Category Archives: News

Illinois election officials say hackers attacked the state's voter registration system last week and it was shut off as a precaution. The cyberattack happened July 13 and the voter system was shu...

Governor Rauner is apologizing for comments he made about Chicago educators before he took office.  Emails released yesterday by Mayor Emanuel's administration show that Rauner once called half o...

Supporters of a plan to change the way political maps are drawn in Illinois said Wednesday they will ask the state Supreme Court to step in to get the issue on the Nov. 8 ballot. Cook County Circuit J...

Excessive Heat Warning in effect from July 21, 12:00 PM CDT until July 23, 07:00 PM CDT  TodayA 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. H...

There is new leader at the University of Illinois.  University President Timothy Killeen named Robert Jones yesterday to be the next chancellor.  Jones is currently the president of the Univ...

FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOONTHROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY FROM T...

Police have a suspect in custody after a situation in which the person was barricaded in an apartment in the 400 block of N. Lee and was reportedly armed. It was reported a male subject had a gun and ...

Police arrested two people after an anonymous bomb threat was called in at Illinois State University on Friday. Campus police say after the call came in, they were able to use technology to locate whe...

For the third straight season, the Bloomington Thunder will see their prospects compete on the international stage with Team USA. To sweeten the pot, the Thunder have the most prospects of any USHL te...

You  will soon have a harder time finding bath salts in Illinois.  Governor Rauner signed a bill yesterday in Taylorville that bans the sale of the synthetic drug.  Bath salts are chemi...