One of Chicago’s dance companies is receiving a big financial boost. The Deeply Rooted Dance Theater recently received a $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. The money is going [...]
Tourists hoping to take a reflective selfie at “The Bean” in Millennium Park may soon have to opt for a picture at another mirror instead.Access to the iconic downtown sculpture, [...]
When it comes to baseball fights, luck has rarely favored the Chicago White Sox. Sox players are mainly remembered for being on the receiving end of blows. The lingering image [...]
Passengers can relive the magic of The Polar Express at Chicago Union Station this December with the punch of a golden ticket. Set to the sounds of the motion picture [...]
National Weather Service officials said scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible Saturday morning in portions of northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana, but sunny conditions were expected to break through for [...]
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday vetoed a bill that would have enabled the construction of new nuclear reactors in Illinois for the first time in more than three decades. The [...]
The Illinois Supreme Court upholds the state’s sweeping gun ban by a 4-3 decision. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris tells a Chicago audience of activists that their generation can end [...]
A man was shot and critically injured as he and Chicago police officers struggled over a gun in the Morgan Park neighborhood, police said.The officers had seen the man with [...]
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra during an interview on “Chicago Tonight” on Aug. 16, 2022. (WTTW News) Almost two years after the state declared gun violence [...]
Local law enforcement officials said Friday they will enforce the state's ban on sales of high-powered weapons, following an Illinois Supreme Court ruling upholding the law. "We'll enforce the statute [...]
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — With fall and school approaching, health officials in the state are offering children a chance to start the academic year on a healthy note. They’re also [...]
Rain and storms are possible Friday morning ahead of what will likely be a mostly dry afternoon, but another round of weather could bring the chance for severe conditions later [...]
A 3-year-old child died Thursday aboard a bus of asylum-seekers sent to Chicago, the Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed.The child died while entering the Chicago area, IDPH wa Lauri [...]
Brendan O'Leary spent more than two decades working for the FBI -- most of it in Chicago, and most of it investigating public corruption. But when it came to Illinois' [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Three Springfield Police officers were hurt on Thursday during a struggle with a wanted homicide suspect. Officials said that Deondre Powell, a 29-year-old from St. Louis, [...]
(Courtesy of Chicago Defender Charities) 1. Cheer Now in its 94th year, the Bud Billiken Parade is the largest African American parade in the country — drawing in nearly 300,000 [...]
The Chicago area could potentially see some severe weather on Friday, with gusty winds, large hail and even an isolated tornado possible. According to the Storm Prediction Center, the western [...]
The Illinois defense last season stole the show. Even though running back Chase Brown was a legitimate Heisman candidate for much of the year, the Illinois defense was the unit [...]
An off-duty Cook County Sheriff's officer was wounded in a shooting in Chicago's Garfield Ridge neighborhood Wednesday night, according to fire officials. According to Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford, [...]
Some of Chicago’s youngest entrepreneurs hit a brand-new milestone Wednesday with the release of Forbes’ first-ever Chicago-specific 30 Under 30 list.Forbes’ 30 Under 30 lists typically honor the top innovators [...]
After needing a late comeback to win its first exhibition contest in Spain, Illinois made things a bit easier in its second game on Wednesday. The Illini beat the Valencia [...]
Meteorologist Jacob Dickey sits down with Tanner Mickey from the Taylorville FFA Chapter in Christian County for Celebrating Central Illinois Farmers. Tanner was recently named a finalist for the National [...]
Chicago has work to do to make its city streets more friendly to cyclists, according to two recent studies of how accessible cities are by bike. One of the studies [...]
Good morning, Chicago.Opening arguments in the perjury trial of Democratic insider Tim Mapes are finally set to begin today, when prosecutors are expected to outline allegations that he lied to [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – U of I professors are discussing ways to prepare the next generation of educators to teach Native American history. On Friday, Governor Pritzker signed a bill [...]
Ahead of the 2023-24 school year, NBC Chicago is taking a look at which high schools were ranked as the nation's finest. According to U.S. News and World Report, five [...]
More than 47,000 Illinois residents have lost their Medicaid coverage since Aug. 1, according to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. In the months ahead, hundreds of thousands [...]
Two years after videos showing a Chicago Police officer grabbing and restraining a woman walking her dog at North Avenue Beach went viral, prosecutors dropped charges against the former officer [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — The Sangamon County sheriffs department has seen a sharp decline in applications. “So what we call the traditional applications, we’re getting very few, I mean, less [...]
A man who police say shot and killed a 9-year-old girl in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood before being shot himself as her father tackled him following the shooting will appear [...]
The federal perjury trial of former Springfield insider Tim Mapes was bound to highlight the tight-knit nature of Illinois politics and the fierce opinions it engenders.That became clear even during [...]
CLEVELAND -- Chicago's Tim Anderson has been suspended six games and Cleveland's José Ramírez for three games by Major League Baseball for fighting and touching off a lengthy, wild brawl [...]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Two streets near the University of Illinois campus are either partially or completely closed to traffic this week due to sanitary sewer repairs. Sewer construction closing [...]
An historic mansion in a northwest Chicago suburb has officially hit the market for what is now only the second time in over a century. Considered one of Elgin's "most [...]
A file photo shows a crime scene blocked off by the Chicago Police Department. (WTTW News) An 8-year-old girl was fatally shot Saturday in the Portage Park neighborhood, one of [...]
Read our Student Guide to Basketball Gameday here. As an incoming senior, I have been a student at Illinois for some of the most successful years of Illinois Football in [...]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Busy Body Incorporated hosted the first annual Hood Hoops Tournament to help put unity back into the community. Marc Levi is a Chicagoland native who’s been [...]
Two people have died following a domestic disturbance Saturday night in north suburban Arlington Heights, according to authorities. Officers with the Arlington Heights Police Department responded to the 300 block [...]
Luckily this one was just an exhibition. Illinois opened its trip to Spain on Sunday with a come-from-behind 84-73 win over the Madrid All-Stars. To be transparent, game wasn’t televised [...]
(Stacker) — Ice cream is a treat all year round, although the frequency and volume consumed during the hotter months might eclipse the colder months. The range of flavors in [...]
After a soggy Saturday that featured a bit of a mid-evening reprieve, Chicago-area residents are in for some more rain to finish off their weekend. While overnight showers are expected [...]
Though it was 30 years ago, Margarita Quiñones-Peña still remembers hugging her grandfather goodbye when her pregnant mother took her and her older sister by the hand to make their [...]
URBANA, Ill., (WCIA) — Students and scientists are showing off their cancer research, but it’s not the generation you may be thinking. On Friday, high schoolers presented their findings on [...]
A child is in critical condition after they were shot in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood Saturday. According to authorities, the 8-year-old and another adult were both shot near the intersection [...]
Zuranolone, a new postpartum depression pill, was found to be safe and effective in a Phase 3 trial. (Feinstein Institutes) (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the medication [...]
Chicago police officers found a 14-year-old boy with two gunshot wounds to the head after responding to ShotSpotter technology early Saturday morning in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, Chicago police [...]
More tornadoes touched down in Illinois during a recent 12-month span than in any other state. That's according to recent data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that [...]
Ready or not, they’re coming. You may not like, but the Big Ten will be an 18-team league in 2024 when Oregon and Washington join the conference. The Illini don’t [...]
More than two months since her mother's death, a Chicago woman hasn't given up in her search for answers. “This is senseless for her to be murdered and how she [...]
Former President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to conspiring to overthrow an American presidential election as he continues to call it a political witch hunt. He’s asserting that his election [...]