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O'Hare Airport Terminal 5
IL State News
7 days ago
Federal officials order flight cuts at Chicago O’Hare to reduce airport delays

“If you book a ticket, we want you and your family to have the certainty that you’ll fly without endless delays and cancellations,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement.

113 McCann St. in Benton, IL -- the home George Harrison's sister once lived in.
History
7 days ago
Before Beatlemania, George Harrison visited his sister in Illinois. The house is now for sale

Activists, including Harrison’s sister, Louise Harrison Caldwell, who had moved away in the late 1960s, stepped in to save it.

Chicag Cubs' Cade Horton pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Sports
7 days ago
Cubs expect Cade Horton to miss up to 16 months after elbow surgery and place Daniel Palencia on IL

The 24-year-old Horton underwent an ulnar collateral ligament revision on Thursday, his second reconstructive surgery on the elbow.

severe weather
Local
7 days ago
NWS: Springfield now in an ‘enhanced’ risk for severe weather Friday

The greatest threat in Springfield is wind gusts near 75 miles per hour.

State Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie, speaking on the Illinois House floor.
Local
7 days ago
Barbara Flynn Currie, the first woman to serve as IL House majority leader, passes at 85

Trailblazing lawmaker served 40 years in IL House, 22 as majority leader.

Speaker in a dark suit talks at a wooden podium with the state seal; four men in suits stand behind him, with a large informational poster on a stand nearby.
Local
1 week ago
Community colleges = economic engine

Study shows $27.2 billion in economic impact.

Severe weather
Local
1 week ago
Severe weather possible Friday, especially west of Springfield

The greatest risk is west of Interstate 55.

Participants in the annual Illinois Gun Owners Lobbying Day (IGOLD) march from the Bank of Springfield Center to the Illinois Capitol Wednesday, April 15.
Local
1 week ago
Gun owners take on the Illinois Capitol

During the rally, attendees voiced opposition to pending legislation, including a proposed five-cent tax on ammunition and requirements that would mandate matching serial numbers on bullets and casings.

Group of people with hard hats using shovels to break ground at a construction site ceremony on a sunny day.
IL State News
1 week ago
3D printed homes, an abandoned $590,000 deposit, the FBI: What really happened in this small town?

Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’, housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. And the more we asked questions, the weirder things got.

Ben Jackson of the Illinois Bankers Association urges lawmakers to repeal a state law that prohibits financial institutions from charging fees on the tax and tip portion of debit card transactions. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Business
1 week ago
‘Credit card chaos’? Financial institutions bet big on repeal of first-of-its-kind Illinois law

Ad campaign highlights 2-year fight between retailer and finance lobbies.

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