If you've driven around Illinois, there's a strong chance you've noticed corn fields along your commutes. New research ...

Four grade schoolers from Oak Park were among winners of the 2024 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, a statewide contest.

Brooklyn, Illinois, is the oldest, and one of the few surviving, majority-Black incorporated towns in the U.S. Archaeologists ...

Ever wonder just how many cornfields are hiding in plain sight across Illinois, taking up more space than your daily worries?

For the past few years, a state review committee has been weighing changes to standardized testing. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin ...

Illinois on the banks of the Mississippi River, the Quad Cities campus is served by several major roads (I-88, I-74, and several major state highways), an international airport, bus, and taxi services ...

Shawnee Mission Northwest (Kan.) guard Keaton Wagler committed to Illinois on Wednesday. The Class of 2025 four-star prospect ...

Illinois’ public universities have the third highest average in-state tuition in 2021 nationwide, with the average cost of ...

The laws on cannabis have changed in such a drastic way as to render the smell of burnt cannabis, standing alone, ...

New research reveals that corn fields cover more of Illinois than every U.S. state except one. BrilliantMaps.com recently published a map showing the “percentage of each state occupied by corn ...