judge’s order

Judge blocks Trump administration order cutting off access to pandemic relief money

People kneel in prayer at Madonna della Strada Chapel at Loyola University Chicago shortly before Chicago-born Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost was announced as Pope Leo XIV, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
IL State News
10 months ago
Catholic Chicagoans celebrate as native son Pope Leo XIV becomes first American pope

“How cool is that?” she said. “A pope from my elementary school, from my town. It’s unreal.”