ABERDEEN – South Dakota native Matt Wilber will become the 23rd head coach in Northern State University men's basketball history heading into the 2025-26 season.

“Having the state of Illinois’ leaders viewed as capable and competent and potentially able to run the entire country and being talked about in that way, allows us, I think, to get more for the people ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will try to do something only two other men have done: get elected to three terms as the state's chief executive. Pritzker announced he will run again in 2026.

The Patoka, Odin, and Sandoval School Boards have all voted to participate in a reorganization study to see if some sort of consolidation is a viable option. Votes were taken individually at all three ...

This past school year, for the first time, Illinois schools were required to teach a unit on the experience and history of Native people in the state. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on how teachers ...

The recent rumblings from downstate Illinois have caught the attention of lawmakers across the border in Indiana, where dominant Republicans are eager to position their state as a low-tax, low ...

Ron Nunziato, the senior director of policy for the Healthcare Council of Illinois, said if cuts to Medicaid go through, it may result in a reduction in the number of low-income seniors they can serve ...

Warnings have been issued for Lake and McHenry counties in Illinois and Lake and Porter counties in Indiana.

Nonprofits in Winnebago, Boone, Ogle, and Stephenson counties can apply for $1.7 million in funding from the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois in various areas.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has completed an inventory of human remains and associated ...

A pursuit that began with a stolen car report in Freeport late Wednesday resulted in a chase that led to Savanna, and involved a shootout with police that left multiple officers and the suspect ...