The Best 50 School Districts in America, according to Niche's ratings: Adlai E. Stevenson High School District No. 125 ...

More than 3,000 law enforcement officers in Illinois will participate in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run, to raise money ...

Two metro-east counties were among the 15 in the state to gain population from 2020 to 2024, according to the U.S. Census ...

Online map tools and resources let you track the Canadian wildfires and monitor poor air-quality conditions, which are ...

The Illinois ... risks in six Central Illinois counties. What Creedence Clearwater Revival's Surviving Members Are Doing Now Amsterdam was almost everything you’d want from a city.

Peoria landed in 32nd, with a score of 67.14. The central Illinois city beat out Springfield for housing affordability, with a third-place performance. Peoria has been named in several articles in ...

Scattered to severe storms are forecasted between noon and 8 p.m. in central Illinois and between 2-8 p.m. in Chicago. A few tornadoes, destructive hail up to the size of a quarter and gusts up to ...

Canadian wildfire smoke has entered the Upper Midwest and poses significant health impacts in the hardest-hit areas.

To check your state's air quality, visit AirNow's website, and plug in your zip code, city or state. Here's what to know as of Wednesday, June 4. Parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and ...

Kendall Opsal, left, and Kiarra King, both 18 and headed to college soon, received money for college Saturday, June 7, 2025, ...

DECATUR — An unusually big “bow echo” storm roared its way through Central Illinois Thursday afternoon ... Decatur was clocked at 75 mph and the city, like much of the region, was littered ...

Weather experts forecast smoky skies in Chicago this weekend as wildfire smoke from Canada migrates into the U.S. Here's the forecast.