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The triggerman in an execution-style slaying in Naperville has been convicted of first-degree murder following a four-day DuPage County jury trial. Ernest Collins, 27, of Rockford, is one of three [...]

Illinois returns home this Friday for a showdown under the lights with Nebraska. Both teams are still in search of their first Big Ten win, and the oddsmakers have the [...]

Two people were killed and two others were injured, including a 7-year-old boy, after a Sunday afternoon shooting in Garfield Park, according to Chicago police.At about 2:32 p.m. an unknown [...]

Sound the alarms. Illinois’ first four games were ugly, mistake-filled, and flat out underwhelming, but seemingly showed enough flashes that a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel [...]

Friday Night Football Parking Advisory - University of Illinois Athletics Skip to main contentPause All RotatorsAll Rotators Playing© 2023 University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate AthleticsBielfeldt Athletics Administration Building, 1700 S. [...]

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Uniting Pride hosted the 2023 Champaign-Urbana Pride Festival in downtown Urbana on Saturday. The festival celebrated the LGBTQ community, along with Pride for those in the [...]

Most Friday afternoons find the Ramirez family pretty busy serving customers at Rubi’s Tacos on 18th Street. But it wasn’t that long ago that Rubi’s tacos — star of Netflix’s [...]

A teenage boy was shot and critically wounded Saturday afternoon in the city’s Austin neighborhood on the West Side, Chicago police said.The 16-year-old was shot in the head around 5:50 [...]

Illinois lost 44-19 on Saturday. Here are our rapid takeaways. Luke Altmyer is a talented mystery. Luke Altmyer can change games with his legs. His 39-yard scramble to open the [...]

Illinois Drops Road Contest at Purdue - University of Illinois Athletics Skip to main contentPause All RotatorsAll Rotators Playing© 2023 University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate AthleticsBielfeldt Athletics Administration Building, 1700 [...]

Larry Snelling is confirmed by Chicago City Council as the 64th superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. The probe into allegations of sexual misconduct by Chicago Police officers with migrants [...]

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bold plan for Chicago to pour roughly $100 million more a year into programs for homeless services relies on an often-overlooked tax that only buyers of real [...]

How to Watch Illinois at Purdue Game time: 2:30 p.m. TV Channel: N/A Online Streaming: Peacock Odds: ILL +1, O/U 53.5 Quick Hits Illinois Fighting Illini (2-2) Head Coach: Bret [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – The clock is ticking for lawmakers on Capitol Hill to reach an agreement to prevent a government shutdown. The U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass [...]

Music director emeritus for life Riccardo Muti led the CSO in a performance of Strauss’ “Aus Italien” on Sept. 28, 2023. (Todd Rosenberg) Although Maestro Riccardo Muti will soon head [...]

Isaiah Williams is continuing to add onto his Illini legacy. The junior wide receiver was named by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) as a semifinalist [...]

What to Watch: Illinois Battles for the Cannon in Big Ten West Showdown at Purdue - University of Illinois Athletics Skip to main contentPause All RotatorsAll Rotators Playing© 2023 University [...]

Toward the end of the Civil War as Chicago’s population began to boom, water from the Chicago River in Lake Michigan was polluted with raw sewage, chemicals and rotting animal [...]

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration on Thursday defended his proposal to erect tent encampments for migrants arriving from the southern border amid mounting criticism of a security firm contracted for the [...]

Illinois (6-6) vs. Penn State and Iowa // Sept. 29-30 //  Huff Hall Match 13: vs. #15 Penn State (8-3, 2-0 B1G) Friday, Sept. 29 | 8 p.m. CT | Huff Hall | [...]