With government hiring across Illinois now outpacing hiring in the private sector, Wirepoints Executive Editor Mark Glennon worries the worst may still be yet to come for the state’s ...

Lightning does strike. But you have to show up. Jim Nowlan has participated in and observed Illinois politics for six decades as an elected state legislator, statewide Republican candidate ...

The Illinois State Fair will return to Springfield this summer, and several major musical acts will be taking to the Grandstand stage. The fair gets underway on Aug. 7 in the state capital ...

NORMAL, Ill. (WSIL) -- Illinois State University Police Department is seeking the public's help to identify a person of interest in a shots fired incident. The incident occurred Sunday ...

Illinois State Police arrested six men during a two-day operation to suppress demand for human trafficking in the Troy area. According to an ISP news release on Saturday, the operation focused on ...

(Scripps News) The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesday afternoon the first case of measles in the state ... can be prevented with up-to-date vaccinations,” IDPH Director ...

Illinois added at least eight preliminary reports of tornadoes over the weekend, bringing the tally for 2025 so far to more than 60. There’s a break from storms for most of the state today ...

"My whole house shook," said a witness to the crash. Four people from Wisconsin were killed on Saturday when their private, single-engine plane crashed in a field near an airport in rural Illinois ...

Illinois has become the latest blue state to ensure transgender athletes can play girls sports. Republicans in the state are aggressively trying to change that. The Illinois High School ...

Recently, Illinois targeted Brendan Hausen, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Kansas State who has knocked down 39.1 percent of his career attempts from beyond the arc. In a battle for Hausen’s ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Caden Boser scored a season-high 20 points, Chase Walker was named the College Basketball Invitational most valuable player, and Illinois State beat Cleveland State 79-68 ...

Cleveland State and Illinois State have each outclassed the competition en route to the title game, setting up what should be a compelling matchup, evident in the tight point spread. Which way ...