The Trump Administration's stepped-up immigration enforcement campaign resulted in arrests, protests and violence. Through it all, reporters were on the scene to document what was happening.

About 300 people died when the ship sank in Lake Michigan, near what is now Highland Park and Highwood, Illinois.

Speech language pathologists trained in autism evaluation would be allowed to diagnose children under age 3 who are enrolled in Illinois Early Intervention Program. We hear from experts and parents.

Advocates hope a couple of new laws will bring improvements.

Back in 1984, the final stretch of U.S. Route 66 in Arizona was bypassed by an interstate. The Mother Road officially became a ghost road the following year.

The Women's Professional Baseball League is playing all of its inaugural season in Springfield.

The Joliet Treatment Center, designed to treat people with serious mental illness, repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires despite two deaths, an investigation by The Marshall Project, WBEZ and the Sun-Times found.

Financial stress and a lack of mental health resources in rural areas contribute to the problem.

There is a growing interest to split Illinois and create a 51st state. What's behind the push?

The American Library Association tracked thousands of books challenged in 2025.