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

A sundown town [...] is an entire community (or even county) that for decades was ‘all white’ on purpose," researchers write ...

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

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

Scientists have created an interactive map that shows how parts of Illinois may be swallowed up by Lake Michigan as climate ...

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

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 ...

The more specific that Donald Trump got in Tuesday's debate — mentioning a city or town — the darker his vision of America ...

One significant advancement in landslide research has been the creation of susceptibility maps, which provide an overview of ...

The US Bank branch in Wisconsin Rapids closed on May 16, 2024. The other location in the city will reportedly remain open.