United Airlines economy passengers will soon be spared the awkward boarding “seat shuffle” of climbing over one another to get to their seats. But those who prefer sitting near the [...]
Black Theatre United is an organization aimed at creating more diversity and inclusion in theater. With the help of that group, actress Vanessa Williams is making her producorial debut for [...]
A Cook County judge on Wednesday cleared the way for the release of a man who has been in prison for more than four decades for the fatal shooting of [...]
As we embark on Year 7 of the Brad Underwood era it feels like we are at a crossroads for the program. Will the Illini take the next step and [...]
Football October 18, 2023 New Story Links CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois defensive tackle Jer'Zhan Newton has been named to the Associated [...]
by: Will Simmons Posted: Oct 18, 2023 / 02:27 PM CDT Updated: Oct 18, 2023 / 02:27 PM CDT URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A new clinical trial at the University [...]
On this week’s episode of the Under the Shell Podcast, hosts Brendan Weissel, Sam Jane and Michael Howes are joined by NFL draft pick and former Maryland football offensive lineman, [...]
How about this stat? After the Illinois women’s basketball team appeared at No. 23 in the preseason AP poll on Tuesday, the Illini became the only Big Ten program with [...]
Story Links KETTERING, Ohio – Illinois fifth-year senior Timmy Crawford finished first as an individual competitor to claim medalist honors for the first time in [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – Hundreds of desks at some Central Illinois schools are empty. It’s because many students failed to prove they got their vaccinations and physicals. As of Monday, [...]
The growing number of migrants arriving in the city of Chicago has raised questions among leaders about how the city can continue to shoulder the growing costs of staffing migrant [...]
Baritone Christian Gerhaher performs songs from Mahler’s “Des Knaben Wunderhorn,” led by Jaap van Zweden with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. (Todd Rosenberg) The Chicago Symphony Orchestra was in its usual [...]
I like the fight of this team. After what we saw against Purdue and Nebraska, it was nice to see that fight back in all three levels of the game [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – Sangamon County State’s Attorney Dan Wright will be taking on a new role. Wright has been appointed as an associate judge for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, [...]
Maryland football had a great chance to gain bowl eligibility Saturday when it took on a 2-4 Illinois team at home. Instead, it suffered a disappointing and disheartening 27-24 loss. [...]
Basketball season is here. The AP Top 25 dropped its first poll of the season Monday morning, and Illinois found itself at No. 25. It's Illinois’ first ranking since December, [...]
Click Here to Purchase Tickets with a Promo Code Hailed as one of the "most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era," the [...]
Police say a man is in custody after he allegedly made a violent threat at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Monday. According to authorities, the incident occurred inside Terminal 1 [...]
(Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News) Four people were killed by gunfire across Chicago over the weekend, while more than a dozen others were injured in other shootings. According to Chicago [...]
Nearly one year ago, a Cook County grand jury returned indictments accusing two former assistant state’s attorneys of misconduct in the prosecution of a man who the courts have said [...]
Part 2 of 3 The Chicago Cubs, on the heels of a division championship season in 1984, felt shortstop Shawon Dunston was ready for the big leagues in 1985. Manager [...]
Bret Bielema will go for his second win against his former team this Saturday when the Badgers coming to Champaign for Illinois’ Homecoming. And Vegas thinks the Illini have a [...]
Story Links CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Mary Henson, wife of legendary Illinois basketball head coach Lou Henson, has been named as the inaugural winner of the Spirit of [...]
Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields was forced to leave Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings due to an injury. Fields was scrambling to the left on a third-down play in [...]
Former Illinois QB Tommy DeVito may make his NFL debut on Sunday. DeVito was elevated to the Giants’ active roster for their Sunday night showdown in Buffalo against the Bills. [...]
Story Links Next Game: Wisconsin 10/21/2023 | 2:30 PM CT FS1 Oct. 21 (Sat) / 2:30 PM CT [...]
One person was apprehended by Chicago police officers after allegedly shooting a man on Saturday at the 79th Street CTA Red Line station along the Dan Ryan Expressway, authorities said. [...]
A panel of education and policy experts speaks at an event hosted by the City Club of Chicago. Pictured left to right: Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, Illinois State Board of [...]
The steeple of a century-old church collapsed Saturday morning during an extra-alarm blaze in the East Side neighborhood on the Far South Side, fire officials said.The blaze broke out at [...]
Maryland football will have an opportunity to clinch bowl eligibility for the third straight year under head coach Mike Locksley when it takes on a struggling Illinois team on Saturday [...]
How to Watch Illinois at Maryland Game Time: 2:30 p.m. CT TV Channel: NBC Online Streaming: NBC Sports & Peacock Odds: Maryland -13.5, O/U 51.5 Quick Hits Illinois Fighting Illini [...]
Story Links CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Tip times for all home Illinois women's basketball games have been set. Start times have been announced for all but one [...]
NEW BERLIN, Ill. (WCIA) – Susan Sullivan Danenberger spends most of her days running Danenberger Family Vineyards. Last month, she changed careers, just for a day. She became a supermodel. [...]
While the thousands of runners who completed the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon are likely still basking in their glory, one Boston woman who completed the marathon achieved something [...]
(WTTW News) WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A judge convicted a former state child welfare worker Friday of child endangerment in connection with the 2019 beating death of a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy by his [...]
Illinois Football has put up a puzzling, inconsistent, occasionally baffling on-field product. The passing offense has been marred by turnovers. The running game has been harmed by injuries. Both have [...]
Story Links Schedule Tournament Central CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois' opponents at the West Palm Beach Classic [...]
EFFINGHAM (WCIA) — A Central Illinois plant is laying off workers for the foreseeable future. Flex-n-Gate in Effingham announced it’s shutting its doors because of the United Auto Workers strike [...]
Federal student loan payments have resumed for the first time in three years after a pandemic-related pause. Many were hopeful for President Joe Biden’s $400 billion loan forgiveness plan — [...]
State leaders on Thursday threw more cold water on the prospect of quickly providing new funding to help Chicago’s migrant crisis as Mayor Brandon Johnson also grapples with resistance from [...]
Chicago premiere The Joffrey Ballet opens its 68th season with the Chicago premiere of "Frankenstein," choreographer Liam Scarlett's ballet inspired by Mary Shelley's seminal 19th-century novel, at the Civic Opera [...]
A man charged in the 2021 slaying of Chicago police officer Ella French pleaded guilty to three felonies Thursday morning in exchange for a 7-year prison sentence during a hearing [...]
A while back I made a formula to calculate how good each Illini football season was based on wins/bowls/rivalry wins, etc., and looking back, I noticed a strong trend. Almost [...]
Season Tickets | Mobile Passes | Mini Plans | Maui Strong Relief Matchup | Premium Seating | Join the I FUND CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – University of Illinois students will be out in full force once again this men's basketball season, selling out [...]
EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that one part of a construction project on Interstate 70 is wrapping up ahead of schedule and reopening [...]
As nearly 11,000 migrants are currently in shelters across Chicago with nearly 4,000 awaiting placement, new shelters are opening in the city's West Loop neighborhood. The Mayor's Office said they [...]
Visceral Dance performs “Take” at The Space on Rockwell. (Credit: KT Miller Photography) Enter The Space on Rockwell, the vast, high-ceilinged studio just a block from Visceral Dance company’s main [...]
Fourth would be pretty good. In an unofficial preseason poll of Big Ten teams from a few dozen reporters and The Columbus Dispatch, Illinois is projected to finish fourth, behind [...]
Illini in the NFL | Week 5 - University of Illinois Athletics Skip to main contentPause All RotatorsAll Rotators Playing© 2023 University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate AthleticsBielfeldt Athletics Administration Building, [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – Governor J.B. Pritzker declared the state’s support for Israel Tuesday after Hamas launched a violent attack against the country over the weekend. “The people of Israel [...]