Illinois Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch also said that if state Rep. Harry Benton of Plainfield doesn’t resign, Illinois ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - The former Des Moines Schools superintendent who pleaded guilty to federal immigration and firearms charges last month is serving out his two-year prison sentence at an ...

FULL FORECAST FOR US IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS AT SIX FORMER DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT IAN ROBERTS IS NOW AT A FEDERAL PRISON IN THOMPSON, ILLINOIS. THAT’S ...

“This is my second opportunity to show my family that I can do this ... we want to be able to contribute to our communities,” a graduate said WQAD News 8/YouTube Ten incarcerated students recently ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Changes could be coming to Illinois high schoolers’ foreign language requirements if a unanimously ...

There’s so much political attention focused on this week’s Iowa primary and the November midterm elections, but a dozen state Democratic parties spent the week focused on 2028. They made their case to ...

HARRISBURG, Ill. (WSIL) -- State Sen. Dale Fowler announced he will resign from the Illinois Senate following the conclusion of the 2026 legislative session. The decision brings to a close nearly a ...

FIRST ON FOX: The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed a lawsuit against Illinois officials Tuesday over the state's Firearm Owners Identification Act, also known as the FOID Card Act, a state ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Food assistance benefits are expected to disappear for tens of thousands of people in Illinois beginning Friday. That's due to the overhaul of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

ILLINOIS (KWQC) - All Illinois residents now have access to the 211 help line for help navigating resources for everything from housing to healthcare. In the past year, the service has responded to ...

Former Illinois “super mayor” Tiffany Henyard was reportedly a resident of Georgia while still serving as Dolton mayor in 2025. After losing her bid for re-election as Dolton mayor, Henyard has since ...

James Mertes sees dead people — on a court jury list. Mertes, a criminal defense attorney, was alarmed by the glut of dead people whose names turned up on a recent list of potential jurors in rural ...